Human Nutritional Sciences News Archive
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interprofessional Sessions Enrich Learning for Faculty of Health Sciences Students
March 11, 2016 —
A well-known fable tells about a group of blind men who encounter an elephant. One touches a leg and says it’s a pillar. Another feels the trunk and claims it’s a tree branch. Yet another grabs the tail and calls it a rope.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Nutrition Month: a journey to health
March 8, 2016 —
Did you know that March is Nutrition Month?
![The 3MT Final Competition is Feb. 25 from 7-9 p.m. Chris Cadonic, biomedical engineering master's student, is one of the 12 graduate students who will be presenting their research at the event](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/3MT-Heat-2-_008-150x150.jpg)
Graduate students who really know their stuff
February 17, 2016 —
Twelve finalists made it through the 3MT heats and move on to compete in the final competition on Thursday, Feb. 25
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Research and International
Strategy to reduce food waste a Game Changer
February 12, 2016 —
Team Nixed Foods captured the grand prize and six months of mentorship to transform idea into reality
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Students
Service-Learning team, UMangoes wins top prize at Social Innovation Challenge
December 7, 2015 —
Have you ever heard about mangoes from Manitoba? If you haven’t you will soon have the chance to discover these delicious fruits connecting the Manitoba and El Salvador.
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Get to know our 2015 Vanier Scholars
December 3, 2015 —
Ifeanyi Nwachukwu is a dedicated researcher, volunteer and role model.
![2015 Vanier Scholars (l to r) Ifeanyi Nwachukwu, Jonathan Challis, Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba and Michael Becker](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Vanier-2015-Group-150x150.jpg)
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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Students
Career Mentor – Jorie Janzen
September 30, 2015 —
Jorie Janzen [BHEc (Nutrition)/02] is one of 700+ Career Mentor volunteers who devote time to meeting University of Manitoba students.
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Holistic Nutrition
September 15, 2015 —
Grad student Monica Cyr found her path by combining two passions, nutrition and Indigenous knowledge.