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Amy Dytnerski

CANDID: Meet Amy Dytnerski

January 18, 2016 — 
She despises cilantro, loves everything else, and is passionate about food security. "I’m this tiny pint-sized person but I’m very ambitious and want to take the world by storm."

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2015 Vanier Scholars (l to r) Ifeanyi Nwachukwu, Jonathan Challis, Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba and Michael Becker

Successful students

January 1, 2016 — 
The past year marked four more Vanier scholars, two Schulich leaders, awards for a humanitarian and photographer, and unique initiatives driven by our students. These are some of the top stories of student success from the past 12 months.

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Graphic. Text reads: It's the solution to a problem

Here are five problems, yo, you solve them

December 9, 2015 — 
Submit your solutions after your team evolves them

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Finalists from the 2015 3MT competition

Grad Students: Get Ready for 3MT

December 8, 2015 — 
They may not realize it, but U of M graduate students will likely get a taste of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition over the holiday break

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Ifeanyi Nwachukwu

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

December 3, 2015 — 
Ifeanyi Nwachukwu is a dedicated researcher, volunteer and role model.

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Mikyla Jensen // Photo: Katie Chalmers-Brooks

CANDID: Meet Mikyla Jensen

November 30, 2015 — 
She's from rural Saskatchewan, plays a mean flute, dances ballet, and owns 200 nutcrackers

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2015 Vanier Scholars (l to r) Ifeanyi Nwachukwu, Jonathan Challis, Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba and Michael Becker

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Four more to be reckoned with

November 25, 2015 — 
New Vanier Scholars receiving major grants to study subjects as varied as nutritional foods, crop disease, pollution and genocide

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Jonathan Challis

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

November 25, 2015 — 
Jonathan Challis is a science enthusiast and mentor, especially to First Nations communities and inner-city youth.

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Arthur Anyaduba

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

November 25, 2015 — 
Arthur Anyaduba sees his PhD as an opportunity to broaden his knowledge and expertise on an aspect of human experience that has haunted him since childhood

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Michael Becker

Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars

November 25, 2015 — 
Michael Becker has always been a polymath, being interested in everything from astronomy to law and medicine. He eventually decided on plant science as his focus, and now studies diseases that affect canola crops, specifically blackleg.

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