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Monkey teeth

Monkey fossils found in Serbia offer clues about life in a warmer world millions of years ago

October 22, 2019 — 
Studying fossil monkeys like these can help us understand how ancient climates shaped primate evolution

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Research Seminar Series returns for 2019/20

October 16, 2019 — 
The Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Research Seminar Series kicks off for the 2019/2020 academic year on October 24th, with a talk by Dr. Donna Goodwin, professor at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation.

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Ellen Sikorski and Nick McKenzie fell in love while at UM

Sometimes, conflict can lead to love

October 11, 2019 — 
They fell in love at UM and married this year, and they’re graduating together during Fall Convocation 2019

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Harvey Chochinov

Palliative care researcher inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

October 10, 2019 — 
Distinguished Professor Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov [MD/83, PhD/98], a leader in palliative care research, has been selected for induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

High-tech research projects to create futuristic health-care aids

October 10, 2019 — 
Two high-tech interdisciplinary research projects focused on the future of patient care, featuring College of Rehabilitation Sciences faculty, have received funding from the Collaborative Innovation Research Fund (CIRF). 

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UM alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Physics

October 8, 2019 — 
The Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that a UM graduate, acclaimed cosmologist Dr. James Peebles, has won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Confronting a killer

October 4, 2019 — 
Dr. Jason Kindrachuk was conducting postdoctoral research in Vancouver when he heard about a fellowship in Washington, D.C. that seemed too exciting to be true.

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Surgery image from Pixabay.

Why is it so hard for your doctor to apologize?

October 3, 2019 — 
'To investigate the impacts and difficulties surrounding medical apology, we’ve conducted research on medical apologies over the last two years'

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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Women needed for U of M cardiovascular study

October 2, 2019 — 
The University of Manitoba, in partnership with the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, is looking for 1,000 women aged 55 and over, to participate in an important women’s heart health study.

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Canada's parliament building

Manitoba’s pragmatic conservatism may contain lessons for Andrew Scheer

October 2, 2019 — 
Manitobans have often been characterized much like the bison that represents us: staid, steady, sturdy

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