Research and International News Archive
![Dagmar Svecova with students Arezo Rasouli, Sarah Boila, Saeed Gerami, Dibasadat Yamoutzavareh, Maha Ghaib, Rushangkumar Dave and Heather Stefaniuk.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-01-at-11.13.27-AM-150x150.png)
Creating unconventional solutions
February 5, 2018 —
Dagmar Svecova is helping keep Manitobans safe
![Ashley Ammeter, Robert Duncan, Mohamed Elhiti and Kenny So examining populations in the greenhouse that vary for seed storage protein content. // Photo by Mike Latschislaw](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Canola_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Improving Canada’s most important crop
February 5, 2018 —
A group of researchers led by plant scientist Rob Duncan is seeking to take a well-known Canadian crop into exciting and underexplored territory
![Malcolm Doupe is still fascinated with using computers to dig into data sets, exposing patterns and correlations that can be used to inform health policy.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-02-01-at-2.31.04-PM-150x150.png)
Driven by data
February 2, 2018 —
When Malcolm Doupe was a graduate student, he got his first glimpse at how databases can be probed to reveal new evidence about people’s health
![Reinforcement bars at the W.R. McQuade Structures Lab. // Photo: Mike Latschislaw](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Researchlife-cover-150x150.jpeg)
ResearchLIFE – Discovering a better tomorrow
February 2, 2018 —
Researchers at the U of M are making an impact at home and around the world
![College of Pharmacy researchers Shawn Bugden (l) and Jamie Falk (r) priced and catalogued the major classes of drugs that family physicians see every day.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Pharmacy-web-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Comparing drug costs: Research informs physicians, patients
February 1, 2018 —
Reference guide arms doctors and their patients with the information they need to get the best value
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Asper School of Business
The Brave New World of Work
January 30, 2018 —
While some of us look at our careers as a long, steady climb up the corporate ladder, a growing number of us are pursuing careers that plunge us instead into a game of snakes and ladders
![](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Valdine-flaming-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Internship in New Zealand ‘life-changing’ for Metis student
January 29, 2018 —
Grad student in disability studies says immersion in Maori health research empowered her as a Metis scholar in Manitoba.
![Dr. Josée Lavoie at the Jan. 26, 2018 announcement.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Lavoie_WEB-150x150.jpg)
$9.7M investment in innovative health research
January 26, 2018 —
Manitoba researchers receive funding to study mental health, multiple sclerosis, Indigenous health, and more
![Canada Research Chair Announcement, from left to right: Frank Deer, Terry Duguid, Elder Norman Meade, Jörg Stetefeld, Digvir Jayas](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Canada-Research-Chair-Announcement-Jan-26-150x150.jpg)
Two new Canada Research Chairs have been awarded to U of M
January 25, 2018 —
The new announcement of $2.4 million in funding will also renew one of our current Canada Research Chair holders
![Savannah Sparrow // Photo: Paulson Des Brisay](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Unknown-150x150.jpeg)
Canadian songbirds forced to change their tunes
January 24, 2018 —
Some Canadian songbirds have to change their tunes because noise pollution from things like oil and gas drilling equipment otherwise drowns out important parts of their songs, U of M researchers have found