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Anamika Anwesha receiving her master's degree

Donor Relations

Giving back what’s been given

September 12, 2024 — 
UM alum Anamika Anwesha’s journey from scholarship recipient to planned giving donor

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Students studying at desks in a public space

Donor Relations

A legacy of support

September 11, 2024 — 
How scholarships, bursaries, and awards at the University of Manitoba transform lives

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Melinda Moch [JD/2024]

Faculty of Law

Melinda Moch named UM’s winner of the Royal Society of Canada’s Justice Rosalie Silbermann Abella Prize 2024

September 10, 2024 — 
The Faculty of Law congratulates recent graduate Melinda Moch on being selected as the University of Manitoba’s winner of the Royal Society of Canada’s 2024 Justice Rosalie Silbermann Abella Prize.

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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 — 
It's Homecoming 2024, we are busting myths and sharing what makes this week of events and celebrations something you want to be a part of.

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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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