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University of Manitoba approves 2015-16 budget

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Ethan Cabel
  The University of Manitoba’s Board of Governors approved the university’s 2015-16 budget last month, raising the ire of international students forced to cough up more in tuition fees despite steep cuts to U of...
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Small molecule, big hope

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Leila Mostaco-Guidolin
The vision of Rabbi and his supervisor is to develop a better understanding of the pathogenesis of IBD and, in so doing, to develop new treatment paradigms that are both safer and more effective...
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Grain of truth

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Brian Hauri
Meet Maryam Shamloo, a third-year PhD student at the University of Manitoba (U of M) and winner of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Scholarship for Food Advancement through Science Training.
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Colour vision deficiency

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Jeremiah Yarmie
EnChroma—a company based out of Berkeley, California—is developing glass lenses with the intent of assisting individuals with colour blindness. Not so fast, the EnChroma Cx Lenses aren’t a treatment for the condition; colour blindness cannot...
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Targeting racial oppression on campus

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Carolyne Kroeker
Following Nancy Macdonald’s Jan. 22, 2015 Maclean’s article denouncing Winnipeg as “where Canada’s racism problem is at its worst,” there was much uproar around the city. Winnipeggers began sharing and responding to Macdonald’s article,...
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UMSU officially endorses fossil fuel divestment

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Dana Hatherly
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union approved a motion this week to seek divestment from fossil fuel companies. An overwhelming majority of councillors at the council meeting on April 6 voted in favour of a...
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Vitamin C as intestinal inflammation therapy

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Leila Mostaco-Guidolin
Ala’a Eideh is pursuing her PhD in the Human Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Manitoba.