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Some nursing students left without classes needed to graduate
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Up to 50 fourth-year nursing students will not be able to graduate on time due to a new class size cap imposed by the faculty.
Clinical theory and the accompanying clinical practice placements for students...
Science opinions
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Three-dimensional viewing is, as the technology firms would have you believe, the way of the future. This is exactly what I thought it would be, using optical principles we have known for over a...
Technology briefs
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Pocket-sized healthcare advice for people of Africa
“Afridoctor” is a smart phone application developed by Blueworld Communities based in Cape Town, South Africa. The application is available for anyone with a smart phone...
Hobbits among men
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This month marks the beginning of a five-year project in the Soa Basin of central Flores, Indonesia, to locate more specimens of the species Homo floresiensis — our most recent living cousin in the...
Zoological Investigations: The Dragonfly
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Do you remember how much you loved Filmon Fridays when you were a kid? A whole day off school?! Man, it was incredible. What have we got that can compare these days? Lackluster dreams...
What does a laptop have in common with a cup of...
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With the recent increase in the public's awareness of poor working conditions and even suicides occurring at overseas electronics factories, it may be time to re-think our high-tech manufacturing model. As it stands, the...
BoG notes
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The University of Manitoba’s Board of Governors met on June 22.
University President David Barnard spoke about the negotiations between various professional faculties and the provincial government over raising tuition levels above the previously approved...