News Archive
Faculty of Science
From programmer to CEO: U of M Alum David Kuik explains a slightly less than linear career progression
January 22, 2018 —
Meet Dr. David Kuik [BSc (Honours)/94], CEO and Managing Partner, Norima Consulting, 2018 Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award recipient.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
2018 MPHETE Conference Resources
January 22, 2018 —
2018 MPHETE Conference Resources
Faculty of Science
Dr. Rod Wasylishen’s Journey from “Handy Andy” Chemist to World Class Spectrometrist
January 22, 2018 —
Meet Dr. Rod Wasylishen [MSc/70, PhD/72], Lifetime Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Alberta, 2018 Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award recipient
Faculty of Science
Where Business Meets Science: U of M Alum Jon Meltzer is Making an Impact for the Better
January 22, 2018 —
Meet Dr. Jon Meltzer [BSc/92; PhD/00] Senior Vice-President, LabCorp, 2018 Faculty of Science, Honoured Alumni Award recipient.
Faculty of Science
From ‘New Guy’ to Successful Start-Up Founder, UM Alum Rick Chartrand Shows How It’s Done
January 22, 2018 —
Meet Dr. Rick Chartrand, [BSc/93], Co-Founder and Mathematician, Descartes Labs, 2018 Faculty of Science Honoured Alumni Award recipient. Dr. Chartrand’s career has spanned both academia and industry. He co-founded Descartes Labs with other scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, their work specializing in calibration and analysis of satellite imagery.
Sustainability
Win prizes and improve your commute. Take the 2018 Campus Commute survey.
January 22, 2018 —
Take the 2018 Campus Commute survey
Faculty of Architecture
The good place: Architect drawn to improve Rwandan society
January 22, 2018 —
If you map the global hubs of architecture, you end up following the money to the world's richest cities: London, New York. And yet the young, ambitious Canadian architect Kelly Doran has wound up in Kigali, Rwanda. Why?
Faculty of Law
In Search of an International Understanding of Law
January 22, 2018 —
Not all Robson Hall alumni go on to become practicing lawyers in Manitoba. While practicing law can be a worthy and distinguished objective, some University of Manitoba Faculty of Law Juris Doctor (J.D.) graduates like Nicole Allard [J.D./2017] choose to explore careers beyond Manitoba’s borders.
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January 22, 2018 —
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Nat’l Post: Why public marriage proposals are generally a terrible, doomed idea
January 22, 2018 —
University of Manitoba postdoctoral fellow Lisa Hoplock is the world’s only researcher who has probed into the uncomfortable phenomenon of rejected marriage proposals.