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Wasp sitting on top of a yellow flower.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

CBC Manitoba: The benefits of having wasps buzzing around your backyard

August 6, 2025 — 
The benefits of having wasps buzzing around your backyard

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A beautiful monarch butterfly pollinating a purple aster plant. Photo by: James Wheeler

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

CBC Manitoba: What’s Bugging You? A Summer Look at Insects in Manitoba

August 6, 2025 — 
What’s Bugging You? A Summer Look at Insects in Manitoba

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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources News

CBC Manitoba: Meet ‘Walt,’ the 80-million-year-old mosasaur named after the Texas teen who dug it up on the Canadian Prairie

August 5, 2025 — 
Walter Campbell, 14, overjoyed after finding reptile fossils while visiting grandpa in Manitoba

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Media Release: University of Manitoba welcomes Linda Schott as Potato Sustainability Chair ‌

August 5, 2025 — 
‌The University of Manitoba (UM) has appointed Dr. Linda Schott as the inaugural UM Research Chair in Potato Sustainability, a transformative initiative aimed at educating students and advancing innovation and sustainability in Manitoba’s thriving potato industry.

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Ben Isakov is a startup coach at the University of Manitoba’s Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship and runs a consulting business.

Asper School of Business News

The Free Press: U of M course on side gigs expands students’ financial potential

August 2, 2025 — 
U of M course on side gigs expands students’ financial potential

A polar bear walks on rocks with sky above

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

CTV News: Potential impact of wildfires on polar bear denning habitats

August 1, 2025 — 
Potential impact of wildfires on polar bear denning habitats

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Faculty of Arts News

The Canadian Press: Manitoba government poll suggests concerns over health care, crime and immigration

July 31, 2025 — 
The number of Manitobans concerned about crime and public safety has risen steadily, an opinion poll done for the Manitoba government suggests.

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Basketball takes over parking lot E on the Bannatyne campus during the summer.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

CTV Winnipeg: How wildfire smoke is impacting youth sports in Winnipeg

July 31, 2025 — 
How wildfire smoke is impacting youth sports in Winnipeg

Hockey players skates and sticks on ice. Photo by Tony Schnagl

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management News

The Globe and Mail: The Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial is over, but conversations about the sport’s culture continue

July 31, 2025 — 
Attitudes toward women and sex still need to be confronted and changed beyond the locker room, advocates say

Faculty of Law's new Indigenous Student Support Coordinator, Marc Kruse

Faculty of Law News

CBC Manitoba: Man banished from First Nation for 5 years challenges ‘incredibly extreme punishment’

July 29, 2025 — 
Terry Francois, 53, was banished from northern Manitoba First Nation where his daughters, granddaughter live

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