Research & Technology

The interplay of mental health, the gut and cancer

By
Elah Ajene
Last month, the U of M launched its Ignite program to support bold and high-risk research explorations — providing $350,000 per year for three years to five collaborative research projects. Among these is a multidisciplinary...
Teegan Gillich
Research & Technology

Navigating the gut-brain connection

By
Elah Ajene
 Last Wednesday, U of M hosted its Knowledge Exchange panel discussion where experts from a variety of backgrounds explored the brain and the gut and their connection to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and health. The...
Ebunoluwa Akinbo
Research & Technology

U of M professor investigates soil health in British Columbia

By
Elah Ajene
In Canada, British Columbia is the second largest producer of natural gas. However, the intersection of energy infrastructure and agricultural lands poses a unique set of challenges for its farmers. Francis Zvomuya is a...
Dallin Chicoine
Research & Technology

Crunching code and cracking jokes

By
Elah Ajene
 Tristan Miller has always been interested in linguistics and languages. From a young age, this fascination was sparked by a thoughtful gift from his mother — one of Willard Espy’s books on wordplay. Delving into the...
Dallin Chicoine
Research & Technology

Toward new frontiers in cellular biology

By
Elah Ajene
 Last month, Research Manitoba’s Innovation Proof-of-Concept (IPoC) Grant Program allocated close to $550,000 in funding over the span of two years to support five research initiatives at the University of Manitoba. Among the recipients...
Teegan Gillich
Research & Technology

Program integrates arts and humanities into health care

By
Elah Ajene
 Traditional science entails the isolation and thorough understanding of specific phenomena, often emphasizing the removal of external influences to focus solely on the subject of study. This approach, while effective for scientific inquiry, poses...
Editorial

Contraceptive realities are pregnant with inequalities

By
Elah Ajene
It was a random Tuesday in primary six when the head teacher, Mrs. Joy, had split the entire school in half. Girls headed to the auditorium while boys were escorted to begin P.E. earlier...
Teegan Gillich
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