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City committee takes brakes off U-Pass
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The universal transit pass (U-Pass) is now in the hands of Winnipeg city council and the University of Manitoba Board of Governors (BOG) after recommendations were made by the city’s standing policy committee on...
City committee to take the wheel on U-Pass implementation
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The universal transit pass (U-Pass) implementation is back on the table early next week, with major implications for the already controversial 2015 city operating budget.
Recommendations to proceed with the program are up for consideration...
Hot pepper pain relief
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Recent research from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has helped us understand how chili peppers alleviate pain.
The research, published in Science Signalling, looked at the molecular action of capsaicin, the compound responsible for the...
The Turing brain
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Researchers from Columbia University recently discovered that the brains of rhesus monkeys make decisions using the same algorithms as Alan Turing’s decoding machine utilized during World War II.
For those unfamiliar, Turing helped decipher encrypted...
Asymmetrical organocatalysis
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Rebecca Davis is an assistant professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Manitoba. She completed her BSc in chemistry at Washington State University and her PhD at the University of California,...
American army deserter speaks at University of Manitoba
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Former United States solider Joshua Key delivered a speech to a near-capacity crowd at the University of Manitoba last week, describing his experience as an army deserter and war resister living in Canada. Key,...
National union demands changes to economics department
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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, the national union is calling on the university to...
