The Conversation: Higher, Further, Faster: Marvel’s First Female Cinematic Superhero

When the Captain Marvel movie opens on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day, it will be Marvel Studios’s first female-superhero led film and many people will be lined up to see this much anticipated flick and to enjoy one of...
7-Mar-2019 4:35 PM EST Add to Favorites

Study paves way for promising HIV vaccine

The study is the first in the world to demonstrate that chickenpox vaccine, when given to people who are already immune to it, does not trigger an unwanted “HIV-welcoming” immune state in the genital mucosa (lining) or in the bloodstream.
31-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Integrated Data Vital in Stopping Spread of TB

Manitoba has the highest provincial incident rate of active tuberculosis (TB) in Canada, and stopping its spread depends on, among other things, the availability of high-quality, comprehensive data to ensure early and complete treatment, according...
13-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

The Power of One: What’s My Responsibility as a Global Citizen?

Protectionist laws; anti-immigration sentiments and abuse allegations: one scroll of a feed or flip through the paper can be enough to make you want to shut off and shut down.
12-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

U of M Researchers Decode the Spanish Flu, Advance in Microbial ‘Arms Race’

The 1918 “Spanish Flu” was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, killing 50-100 million people.
21-Aug-2018 12:25 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Book Explores How Expressive Arts Have the Power to Effect Social Change

Expressive Arts for Social Work and Social Change explores the values and benefits of expressive arts (i.e. visual arts, movement and dance, expressive forms of writing and narrative, music, and performance) and the role they can play in social work...
21-Jun-2018 3:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Leading with a Love of Reading

You don’t have to spend much time with Rhonda Flett before you realize her guiding philosophy could be summed up in the words: Happiness is found in the pages of books.
5-Apr-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Underwater Seminar To Be Held Under the Water

Professor Gordon Giesbrecht is well known for his unique approach to cold water research. So well known, in fact, that he is less referred-to by his real name than his nickname, Professor Popsicle.
9-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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