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Solitary nesting bees, like this native leafcutter bee, will get better houses that will augment their numbers through a University of Manitoba open competition.

Bee Q&A

March 22, 2016 — 
What's up with bees needing our help?

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Bailey Rankine collecting data in Western Australia

CANDID: Meet Bailey Rankine

March 10, 2016 — 
Her research has taken her from sea turtles to oats. She fears no animals, love the Dallas Cowboys, fishing and one particular podcast.

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Nutrition Month: a journey to health

March 8, 2016 — 
Did you know that March is Nutrition Month?

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CBC: Design competition gives Winnipeg bees homes

March 4, 2016 — 
These are for bees that are already found within the city

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Illustration of bees in hardhats building homes

Addressing the housing challenges of bees

March 1, 2016 — 
Competition to design houses for nesting bees that will help populations rebound

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$1.9 M for winter wheat breeding at the University of Manitoba

February 19, 2016 — 
The Western Grains Research Foundation and the University of Manitoba have renewed their partnership in wheat breeding

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Proposals sought for Faculty Endowment Fund

February 12, 2016 — 
Funding is available for a wide variety of worthy projects and programs

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Clement Adomah // Photo: Katie Chalmers-Brooks

CANDID: Meet Clement Adomah

February 1, 2016 — 
Clement Adomah grew up helping his dad on their farm in Ghana. Now he's studying economics at the U of M, and in his free time he's trying to uncover what successful people have in common because he wants to return to Ghana to transform it

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CTV: Canada’s beef industry producing more with less greenhouse gas emissions: UM study shows

January 12, 2016 — 
Researchers at the University of Manitoba and Agriculture Canada found a 15 per cent reduction in methane emissions on a production basis between 1981 and 2011, and a 16 per cent cut in nitrous dioxide from manure.

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New research clarifies Canadian beef producers’ true environmental footprint

January 12, 2016 — 
Five-year study shows Canadian beef industry improving efficiencies and lessening environmental impacts

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