Report links fetal exposure to diabetes with heart disease
A new report from the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba has found that fetal exposure to diabetes may be linked to heart disease in…
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Deeper knowledge requires diversity in education
Faculty of education associate professor Richard Hechter is currently working on three interrelated projects involving multicultural approaches to science education. The first, funded by an…
Pandemic lifts restrictions on biodiversity research
While the COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous global impact, humans aren’t the only ones who found their daily lives disrupted. Two University of Manitoba…
Video games are the future of telerehabilitation
The rehabilitation and physical therapy process is difficult for long-term patients. Appointments can number in the hundreds and the cost of care is often steep…
Life in poverty report calls for higher minimum wage
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a report Aug. 27 co-authored by Jesse Hajer, an assistant professor in economics and the labour studies…
U of M professor to study long-term effects of vaping
The University of Manitoba has the potential to become one of Canada’s leading universities studying the health effects of vaping. Along with two other U…
Sociology professor champions childcare
The University of Manitoba faculty of arts named Susan Prentice, a professor in the department of sociology and criminology, the new Duff Roblin professor of…
U of M libraries offer access beyond online catalogue
The U of M research community — particularly graduate students and faculty — have one less obstacle in their academic work amid the ongoing pandemic….
Professor working with Fossil Discovery Centre
University of Manitoba assistant professor of paleontology Kirstin Brink has taken an adjunct vertebrate curator position with the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (CFDC) in Morden,…
Nobel laureate gives virtual lecture to faculty of science
The U of M’s faculty of science hosted a virtual lecture by Nobel laureate and alumnus James Peebles on June 12. The lecture — part…