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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

AG e-news March 15, 2021 : Network News

March 15, 2021 —  News and events from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

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Unscheduled Power Outage: Monday, March 15 : Network News

March 15, 2021 —  If you experience any issues related to building systems or equipment, contact O&M Customer Service Desk

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

Op-ed: The Buttergate theory isn’t solid : UM in the News

March 15, 2021 —  In recent weeks, the ‘Buttergate’ scandal about butter hardness has been reported on by media outlets around the world.

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Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples

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

Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice, indicating an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate : Campus News

March 15, 2021 —  The discovery helps confirm a new and troubling understanding that the Greenland ice has melted off entirely during recent warm periods in Earth’s history—periods like the one we are now contributing to with human-caused climate change.

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Students News

New resource for students – Virtual Advising Help Centre now open! : Campus News

March 15, 2021 —  The UM’s new Virtual Advising Help Centre (VAHC) is now open (as of March 15), and ready to answer students’ pressing questions

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News

Manitoba Co-Operator: An education in engagement : Network News

March 14, 2021 —  Diploma students get hands-on with agricultural policy

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Faculty of Law News

Against all odds, annual Law Banquet connects mentors and students virtually : Network News

March 12, 2021 —  The Eighth Annual Robson Hall Law Banquet took place this past week on Monday, March 8, 2021. The Law Banquet Co-Coordinators, law students Taylor Antonchuk and Jordan Sinder, were very pleased to welcome 150 attendees this year, including a majority of the 1L class and lawyers from each of Manitoba’s five biggest law firms.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News

UM institute leads ‘momentous’ vaccine rollout to First Nations at request of federal government : News

March 12, 2021 —  In a landmark acknowledgment of the growing health-care autonomy of Indigenous Peoples, the federal government has given an Indigenous health institute at the University of Manitoba responsibility for leading the COVID-19 vaccination project in all 63 Manitoba First Nations

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UM researchers to advance knowledge of COVID-19 impacts and improve health outcomes : Network News

March 12, 2021 —  One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, additional research is needed to understand and address persistent issues related to COVID-19 and the threat of future coronavirus and other infectious disease outbreaks

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Remembering Els Kavanagh : Campus News

March 12, 2021 —  She was a good friend and supporter of the University of Manitoba and of St. Paul's College.

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