COVID-19 News Archive
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Research and International
On the wing
March 1, 2021 —
How birds changed their migrations during lockdowns
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Research and International
Hip to heparin
March 1, 2021 —
A University of Manitoba research team is emerging as a global leader in COVID-19 anticoagulation trials thanks to their innovative, global trial studying different types of heparin, an anticoagulant (blood thinning) and anti-inflammatory drug
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Research and International
COVID-19 anxiety in the age of the anthropocene
March 1, 2021 —
Graduate student Sarah Paradis work will show how traditional learning environments, such as schools and classrooms have become impacted by the pandemic
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T2200S form for employees working from home in 2020
February 26, 2021 —
To claim remote work expenses, employees have the option of using the Temporary Flat Rate Method or the Detailed Method
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Stay safe on campus
February 24, 2021 —
UM takes a proactive approach to staff and student safety and security on our campuses, through a variety of programs and security measures.
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Students
Winter 2021 UM Tech Support Program open for applications
February 16, 2021 —
Students who are in need of a personal computer may be eligible for a $500 subsidy towards the purchase of a laptop from the UM Bookstore
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Non-essential travel discouraged, 14-day quarantine in place
February 10, 2021 —
Travel checklist: Insurance and HR implications for post-travel quarantine
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Students
Discounted Mobile Internet Plans for UM Students Continue for Winter Term
February 1, 2021 —
The University of Manitoba and BellMTS are pleased to be able to provide UM students with more affordable access to technology.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Saliva samples from UM dental personnel to aid COVID-19 research
January 27, 2021 —
Students, faculty and support staff in dentistry and dental hygiene at UM will soon be asked to contribute their saliva to a research study of COVID-19 at Canada’s 10 dental schools.
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Gizmodo: Scientists now worried the UK coronavirus variant is deadlier
January 22, 2021 —
'This is of course quite concerning, given the speed at which this variant has overtaken circulating strains across different regions and our inability to control general transmission in many parts of the world'