Meet some of the 2023 URA students
This summer, the Undergraduate Research Award (URA) program welcomed over 200 students, allowing them to work alongside researchers across all disciplines. Third-year biological sciences student…
Elah Ajene
A palliative approach in health care
When Rady faculty of health sciences nursing student Jogminder Sandhu started his clinical in an acute medical surgery unit, he took the principles and approaches…
Flourish
4/5 stars With gardens, grasses, mushrooms and mystical creatures, Yours Queerly Arts Collective’s Flourish portrays cottagecore at its finest. The Fringe newcomers explore queerness in…
Team discovers new sweat bee species in the Prairies
Back in 2017, Jason Gibbs and his wife — who were newcomers to Manitoba at the time — went to Spruce Woods Provincial Park to…
Unveiling the world of sports psychology
Why do athletes sometimes thrive and sometimes don’t? Why are sports fans sometimes engaged and happy and sometimes not? This is what drives Ben Schellenberg,…
Inside the U of M’s Village Lab
Gigii-bapiimin is an Ojibwe language term meaning, “we survived.” It is an expression that reflects the resilience and strength of Indigenous people. The Gigii-Bapiimin study,…
Project to examine period poverty across U of M campuses
Periods are a fact of life. They are a basic human biological function for nearly half the world’s population. However, many individuals face challenges in…
New research finds T. rex had scaly lips
About 65 million years after their extinction, dinosaurs remain some of the most famous prehistoric animals, and are often depicted in popular culture. In the…
What past epidemics tell us about COVID-19
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. With over 761 million reported cases and a series of nation-wide lockdowns in…
A glimpse of the U of M skies
On the third floor of University College, in room 394, is the Lockhart Planetarium. This facility at the U of M Fort Garry campus serves…