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The group of graduates toss their caps in the air.

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First PharmD class among 2023 ‘extraordinary’ graduates

May 19, 2023 — 
Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms looked toward the inaugural graduating class of doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students and told them they should be immensely proud of themselves.

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Dr. Thomas Quinn speaking at the podium at Convocation.

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Always keep learning – even from failure, esteemed physician tells medical grads

May 19, 2023 — 
A physician-scientist who is renowned for his groundbreaking HIV/AIDS research urged the newest crop of UM medical graduates to be perpetual learners and to use failure to fuel discovery. 

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Three students wearing graduation caps, gowns and lilac coloured diploma in dental hygiene stoles. One student holds a smartphone and takes a selfie with the other two students.

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Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate

May 17, 2023 — 
Manitoba’s newest physicians, dentists, dental hygienists and pharmacists will graduate on May 18, 2023, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies.

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Faculty of Graduate Studies News

Vote for Keshav at the 3MT Western Regionals

May 15, 2023 — 
Show your UM pride and cast a ballot for the People's Choice award.

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Four people sit at a round table. Drs. François and Jacobsen sit at another round table. Dr. Doupe stands at a lectern.

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Norwegians in Manitoba to learn about province’s older adult care

May 11, 2023 — 
A group of health-care researchers, professionals, students and decision-makers from Norway are in Winnipeg this week to learn how older adults are cared for in Manitoba.

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A syringe sits atop a medical waste container inside a hospital.

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Safer Substance Use

May 10, 2023 — 
When Dr. Em Pijl joined the College of Nursing as an assistant professor in 2021, she started to look at her research from a different perspective. Pijl is originally from Vancouver, where she worked as a registered nurse in the Downtown Eastside, an area with high levels of homelessness and substance use.

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Three students sit at a table and another student is standing as they pose for a photo. Food is on their plates.

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Ramadan event brings medical professionals together

May 9, 2023 — 
A group of Muslim medical students, residents and physicians gathered on the Bannatyne campus last month to break their fast during Ramadan.

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Three female nursing students practice skills in a simulated hospital room with a manikin.

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College of Nursing welcomes first summer cohort as part of expanded program

May 8, 2023 — 
The College of Nursing at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences made history this month, as it expanded its bachelor of nursing program and welcomed a third cohort of 120 students at its first summer intake.

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A teenager is jogging.

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UM study aims to boost mental health of teens with Type 1 diabetes

May 4, 2023 — 
A study led by a University of Manitoba researcher aims to improve the mental health of teenagers living with Type 1 diabetes by increasing physical activity and assigning them a peer mentor who has gone through similar experiences.

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Research and International News

Building a broken heart: UM researchers to create 3D bio-printed heart muscle

May 2, 2023 — 
Researchers at the University of Manitoba and the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)have been awarded $250,000 over two years to advance cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology to create patient-specific heart models of those living with rare genetic diseases.

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