Research and International News Archive
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Community Events February 2022
February 2, 2022 —
This February join fellow community members virtually to enjoy insightful lectures by experts, a highly entertaining theatre performance and a thought-provoking financial webinar amongst other intriguing events. Mark your calendars, share these events with your friends and meet us online.
![The Bentwood Box, which travelled with the TRC to all of its official events, is shown where it now resides at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Bentwood-Box-UMToday-150x150.jpg)
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and SSHRC partner to advance Indigenous-led research
February 1, 2022 —
The collaboration will foster research on reconciliation and residential schools, done by and with Indigenous communities
![Dr. Rotimi Aluko in the lab](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/rotimi-aluko-01-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Meet Rotimi Aluko, Canada Research Chair in Bioactive Peptides
January 30, 2022 —
Food chemist will work to advance human nutrition research
![Samar Safi Harb is one of three Canadian astronomers whose research teams are part of an international science working group that launched a satellite into space last week](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/samar-safi-harb-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
It’s a very exciting time to be in astrophysics at UM
January 28, 2022 —
Samar Safi-Harb is on the hunt for the biggest bangs since the “big bang.” She has just been named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Safi-Harb is the first woman to be appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in UM’s Faculty of Science.
![Many parents are struggling with burnout, loneliness and mental health problems during the pandemic. (Pexels/Alexander Dummer)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/parent-with-child-umtoday-150x150.jpg)
Screaming into the void? Us too. Coping tips for stressed-out families in the COVID-19 pandemic
January 28, 2022 —
'Strategies for taking back control when you dread the challenging day ahead'
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Faculty of Science
2022 Turtle Island Indigenous Science Conference
January 27, 2022 —
The UM is hosting its first Indigenous Science Conference with a focus on the Indigenous approach to understanding the five elements of the world: fire, water, earth, air, and spirit.
![Dr. Vimi Mutalik peers into a large microscope on her office desk.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/UM-Today-Mutalik_Vimi_02-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Focusing on Oral Cancer
January 17, 2022 —
Dr. Vimi Mutalik peers intently into the large microscope on her office desk. It’s the tool she uses to make a difference in the world.
![The Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO) is located adjacent to Canada’s only Arctic deep-water port, which will allow researchers access to marine and Arctic life like never before. // Photo from CMO](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Square-Churchill-Marine-Observatory-Exterior-University-Manitoba-UMToday-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Sea ice dynamics
January 17, 2022 —
University of Manitoba researchers look to the Churchill Marine Observatory for answers about a changing climate
![The Experimental Lakes Area in Northwestern Ontario, where research on ageing is underway](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ELA-1-150x150.jpg)
Not just another fish tale: is there a difference between aging and getting old?
January 14, 2022 —
Some creatures don’t age in the same way that humans do, implying that getting old does not necessarily lead to declining health
![Samar Safi-Harb](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Samar-Safi-Harb-High-Res-8-150x150.jpg)
Three new Canada Research Chairs
January 12, 2022 —
Chairs in nutrition, health economics and extreme astrophysics