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Genetic modification is now

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Jeremiah Yarmie
Early in 2015, the Manitoban’s science and technology editor Chantelle Dubois wrote a piece on the future of creating designer babies – children born with desirable traits selected by their parents. This possibility is...
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Talking the talk

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Lauren Siddall
Irina Volchok is a University of Manitoba graduate student studying linguistics.
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Science in 2016

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Chantelle Dubois
We have now entered the year 2016. While hoverboards are still not ubiquitous (real hoverboards, that is) and we’re not quite sporting the fashion predicted to be haute couture in the movie Back to...
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International tuition still a sore point

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Dana Hatherly
The University of Manitoba is looking to uphold their promise of funnelling a significant portion of the extra money generated from international student fee hikes into academic and university community supports for international students.
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Manitoba school boards need leadership, says professor

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Ethan Cabel
As Manitoba prepares for a heated provincial election, one professor is bringing her expertise in conflict mitigation to an important policy debate – the education of children and young people throughout the province.
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UMSU offers support for abandoned Nigerian students

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Garett Williams
As the winter term commences at the University of Manitoba, a handful of state-sponsored Nigerian students face uncertainty after the development agency funding their scholarships ceased operations in November.
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Young Winnipeg Muslims respond to Islamic terrorist attacks

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Osho Samuel Adetunji
Current and former University of Manitoba students have taken to the Internet to give voice to young Western Muslims in the wake of terrorist attacks overseas.