UM Today Archives

November 28, 2025 —  Join artist Mike Valcourt for a conversation about the process and vision behind his new mural, Echoes of the Earth.

November 28, 2025 —  The University will be closed for the Winter Holiday soon – there is limited time to get assistance if you need to meet the graduate thesis deposit deadline of Tuesday, January 6, 2026. Here are some tips to give you peace of mind in thesis deposit and enjoy your holiday.

November 27, 2025 —  “Based on this information, it seems like younger people are feeling a lot of financial stress,” said Dr. Chi Liao, associate professor of finance at the Asper School of Business, who studies household finances.

November 27, 2025 —  In what is becoming an almost annual tradition, a law student at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law has won the Canadian Bar Association’s annual Charities and Not-for-profit law student essay contest. Riley Parker’s paper titled “An Analysis of the Charitable Ethos: Hermeneutic History and Protestant Praxis in Anglo and Nordic Countries” was selected as the top paper on a subject relating to Canadian charity and not-for-profit law.

November 27, 2025 —  In Winnipeg’s public spaces like libraries, hospitals, shelters, and government service buildings, safety has often meant exclusion: watching, pushing aside, or banning those already marginalized by poverty, mental health struggles, and discrimination.

November 27, 2025 —  Join the Academic Learning Centre’s 3-day Graduate Writing Retreat, December 17–19, designed to help grad students make real progress on major writing projects. With daily strategy workshops and focused writing time, participants aim to produce up to 10,000 words. Applications are due December 1.

November 27, 2025 —  Nominations are open for the UM Advising Excellence Award, established in honour of advisor Wendy McLean to recognize excellence, creativity, and meaningful student support across campus.

November 27, 2025 —  With Fall term nearing its end, the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media debuted their adaptation of Dion Boucicault’s “The Shaughraun”. The show, in which its name means ‘The Wanderer’, is a melodrama that follows the journey of Irishman Conn (played by Deklan Jocelyn) and his surrounding cast of characters. I had the pleasure of attending the sold-out opening night, along with 89 other attendees.

November 27, 2025 —  Dr. Peter Nickerson, dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, and the entire UM medical community are saddened by the passing of professor emerita Estelle Simons [B.Sc./65, MD/69] on Nov. 5 at age 80.

November 27, 2025 —  New research shows that a stronger genetic predisposition to depression may predict relapse and greater disability in MS