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Asper School of Business

Seeing the Supply Chain as a Chain of Relationships

August 20, 2025 — 
Asper Professor and Director of Sustainability Minelle Silva publishes a years-in-the-making research article in FT50-ranked publication

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Portrait of Dr. Tracie Afifi and Dr. Marni Brownell.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences honours two Rady Faculty researchers

August 19, 2025 — 
Two Max Rady College of Medicine professors have been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours in the Canadian health sciences community.

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Martin Entz

Research and International

Growing a better future: UM Natural Systems Farming research is feeding the world

August 15, 2025 — 
For over 30 years, Dr. Martin Entz has been at the forefront of sustainable farming research.  

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Cover of Summer 2025 issue of RadyUM magazine, showing Audrey Henderson and Margaret Hart.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

New issue of RadyUM highlights ‘Rehab Reconciliation’

August 15, 2025 — 
The latest issue of RadyUM magazine is available now, in print and online, with a cover story about a successful wellness-building partnership between First Nations communities and the College of Rehabilitation Sciences.

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Dr. Leslie E. Roos

Research and International

Closing the gap: Helping families access high-quality mental health services sooner

July 31, 2025 — 
New federal Implementation Science Chair, Dr. Leslie E. Roos seeks solutions in mental health services.

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Dr. Mojgan Rastegar, wearing a lab coat and plastic gloves, holds a dish of cells.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Bio-banking Hope

July 24, 2025 — 
More than a decade ago, Dr. Mojgan Rastegar gave the keynote address at an Ontario meeting focused on Rett syndrome, an incurable neurodevelopmental disorder.

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Dr. Anil Menon poses for a photo in the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry's general dental clinic. He leans against a dental chair.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Seniors’ Smiles

July 23, 2025 — 
Dr. Anil Menon is on a mission to improve the oral health of seniors living in long-term care homes – one smile at a time.

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Faculty of Social Work scholars Dr. Christine Mayor, Dr. Blessing Ojembe, and Dr. Ashley Stewart-Tufescu

Faculty of Social Work

Social Work scholars awarded grant to support new research on ending carceral practices in helping professions, programs for Black older adults, and displaced Rohingya women.

July 22, 2025 — 
Congratulations to our Faculty of Social Work scholars Dr. Christine Mayor, Dr. Blessing Ojembe, and Dr. Ashley Stewart-Tufescu have been awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2025 Insight Development Grants to support new research on ending carceral practices in helping professions, programs for Black older adults, and displaced Rohingya women.

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Dr. Zulma Rueda smiling at the camera in her lab.

CTV Morning Live: Fighting HIV stigma

July 21, 2025 — 
Dr. Zulma Rueda, Canada Research Chair in sexually transmitted infection – resistance and control at the Max Rady College of Medicine speaks to CTV Morning Live about how her team is tackling record-high HIV rates and stigma through community-led, Manitoba-made research.

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Research and International

The Conversation: More people are considering AI lovers, and we shouldn’t judge

July 21, 2025 — 
People are falling in love with their chatbots. There are now dozens of apps that offer intimate companionship with an AI-powered bot, and they have millions of users.

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