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Bone business
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Just in time for Halloween, a controversy has erupted in the scientific community over an early human skull that was found in a dig site in Dmanisi, Georgia.
In 2000, a jaw bone was discovered...
It’s official!
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China has received approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a live attenuated vaccine against Japanese encephalitis (JE), a viral brain infection transferred by mosquitoes that causes 10-15,000 deaths per year, mostly in...
‘Turning the crank’
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Students and faculty gathered in the engineering building on Tuesday for an armchair session on Ethics and Engineering Education. The event, co-sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering, the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics,...
UMSU council briefs
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Finance report: Frosh Festival failed to break even
Justin Paquin of Paquin Entertainment reported to UMSU council on Monday, Oct. 21 that the Frosh Music Festival generated a net loss of $150,404.
Paquin entertainment was contracted...
Calls for improved HIV/AIDS care in Manitoba and Canada
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British Columbia’s influential HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment advocate Dr. Julio Montaner was in Winnipeg early this month to help lobby for improved disease prevention and treatment in Manitoba.
Montaner, who frequently presents on B.C.’s “Treatment...
U of M and faculty narrowly avoid strike
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A potential faculty strike loomed over the University of Manitoba last week, and both sides were hesitant to share negotiation details.
After the University of Manitoba Faculty Association voted 68 per cent in favour of taking...
U of M re-envisioning food systems on campus
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The Campus Food Systems Project wants to change the approach to food consumption and food services on campus. The U of M was selected in 2012 along with eight other pilot universities for the...
