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Two Manitoba alumni inducted into Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

May 2nd, 2013 · No Comments · Agriculture, Alumni, Health, History, Medicine, News Release, Research

Two distinguished graduates of the University of Manitoba are among six new laureates inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame at a gala event today in Halifax.
They are: Winnipegger Dr. Arnold Naimark, former dean of medicine, the ninth president of the University of Manitoba and currently president emeritus; and Dr. David MacLennan, from Swan […]

Bubble structures in bread dough imaged using synchrotron

April 18th, 2013 · No Comments · Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, News Release, Research, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceutica, physics

Baking the perfect loaf of bread is both a science and an art, so researchers are using Canada’s only synchrotron to look at the way bubbles form in bread dough to understand what makes the perfect loaf and how gluten-free products might better resemble traditional bread.
Researchers from the University of Manitoba alongside scientists at the […]

It’s nutrition month!

March 20th, 2013 · No Comments · Advisory, Agriculture, Health, Outreach, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceutica, human ecology

The department of human nutritional sciences is hosting a public lecture on satiety and weight management by Dr. Susan Raatz, nutrition scientist with the USDA. In addition, attendees will have a chance to interact with experts from human nutritional sciences to discuss the role of food in maintaining health and to sample some healthier versions […]

New professorship in agricultural risk management and insurance

March 15th, 2013 · No Comments · Advisory, Agriculture, Asper School, Research

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn will be at the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business on March 18 to welcome the new Guy Carpenter Professorship in Agriculture Risk Management and Insurance.
Dr. Lysa Porth has been selected to head the new Guy Carpenter Professorship in […]

University of Manitoba Food Science Faculty partner with University of Western Ontario researchers leading Canadian efforts to improve lives of poor in Malawi

March 15th, 2013 · No Comments · Agriculture, News, Research

Six thousand farm families in Malawi will have greater knowledge about sustainable food production thanks to an innovative new program run by Canadian researchers supported by the Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The $3.4 million Malawi Farmer-to-Farmer Agroecology Project uses farmer-to-farmer teaching about agroecology, nutrition and local food market development to […]

This Riel Day churn butter and bake bannock with a pig

February 15th, 2013 · No Comments · Advisory, Agriculture, Outreach

The Bruce D. Campbell Farm & Food Discovery Centre will host a fun-packed day with family and friends on Monday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visitors will have the opportunity to churn cream into butter, bake some barley bannock, watch bees make honey and strap on some snowshoes to walk through the deep […]

Oh, Manitobia! Our history online

February 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Agriculture, Archives, Education, Environment and Geography, History, Images, Indigenous, Media, News Release, Outreach, Research, human ecology, libraries

Manitobia, a resource-rich website that highlights the role of our province in the early history of the country, has completed phase one of a project aimed at providing internet access to local histories produced by communities across the province.
The publication of the histories of towns and municipalities goes back to the 1880s, with an estimated […]