Until recently, students in Manitoba who wished to pursue a doctoral degree in nursing had to leave the province to do so. But in September of 2012 the University of Manitoba opened the first doctoral […]
Just in time for grillin’ season, a University of Manitoba master’s student is preparing to defend her research into a functional food that may improve Canada’s favourite barbequed meat: the hamburger. Tiffany Nicholson is a […]
Josée Boulanger, a graduate student in the interdisciplinary master’s program in disability studies, says “I went to university to become a social activist.” Boulanger began her studies at the University of Ottawa with an honours […]
Tabitha Martens is passionate about food, but “food” is a term that means much more to Martens than a simple Webster’s definition might suggest. “When I talk about food, I’m not just talking about fuel […]
Shantel Gushue is a University of Manitoba M.Sc. candidate studying Prion disease through the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases. Prion diseases, otherwise known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, consist of a variety of neurological disorders […]
Sarah Beattie is a University of Manitoba M.Sc. candidate in the department of environment and geography, studying mercury and methylmercury cycling in Arctic sea ice environments. “When I take my ice cores in the Arctic […]
Tashniba Kaiser is a master’s student and graduate research assistant at the University of Manitoba’s department of electrical and computer engineering. Kaiser, a native of Dhaka, Bangladesh, completed her bachelor’s degree in engineering at the […]
Naghmeh Garmsiri is a PhD student and a research assistant at the University of Manitoba’s department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering. She is presently working on pneumatic robots. Pneumatic robots use pressurized air to create […]
Timothy J. Graham is a University of Manitoba graduate student researching visually guided actions. A undergraduate of Wilfrid Laurier University, Graham’s interest lies in “universal principles of behaviour and in finding real, demonstrable answers to […]
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