UM Today Archives

November 11, 2025 —  Jody Perrun, sessional Instructor of History at the University of Manitoba, speaks with CBC host Laurie Hoogstraten about the meaning of Remembrance Day, Canada’s role in the world wars, and why remembering remains vital today.

November 11, 2025 —  Nevertheless, David Gerhard, head of computer science at the University of Manitoba, says he doubts they will ever reach the level of a human being.

November 10, 2025 —  Dr. Jay Wang, an assistant professor in the engineering department at the University of Manitoba, has developed a prototype farm robot with help from the students at the Robot Autonomy Lab that can be used for agriculture tasks

November 10, 2025 —  The Voluntary Withdrawal (VW) deadline for Fall Term courses is November 18, 2025.

November 10, 2025 —  Women’s health continues to be negatively affected by the fact that most medical research is conducted on men, experts said at a recent UM symposium.

November 10, 2025 —  Thanks to a generous $5.4 million gift by Drs. Wayne and Elanor Chiu, the Asper School of Business is establishing a new research centre dedicated to fostering culture change in capitalism.

November 9, 2025 —  Dr. Ryan Cardwell, Professor of food and agricultural economics at the University of Manitoba, expressed skepticism about their ability to compete with existing retailers without significant government subsidies due to the already thin margins and economies of scale in the grocery industry.

November 9, 2025 —  Dr. Barry Prentice, Professor and Director of the University of Manitoba Transport Institute (UMTI), said the only location near Churchill that is less exposed is Button Bay, west of the Churchill River

November 8, 2025 —  Dr. Julienne Stroeve, professor of polar climate science at the University of Manitoba, argues that resources would be better spent advancing carbon capture technology rather than furthering work on risky geoengineering ideas.

November 8, 2025 —  Dr. Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba, said Ottawa should be planning a Canadian quick reaction fighter facility in co-operation with the U.S., Denmark and Greenland at the U.S.’s northerly Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to speed up response times for the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Arctic.