Keyword: research month

Learning research from the inside out

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 @ 12:09 PM

As part of Research Month at CMU, stories throughout May are highlighting the people, partnerships, and projects shaping research across the university. For students working alongside faculty as research assistants, that work means gaining hands-on experience while contributing to meaningful research projects.

Behind the scenes of any published academic paper is an army of research assistants (RAs) who help aggregate, organize, and shape the research itself.

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CMU professor receives grant for innovative AI research

Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 12:41 PM

Dr. Tim Rogalsky, Associate Professor of Mathematics at CMU, has received a Manitoba Solutions Grant for approximately $150,000 over two years from Research Manitoba. It will fund a project titled, "Ethical AI for Manitoba: The MHS Agentic Chatbot Project," led by Rogalsky and his co-investigator Dr. Gordon Goldsborough of the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS).

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A CMU student's research journey reaches Zimbabwe

Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 3:57 PM

As Canadian Mennonite University marks its first Research Month this May, stories like Asher Warkentin's show how student research can extend far beyond the classroom, from Manitoba to wetlands in southern Africa.

To Asher Warkentin, studying at CMU means travelling to southern Africa to look at microscopic invertebrates.

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