Research and International News Archive
![A waterway in northern Manitoba.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/northern-waterway-UMtoday-150x150.jpeg)
Finding ways to better protect a vital resource on World Water Day
March 22, 2021 —
On World Water Day, what does water mean to you?
![researcher in field of crops with sensing equipment](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC07987-150x150.jpg)
Making agricultural ecosystems more sustainable
March 22, 2021 —
Recognizing ongoing research and initiatives that contribute to advancement of the goal of clean water and sanitation for all
![A standing woman wearing a virtual-reality headset stretches one arm upward in front of her.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/UMToday-Choukou-VR-yoga-study-150x150.png)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New Gerry McDole Professor to test virtual-reality yoga for stroke rehabilitation
March 17, 2021 —
Stroke survivors in rural Manitoba will wear virtual reality (VR) headsets for yoga sessions and memory-training exercises in an innovative UM pilot study.
![UM Researchers Britt Drögemöller and Galen Wright](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Galen-Britt-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Two new Canada Research Chairs awarded prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowships
March 16, 2021 —
UM Canada Research Chairs Dr. Galen Wright and Dr. Britt Drögemöller, faculty members in the Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, were recently awarded a pair of one-year fellowships that will allow them to collaborate on neurogenomics and precision medicine with Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
![Canada Excellence Research Chair, Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen (right), led the team that discovered the plant fossiles inside the Cold War-era ice samples](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Dahl-Jensen_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Scientists stunned to discover fossil plants beneath mile-deep Greenland ice, indicating an ice-free landscape in a warmer climate
March 15, 2021 —
The discovery helps confirm a new and troubling understanding that the Greenland ice has melted off entirely during recent warm periods in Earth’s history—periods like the one we are now contributing to with human-caused climate change.
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UM researchers to advance knowledge of COVID-19 impacts and improve health outcomes
March 12, 2021 —
One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, additional research is needed to understand and address persistent issues related to COVID-19 and the threat of future coronavirus and other infectious disease outbreaks
![Patient speaks with a doctor via video chat on a laptop.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Virtual-Health-Care-Canva-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM study examines impact of virtual health care
March 9, 2021 —
University of Manitoba researchers are conducting a study to assess the impact that the rapid switch to virtual health-care delivery in the province during the COVID-19 pandemic has had on patients and health-care workers.
![Helix image.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/helix-UMToday-150x150.jpeg)
New precision health ‘All for One’ network for the Prairies
March 9, 2021 —
'Genomics has enormous potential to improve Canadians’ lives and to advance post-pandemic economic recovery'
![Dr. Juliana Marson, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/P1020964-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Meet Dr. Juliana Marini Marson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environment and Geography
March 8, 2021 —
Dr. Juliana Marson is a new faculty member at the University of Manitoba whose research focus lies on the polar oceans, their interactions with the cryosphere and climate.
![There are mounting calls for a boycott of next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing. // AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Olympics-UMToday-150x150.jpeg)
2022 Winter Olympics will help Beijing ‘sportwash’ its human rights record
March 8, 2021 —
'Next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing have become part of the political debate on how the Canadian government should respond to the Chinese government’s treatment of the Uyghurs'