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Headshots of Dr. Heinz Scherle and Cindy Isaak-Ploegman.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Distinguished dentist and dental hygienist to be honoured by peers

September 4, 2024 — 
Two UM alumni will be honoured for their distinguished careers in dentistry and dental hygiene at a gala on Sept. 27 at the Fort Garry Hotel.

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Sol LeWitt wall drawing

Desautels Faculty of Music

Curtain rises on UM’s new Desautels Concert Hall

September 4, 2024 — 
The Desautels Concert Hall, a state-of-the-art performance venue in the heart of the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus, opens on September 5.

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Tracy Bowman with Billy the Bison and AKGassama at Homecoming 2023

Alumni

What is Homecoming all about? Here are five things it’s not!

September 1, 2024 — 
See you for Homecoming 2024, September 14 - 21.

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UM alum Justin Price and his family

Donor Relations

Turning grief into giving

August 30, 2024 — 
UM alum Justin Price created a memorial scholarship to support young people in their grief journeys

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Headshot of Dr. Ken Thorlakson.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

UM-educated surgeon remembered for mentorship, compassion

August 29, 2024 — 
Dr. Ken Thorlakson, a distinguished surgeon and former UM faculty member who passed away this year, was an exceptional mentor who greatly inspired younger surgeons, a colleague recently recalled.

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Students wearing white coats stand while reciting the Physician's Pledge.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

See the person, not just the illness, distinguished physician urges new medical students

August 22, 2024 — 
To truly care for patients, you must recognize them as whole persons and not reduce them to their medical profiles, an expert on dignity in health care told UM’s newest class of future doctors.

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Riley Buchanan

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Country Guide: Summer Series: Business on the ground

August 21, 2024 — 
With these land prices, can young farmers hope to ever write a sensible business plan? Maybe, but it’ll take innovative thinking

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Allen and Brenda Yost Endowment Fund

St. Paul's College

St. Paul’s College Celebrates the Establishment of the Allen and Brenda Yost Endowment Fund

August 20, 2024 — 
St. Paul’s College is proud to announce the establishment of the Allen and Brenda Yost Endowment Fund, created in 2023 by Brenda Yost (SPC/UM ’70, ’72, ’82) in memory of her late husband, Allen Yost (SPC/UM ’68, ’81).

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Olympic rings

Alumni

UM alumni and UM community taking part in the 2024 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

August 7, 2024 — 
These extraordinary individuals have demonstrated not only exceptional dedication, talent, and perseverance, representing not only their country but also the spirit and support of our community. 

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Cover of RadyUM magazine shows nursing students in a virtual reality lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM dives into the RadyVerse

August 2, 2024 — 
The cover story of the new issue of RadyUM magazine highlights the recent launch of RadyVerse, an initiative that is expanding the use of virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence and machine learning across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

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