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A Cape ground squirrel grooming in Namibia // Photo: Jane Waterman

Squirrel sperm and feet tell a different climate change story

November 28, 2022 — 
Two UM studies found that climate change is altering ground squirrels’ sperm and feet, and this warns of big consequences potentially coming to endangered ecosystems.

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Mr. and Mrs. W.K. Kwan standing together.

Donor Relations

The Kwan Family Bursary – Continuing a Legacy of Giving

November 4, 2022 — 
UM alum continues legacy of hard work and value of education through scholarship named for their parents.

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European Robin. Photographer = Wren K. Bell.

Not all wildlife recovered in lockdowns, new research finds

September 22, 2022 — 
British birds reacted differently to COVID-19 lockdowns than did their North American counterparts, new study reports

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Clover in Japan

Global Urban Evolution Project (GLUE) – cities drive evolution

March 17, 2022 — 
Cities are a powerful force driving the evolution of life across the globe

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Samar Safi-Harb

Three new Canada Research Chairs

January 12, 2022 — 
Chairs in nutrition, health economics and extreme astrophysics

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Faculty of Science

Physicists suggest Neutron stars should be bigger than they are

April 30, 2021 — 
UM physicists Drs. Juliette Mammei and Micheal Gerricke are part of an international research experiment that has made the most precise measurement yet of the neutron distribution in a heavy nucleus, with implications for the structure of neutron stars. Their paper, Accurate Determination of the Neutron Skin Thickness of 208Pb through Parity-Violation in Electron Scattering has just been published in the Physical Review Letters.

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