Research and International News Archive
![Researchers have found that those who feel more connected to nature tend to feel more connected to all of humanity. (Annie K/Unsplash)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Conversation-Natural-World-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
People who feel more connected to the natural world are more likely to support reconciliation
August 10, 2021 —
Both traditional Indigenous knowledge keepers and social psychological researchers have made strikingly similar conclusions about the connection between how people relate to each other and how they relate to the earth and other living beings
![Wildfires burn on the island of Evia, north of Athens, Greece, on Aug. 3, 2021, as the country dealt with the worst heat wave in decades. Temperatures reached 41 C in parts of Athens. (AP Photo/Michael Pappas)](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Greece-Wildfires-Conversation-Canada-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
5 things to watch for in the latest IPCC report on climate science
August 9, 2021 —
The report will provide policy-makers with the best possible information regarding the physical science of climate change, which is essential for long-term planning in many sectors, from infrastructure to energy to social welfare. Here are five things to look for in the new report.
![Nebula in deep space](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/science-5350596_1920-150x150.jpg)
Astronomers catch a pulsar wind powered by magnetar outbursts
August 6, 2021 —
A team of international researchers including a UM astrophysicist and an alumna has found a wind nebula around a radio pulsar
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Faculty of Science
Cheer on the Faculty of Science 3MT 2021 Competitors
August 6, 2021 —
On August 10 and 11, 2021, students will be challenged to showcase their research to a general audience in a three-minute or less in a 3MT competition. Part of the Faculty of Science, Student Undergraduate Summer Research Experience Program.
![Illustration of COVID-19 virus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/COVID-19-image-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Canadian-led international study: Full-dose blood thinners benefit moderately ill COVID-19 patients
August 4, 2021 —
Collaborative international clinical trials testing full-dose anticoagulation with heparin (a blood thinner) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has found the treatment improves survival and reduces the need for vital organ support such as mechanical ventilation in moderately ill patients
![Dr. Sandeep Arora](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/UM-today-Hero-Image-Sandeep-150x150.png)
Asper School of Business
Shedding Light on the Dark Side of Firm Lobbying
July 29, 2021 —
Asper Professor’s study on the relationship between lobbying spending and customer satisfaction published in the Journal of Marketing.
![Students operating specialized microscopy equipment in NanoFab Laboraotry](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ResearchLIFE-Winter-2015-2661-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
$1.3 million to UM research from Research Manitoba
July 28, 2021 —
2021 Research Manitoba Awards Competition Results
![Mary Simon, an Inuk leader and former Canadian diplomat, has been named as Canada’s next governor general — the first Indigenous person to serve in the role. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mary-Simon-UM-Today-150x150.jpg)
Should bilingualism change in Canada? The debate over Gov. Gen. Mary Simon
July 26, 2021 —
'The federal government and all Canadians have an obligation to work towards reconciliation with Indigenous people, and to implement the TRC recommendations'
![A metal resarch building shot as magesticaly as possible against a grey sky](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Oil-in-Sea-Ice-Mesocosm-at-Churchill-Marine-Observatory-150x150.png)
Inuit communities partner with UM to develop Arctic oil spill preparedness and emergency response using genomics research
July 22, 2021 —
$6.7 million in funding from Genome Canada and Genome Prairie
![](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/UM_TheConversation-1920x1080-Slide-1-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Building Vaccine Confidence – Online Event July 28th
July 20, 2021 —
The Conversation Canada and the University of Manitoba have put together a special live video panel of experts to explore and explain vaccine hesitancy and discuss what can be done to promote vaccine confidence.