UM Today Archives

May 7, 2024 —  'A big concern for us': Virologist on danger of avian flu outbreak coming to Canadian cattle

May 7, 2024 —  University of Manitoba receives ‘groundbreaking’ funding for vaccine, biomanufacturing research

May 7, 2024 —  Winnipeg man admits to killing 4 women, but claiming not criminally responsible

May 7, 2024 —  Staff and faculty: volunteer as an usher to help make Spring Convocation 2024 a success

May 7, 2024 —  The GreenShield grant not only allowed UM's Centre for Community Oral Health to address barriers many populations face when seeking dental care but also to purchase new equipment.

May 7, 2024 —  To carry on his wife’s legacy of helping students, UM alum and retiree decided to make a planned gift to UM to fund a scholarship in her name.

May 7, 2024 —  Whether you are in need of support now or wanting to get prepared for the fall, UM has a variety of resources available for you to support your health and wellbeing.

May 6, 2024 —  Manitoba’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee was established by the province in 2010 and is made up of officials from the justice system, the medical examiner’s office and researchers, among others, and was tasked to identify trends, risk factors and systemic concerns in certain domestic killings and to recommend changes. The committee, however, has sat idle for half a decade; its last annual report issued for the 2018-19 fiscal year.  The death review committee’s inaction doesn’t sit well with Prof. Kendra Nixon, who has been studying gender-based violence for over 25 years. “I don’t know if there isn’t the political will, or there isn’t the interest, or there’s been a shuffling of people and it just got dropped — I don’t know,” she said. To read the full article, please visit the Winnipeg Free Press.

May 6, 2024 —  Indigenous graduates celebrated at post-secondary powwows in Winnipeg

May 6, 2024 —  Exotic butterflies back at The Leaf after federal agency restores permit