Research and International News Archive
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Extreme precipitation events have always occurred, but are they changing?
September 4, 2020 —
The evidence that human activity has warmed the global climate over the past century is incontrovertible. Individual extreme events are, however, influenced by many other factors.
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Faculty of Science
Winners of the 2020 3MT Undergraduate Student Competition
August 31, 2020 —
The winners of the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience 3MT thesis competition hosted by the Faculty of Science are:
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Twenty UM researchers receive JELF funding
August 26, 2020 —
Twenty UM researchers have been awarded support for their work this week through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
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Desautels Faculty of Music
Meredith Liu dissects the art of OK Go
August 26, 2020 —
Through intricate analysis of the score and choreogaphy of OK Go's breakout hit, DFOM student Meredith Liu offers new insights about why audiences are so drawn to the video.
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Faculty of Architecture
Undergraduate Researchers: Busy this Summer
August 26, 2020 —
Eight Faculty of Architecture students earned Undergraduate Research Awards this summer.
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
B.Sc. (Med.) students pivot research amid pandemic
August 24, 2020 —
Medical students in the bachelor of science in medicine (B.Sc. (Med.) program showed great resilience this summer in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the learners had to modify their research or take on a whole new project because of reduced capacity in laboratories and temporary lab closures.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Plant scientist wins national pathology award
August 24, 2020 —
Dr. Dilantha Fernando’s research has made a tremendous impact on Canadian agriculture.
![PIKE_Net interns Nichol Marsch, Jordan Gelowitz and Zoe Quill.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/PIKE-Net-interns-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
PIKE-Net interns adapt to at-home research
August 21, 2020 —
Student interns in Prairie Indigenous Knowledge Exchange Network (PIKE-Net) this summer, had a slightly different experience than they would have had any other year, due to the office closures and social distancing measures that came with the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nine UM researchers receive Insight Development Grants
August 21, 2020 —
Nine University of Manitoba researchers are among the recipients of Insight Development Grants as announced by the Government of Canada, receiving a total of $569,267 in funding.
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No ‘back to normal’ after COVID-19
August 12, 2020 —
COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on the inequities of Canada’s current “curative” health-care system and the problems associated with viewing health policy in isolation from social factors.