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Faculty of Graduate Studies News Archive

Student Deanne Nixie Miao smiles while sitting at a microscope in a lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Deanne Nixie Miao seeks genetic clues to hearing loss caused by cancer drug

September 14, 2023 — 
Master's student investigates how the drug cisplatin affects gene expression changes at the single-cell level in the inner ears of mice.

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Students

Grow Your Community Fund

September 13, 2023 — 
As a key strategy for advancing the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Manitoba, Laurie Schnarr, Vice-Provost (Students) introduced the Grow Your Community Fund in winter term 2023.  

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Students

Fall Part-time Academic English Courses starting September 26

September 5, 2023 — 
The English Language Centre offers a range of Part-Time Academic English Courses.  These non-credit courses help multilingual students develop all these skills, and more.

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Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Program expansions advancing health and wellness in Manitoba

September 1, 2023 — 
In recent months, UM announced new funding and increased enrolment capacity for a number of programs. Learn about the governance process for academic program expansions and the introduction of new programs.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies

Four UM graduate students named Vanier Scholars

August 29, 2023 — 
Students from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, and Faculty of Science are Vanier Scholars

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Research and International

Growing health-care partnerships with rural and northern communities

August 29, 2023 — 
Leah Crockett is a new Banting Scholar, working to build on established partnerships between key stakeholders across more than a dozen rural and northern communities.

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Shahin Shabanipour portrait

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Shahin Shabanipour’s fascination with neuroscience fuels passion for Alzheimer’s research

August 8, 2023 — 
About 50 million people in the world are diagnosed with dementia and this number is projected to triple. This graduate student is working to find out why.

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Get to know the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dr. Kelley Main

August 8, 2023 — 
Dr. Kelley Main was recently appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. Learn more about what inspired Dr. Main as a student and what she enjoys outside of academia.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies

Rady student appointed Canadian Youth Delegate to World Health Assembly

August 1, 2023 — 
Toby Le, a PhD student in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Max Rady College of Medicine, was appointed the 2023 Canadian Youth Delegate to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Graduate student Diana Topolnitska in her lab.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Rady grad student profile: Diana Topolnitska’s love of science inspires her cancer research

July 31, 2023 — 
UM Today sat down with Topolnitska  to talk about her pathway to a PhD program and what motivates her to conduct immuno-oncology research.

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