News Archive
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Congratulations to the Merit Award Winners for 2022
October 30, 2023 —
The recipients of the 2022 Merit Awards are recognized for their outstanding achievements in teaching, research, scholarly work and creative activities, and service.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Tesla sponsorship powers up student team
October 30, 2023 —
When you think about electrical vehicles, the name Tesla won’t be far behind. The UMSAE Formula Electric team recently received the sponsorship of a lifetime from Tesla, 600 individual cells that make up the battery of their vehicle.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
B.Sc. (Med.) program provides students with valuable research experience
October 30, 2023 —
Meeting like-minded people was one of the reasons Guneet Uppal took part in the bachelor of science in medicine (B.Sc. (Med.) program.
Faculty of Arts
CBC News: Amid on-campus tensions brought on by Israel-Hamas war, experts worry about free expression
October 30, 2023 —
Amid on-campus tensions brought on by Israel-Hamas war, experts worry about free expression
Winnipeg Free Press: Grain exports stalled by strike at St. Lawrence Seaway
October 30, 2023 —
Grain exports stalled by strike at St. Lawrence Seaway
Information Services and Technology
Avoid missing important messages!
October 30, 2023 —
Your Microsoft Outlook email account has a Junk Email folder that filters out spam and phishing messages. This feature can help you keep your inbox clean and organized, but it also has some drawbacks. Sometimes, legitimate messages from senders you trust may end up in the Junk Email folder by mistake.
School of Art
CBC Manitoba: Guarding the Ghostbusters: Source material for Hollywood blockbuster preserved in Winnipeg
October 30, 2023 —
Guarding the Ghostbusters: Source material for Hollywood blockbuster preserved in Winnipeg
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Personal experiences drew Rady grads to careers as healers
October 27, 2023 —
Kaylene Normand was a competitive swimmer as a child who developed exercise-induced asthma, an experience that led her to set her sights on a career as a respiratory therapist.
Research and International
UM Knowledge Exchange Launching on November 22, an event series to share emerging research and innovation
October 27, 2023 —
On Wednesday November 22, 2023, climate change experts will share new insights with the UM Knowledge Exchange presentation Now You Sea Ice..
![UM Alum L. Kerry Vickar [LLB/1980] (centre) officially opens the business law clinical space named in his honour surrounded by law students; clinical instructors Nick Slonosky [BComm/1976; LLB/1979] and Yvan Larocque (left of door); Dr. Richard Jochelson, Dean of Law and Stephanie Levene [BA/1999; BComm/2022; MBA/2008], Associate VP (Alumni and Donor Relations) (right of Vickar). Photo by Mike Latschislaw.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Unveiling-Room-Named-27-of-40-cropped-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Investment and return
October 27, 2023 —
Faculty of Law alum L. Kerry Vickar [LLB/1980] got to witness a return on his investment in-person on September 26 when he visited and officially opened the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic. The gift he had given to the Faculty of Law had transformed a dingy basement storage room into a state-of-the-art experiential learning clinical space for law students to learn hands-on, the practice of business law.