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Alumni

Will YOU be the next alumni representative on the Board of Governors?

February 7, 2024 — 
Nominations open now until March 11.

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Alumni

Hey, UM alumni…it’s been a long time!

February 5, 2024 — 
A new campaign filled with nostalgia and great campus memories is meant to reach and build new connections with our ‘lost’ alumni.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Black history month feature: Tom Casey

February 2, 2024 — 
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Black history month feature: Tom Casey

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St. John's College

A 29-year history comes to life for Les Wiens  

February 2, 2024 — 
The long-time alum met his wife in his second class held in St John’s, where they connected, studied together, and met many friends whom are still connected to this day. Amongst meeting his wife and staying connected with his close friends, also known as “the beer boys,” Les and Terry Wiens have always felt at home in St John’s.   

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Dr. Mandy Buss gestures while speaking at the 50th-anniversary gala of the department of family medicine.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Widening the Path

February 1, 2024 — 
Dr. Mandy Buss, highly accomplished Métis physician and faculty member, doesn't think of herself as a trailblazer.

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Indigenous

Angie Bruce appointed UM’s new Vice-President (Indigenous)

February 1, 2024 — 
Angie Bruce has been appointed Vice-President (Indigenous) of the University of Manitoba. Her term commenced February 1, 2024.

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Faculty of Architecture

James Kinoshita (BArch/56) : The Modest Man Behind Modernist Icons

January 26, 2024 — 
Icons often represent a city. The Statue of Liberty for New York. The Eiffel Tower for Paris. The Opera House for Sydney. These beacons are more than art or architecture: they represent the collective aspirations of a people, a place, a slice of time when everything seemed possible.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Implant Investigator

January 25, 2024 — 
Alum Dr. Chrysi Stavropoulou is researching the role of bacteria and fungi in peri-implant diseases, aiming to improve treatments for the nearly 20 percent of people with dental implants facing issues.

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Dr. Gerry Price stands on stairs with hundreds of scholarship winners

Price Faculty of Engineering

Price scholarships continue to support students in engineering

January 22, 2024 — 
730 students have benefited from Price family scholarships over the last five years. Dr. Price has renewed this funding commitment which will allow for hundreds of students to focus on learning instead of earning for years to come.

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Patient in a dental chair with their mouth open. Dr. Kim performs dental treatment while wearing white gloves and holding dental instruments.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

A Dream of Service

January 19, 2024 — 
When Aaron Kim [DMD/87] was in Grade 1, his teacher asked each student what they wanted to be when they grew up. He declared that he wanted to be a doctor to help people in Africa.

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