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Winners in the 15th annual Undergraduate Research Poster Competition with (far right) Dr. Digvir Jayas (VP Research and International) and (far left) Dr. Jay Doering (Associate VP Partnerships)

Poster competition celebrates student research

October 29, 2019 — 
Nearly 100 judges queried the more than 140 budding researchers about their projects

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An oil pumpjack is shown in a field. // Image from Pixabay

The economic illusions of the Canadian election

October 25, 2019 — 
'As an economist, I approached voting in the Canadian federal election with deep ambivalence that was shared by most everyone I know regardless of vocation or political persuasion'

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Wpg Free Press: U.S. Holocaust museum, local universities join forces to explore connections between Nazi atrocities, residential school trauma

October 23, 2019 — 
"There’s at least a case to be made that there’s something to be learned by putting these two things side by side," UM's Adam Muller says

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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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Student Success Month Spotlight: Tyler Kempe on leaving the workforce to pursue post-secondary studies

October 21, 2019 — 
Tyler Kempe speaks to UM Today about his decision to leave his workplace to pursue a graduate education in Clinical Psychology.

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Students News

Student Success Month spotlight: Samantha Nicole Tumlos on thinking outside the box

October 10, 2019 — 
Samantha Nicole Tumlos describes how she has overcome challenges by changing her way of thinking about university

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Faculty of Arts News

Wpg. Free Press: Niigaan Sinclair named peace educator of year

October 9, 2019 — 
University of Manitoba associate professor (and Winnipeg Free Press columnist) Niigaan Sinclair has been named peace educator of the year by a bi-national network of educators, academics and peace activists

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Jocelyne Thorpe, Scott Ormiston and Joyce Slater are three of the many professors recognized by alumni.

Alumni News

Alumni name their fav UM profs

October 4, 2019 — 
We were overwhelmed with messages about faculty who taught challenging topics with ease; inspired news ways of thinking and creating; and expanded students’ horizons

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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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UN Trip 2019

Students News

Five U of M students explore the United Nations

October 3, 2019 — 
This summer, five University of Manitoba students attended the United Nations Intensive Study Program in New York

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