Human Nutritional Sciences News Archive
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Food chemist named distinguished professor
October 14, 2022 —
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences professor Dr. Michael Eskin has been recognized for his outstanding distinction in research, scholarship, creative endeavours, professional service and teaching.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Supporting public health nutrition for all the goal of new professor
September 19, 2022 —
Leslie Redmond joined the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences as Assistant Professor in Food, Culture and Health on July 1, 2022.
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Meet the recipients of the inaugural Indigenous Doctoral Program Fellowships
May 5, 2022 —
These UM recipients are leading the next generation of students shaping the future of Indigenous-led research
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Three new Canada Research Chairs
January 12, 2022 —
Chairs in nutrition, health economics and extreme astrophysics
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Highest honour for three UM professors
September 7, 2021 —
Michael Eskin and Evelyn Forget are the newest UM Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, and Meghan Azad is a newest UM Member
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Students
Convocation 2020 – Beyond the Classroom
June 24, 2020 —
Meet some of the incredible members of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2020. As students, these graduands embraced opportunities available to them outside the classroom – from international exchanges to undergraduate research – that broadened their horizons and helped them to find their passions.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Brain Food Dinners: Finding mental wellness through food
September 4, 2019 —
Maureen Cooper, a 4th year student in the Human Nutritional Sciences (dietetics preparation) program, chose to study nutrition because she was interested in how food can heal the body
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TEDx: Farming to the Sky: A Game Changer for Health in the North
October 4, 2018 —
Vertical indoor food production is changing education, nutrition and the lives of people in difficult remote environments.
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A teaspoon of beef helps the medicine go down
May 17, 2018 —
New research by University of Manitoba professors has found that a particular beef protein may help people swallow bitter medicine.
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Wpg Free Press: Rapping with the prof
March 27, 2018 —
Michael Eskin, a professor in the department of human nutritional sciences at the University of Manitoba, is known for rapping about lipids, his area of expertise.