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Media Release 2024 News Archive

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Media Release: UM receives $12.5 million USD from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to transform family planning, maternal and newborn research

October 15, 2024 — 
UM has received $12.5 million from The Gates Foundation to expand the globally recognized work of the Institute for Global Public Health (IGPH).

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The nanosatellite, known as Little Innovator in Space Situational Awareness (LISSA), will be integrated with the Redwing satellite and will be deployed from Redwing sometime after launch, once the two spacecraft have achieved an orbit at the designated altitude.

Media Release: Microsatellite project to monitor objects in space over Canada, South Pole

October 10, 2024 — 
An exciting new satellite project to monitor and protect the Earth’s orbital environment is underway. Find out more about how UM is collaborating with industry and governments for this timely project.

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A water shrew near a river sitting on a tree branch.

Media Release: Unlocking the secrets of shrews supercharged hearts

September 26, 2024 — 
The discovery of an altered heart protein in shrews by researchers at the University of Manitoba and Aarhus University helps explain this difference and could unlock treatment possibilities for people living with certain types of heart disease.

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A woman sits on a couch breastfeeding a baby.

Media Release: New study reveals breastfeeding duration can influence infant microbiome and respiratory development

September 19, 2024 — 
A major breastfeeding study co-led by University of Manitoba (UM), NYU Grossman School of Medicine and involving researchers from universities across North America has just been published in Cell.

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