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President Barnard’s message on the global climate strike

September 25, 2019 — 
'I encourage everyone to work collectively and learn more about the ways in which we can live more sustainably in our daily lives. Our future depends on it.'

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President David Barnard and members of his executive team presented a Report on Responding to Sexual Violence at a campus community session

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At BOG meeting President reflects on sexual violence community session

September 24, 2019 — 
Thanks members for investment of time and resources

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Dr. Yipu Wang, with PhD students Jinwei Rao, Ying Yang discuss their microwave discovery

UM researchers create ‘Romulan Cloaking Device’

September 24, 2019 — 
Dr. Yipu Wang and PhD students in the Faculty of Science have made a nonreciprocal microwave device that is completely opaque for microwaves traveling in one direction

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The Keystone Professional: University of Manitoba’s Design Build Collaboration with Shoal Lake 40

September 24, 2019 — 
Eleven students from the two faculties had the unique opportunity to work with Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, an Indigenous community located on Shoal Lake at the Manitoba and Ontario border to collaboratively design and build a feasting pavilion that acts as a place of celebration and memorial, a project chosen by the community

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Microplastics may affect how Arctic sea ice forms and melts

September 24, 2019 — 
Plastic pollution in the oceans has become an important societal problem, as plastics are the most common and persistent pollutants in oceans and beaches worldwide

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UM Press issues free ebook on Manitoba election

September 24, 2019 — 
University of Manitoba Press is releasing a free ebook with analysis of the recent provincial election.

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Wpg Free Press: Prairie bird population falls 53% since 1970

September 23, 2019 — 
The drastic drop in North America’s avian population, with more than half of prairie grassland birds gone, is a downward trend that can be stopped, say two bird-loving Winnipeg biologists

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Vaclav Smil

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The Guardian: Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’

September 23, 2019 — 
The scientist and author on his latest book – an epic, multidisciplinary analysis of growth – and why humanity’s endless expansion must stop

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Grief Work, alumna showcases personal work at upcoming Nuit Blanche

September 23, 2019 — 
Following her husband's funeral, an alumna of UM's School of Art was inundated with flowers and food. Bereaving and overwhelmed, most of the casseroles, soups, breads and pastries sat, unconsumed, in her fridge and on her dining room table -- and began to spoil. From that, she created Grief Work

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Announcing three new leadership appointments

September 23, 2019 — 
The University of Manitoba is pleased to announce new leadership appointments

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