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Solar panels at the UM Smartpark will help power experiments involving sea ice.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Winnipeg Free Press: U of M sea ice lab turns to solar power

January 22, 2025 — 
U of M sea ice lab turns to solar power

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Paul Durkin in Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania with students.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

CTV Winnipeg: New findings on homo erectus

January 20, 2025 — 
Paul Durkin, an assistant professor at U of M, discusses how a new study is changing what we know about homo erectus.

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Wheat field with a big blue sky above.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Western Producer: High-protein wheat expected to survive tariffs

January 20, 2025 — 
High-protein wheat classes such as Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) may survive the new world order of international trade.

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Head coach of the Bisons football team, Stan Pierre.

Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

Winnipeg Free Press: Pierre named head coach of U of M Bisons football program

January 17, 2025 — 
Longtime University of Manitoba Bisons defensive co-ordinator and assistant head coach Stan Pierre said Friday he is honoured and thrilled to be the team’s head coach.

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Emma McGeough

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Western Producer: Corn intercrops can work

January 16, 2025 — 
Recent research, such as a trial that was conducted at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives in 2020 near Brandon, has begun to look at how intercrops can enhance corn grazing.

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Researchers Travis Qaunaq, left, from Igloolik, Nunavut, and Madison Sheritt of the University of Manitoba pull a hydrophone out of the water in Foxe Basin. (Submitted by C-Jae Breiter/DFO)

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

CBC North: Researchers want to know how more marine shipping in Nunavut could affect walruses

January 16, 2025 — 
Little data exists on how walruses in Foxe Basin react to ships

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Dr. Yik Au

Asper School of Business

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba agri-food industry wary of potential trade war with U.S. as premiers close ranks

January 16, 2025 — 
Premier Kinew calls for 'Team Canada' long-term economic strategy

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Headshot of new assistant professor Kenneth Grad wearing a white shirt and grey blazer smiling and looking left of camera.

Faculty of Law

Winnipeg Free Press: Man, 19, charged in antisemitic graffiti incidents

January 15, 2025 — 
Dozens of Charleswood walls, fences defaced; doesn’t meet criteria for hate crime, police say

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Students walking in winter on Fort Garry campus.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

CBC Manitoba: Deep Freeze in January: What’s Happening with Manitoba’s Weather?

January 15, 2025 — 
Deep Freeze in January: What's Happening with Manitoba's Weather?

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A person working on a laptop computer and holding a cellphone in their left hand.

Faculty of Science

CBC Manitoba: PowerSchool paid hackers a fee to delete stolen data: Manitoba school board memo

January 13, 2025 — 
80 per cent of school divisions in Manitoba have been impacted by the data breach, says the province

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