National union demands changes to economics department
Over two months after the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) released a controversial report on tensions within the University of Manitoba department of economics,…
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UMSU domain dispute with CFS continues
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) is planning to break away from the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) web and other services even after…
Heated UMSU election results in mixed executive
The 2015 UMSU general election turned out to be a nail biter, with students electing five candidates from the two competing executive slates, resulting in…
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Sentinel-2A ready for launch Sentinel-2A, an Earth observation satellite, is currently undergoing a last round of tests before being shipped to French Guiana for launch….
Recent marijuana studies
“Pot is safer than alcohol,” echoes a stoner attempting to catch the ears of politicians who aren’t listening. Many people, especially those who use marijuana…
Three’s a crowd
Recently, parliament’s upper house in the United Kingdom passed a law which allows for the mitochondrial DNA of a donor to be used as therapy…
A new development in HIV treatment
Researchers have developed an antibody-like molecule which may help in the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The molecule, named eCD4-Ig, was designed to…
Online voting off the table this year
University of Manitoba students will be voting using paper ballots again during this week’s University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) General Election after the union…
UMSUshi open for business
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) held the grand opening for UMSUshi last week, a new take-out restaurant run by the students’ union on…
Updated: Dean of architecture faculty leaving amid controversy
The dean of the faculty of architecture at the University of Manitoba announced late last week that he will not be seeking reappointment when his…