graduate students News Archive
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Indigenous
A glimpse into the work of Indigenous students receiving national funding
July 23, 2020 —
Indigenous student research receives national funding.
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Students
Convocation 2020 – Governor General’s Medal Recipients
June 29, 2020 —
Meet some of the incredible members of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2020. Today, these six exceptional students will be awarded the Governor General’s academic medals, for outstanding achievement at their level of study.
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Students
Networking (From Home)
June 25, 2020 —
Networking allows you to get career advice and support, and explore ways to gain experience and confidence as you travel along your career journey.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady students place 1st and 2nd in 3MT final
June 23, 2020 —
Staring into a video camera, Toby Le finished his Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation, and the tiny audience of 11 other competitors broke into applause.
![UM's 2020 Vanier Scholars from left to right: Javad Alizadeh, Ashley Hayward, Belal Zia, Rachel Nickel, Sarah Turner.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/VanierScholars2020-UMToday-PR1-150x150.jpg)
Five Vanier Scholars will call UM home in 2020
June 19, 2020 —
Considered to be the Canadian equivalent of the United Kingdom’s Rhodes Scholarships, these $150,000 awards will help recruit and keep top doctoral students from across the country and around the world
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COVID-19: Lessons learned from viral outbreaks
June 12, 2020 —
What did health professionals learn about dealing with viral outbreaks from the Ebola epidemic of 2018?
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Bowl of soup leads student to win academic award
June 9, 2020 —
Grad student now works in southern Bolivia studying how small-scale farmers are restoring the use of traditional seeds
![Toby Le won the 2020 3MT competition](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tony-le-1-150x150.jpg)
3MT winner dedicates award to research lab
June 4, 2020 —
A student who is working with an international team of researchers to understand the link between a birth control drug and HIV infection impressed a prestigious panel of judges at the eighth annual University of Manitoba Three Minute Thesis finals on June 3, 2020,
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Puffed snacks and urban waste in 3, 2, 1
June 1, 2020 —
Zoe Li and Jessica Nicksy will compete in the Three Minute Thesis final on June 3 at 7 pm.
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Desautels Faculty of Music
Jan Michael Bourgeois went from studying ions to “Ionisation”
May 27, 2020 —
2020 DFOM graduate Jan Michael Bourgeois brings passion to percussion and the podium