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Degrees Overcomes Delays
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After a term filled with unexpected delays, the new and improved Degrees finally opened its doors last December to a warm reception.
A plethora of changes and uncoordinated modifications to wiring, heating and air systems...
Lukacs back on the job
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Gabor Lukacs, the math professor who is taking the university to court over the dean of graduate studies’ decision to award a PhD to a student who did not fulfill all the necessary requirements,...
Student associations across Canada seek better student health plans
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Health care services administered by the province are often unable to meet the all health needs of students, making health plans offered by student unions increasingly popular.
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU),...
Resource optimization projects set to save millions for the U of...
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Resource optimization projects ROSE (Resource Optimization and Service Enhancing) and OARs (Optimizing Academic Resources) are set to save some serious cash for the University of Manitoba.
“ROSE and OARs are progressing well,” said U...
New Briefs
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Province can’t bury bodies: Health Minister
The province doesn’t have the legal authority to bury the human specimens in the Bodies exhibit, Heath Minister Theresa Oswald said Friday, according to the Winnipeg Free Press.
However,...
Decision on copyright fees could take over a year
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It could be over a year until a decision is made on the proposed new tariff from Access Copyright, the collective that licenses copying and course packs for most universities across Canada.
Gilles McDougall,...
Science Briefs
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Underwater cloak renders objects invisible to sonar
“We are not talking about science fiction. We are talking about controlling sound waves by bending and twisting them in a designer space,” said Nicholas Fang, mechanical science...
