University of Regina guarantees employment for graduates
Students who enroll at the University of Regina can now rest assured that they will find a career-orientated job after graduation. The university has unveiled…
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Manitoba records largest population growth in 16 years Manitoba’s population has grown by 15,864 people over the past 12 months, an increase of 1.32 per…
U of M receives $1.7 million for biofuel research
The Province of Manitoba announced a $1.7 million investment in Canadian flax and biofuels genomic research that promises to make the University of Manitoba a…
International Post-Secondary Briefs
American grad students hit harder by recession than those without higher education Graduate students in the United States are having a hard time dealing with…
Clinic new tool to help those who struggle with eating disorders
The grand opening of the new Provincial Eating Disorder Prevention and Recovery Program was held on Monday, September 28. The clinic, located in downtown Winnipeg,…
Events in science
Interested in getting more involved on and off campus? Want to see how professors spend their free time? Need something thrifty to do with your…
Visions of neuroscience
“Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?” Leonardo da Vinci once asked. While this is an…
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles currently still require oil
Let’s face it; hydrogen fuel cells are really awesome. In goes some hydrogen — which just happens to be the most abundant element in the…
Better know a prokaryote
The virus formerly known as “swine flu,” or the H1N1 strain of the common influenza virus, has gotten all the press lately, so I thought…
Carbon, we hardly know ye
You are mostly water and carbon. Oh, sure, there is some nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen, along with a host of other elements thrown in there,…