UM Today Archives

October 31, 2022 —  Want to take the stress out of the first day of teaching and feel confident using your electronic classroom? We can help!

October 31, 2022 —  The RivGen device was fabricated by Stace in Quebec, then shipped to Manitoba where the device was re-assembled near the Canadian Hydrokinetic Turbine Test Centre.

October 28, 2022 —  This 2-hour interactive workshop provides students with a simple but effective strategy for starting, sustaining, and ending informal conversations. Participants will explore a variety of cultural norms around small talk.

October 28, 2022 —  One third-year law student is having a most extraordinary start to her legal career. One month in to her last year of law school at Robson Hall, Edvanny Silva Burns (3L) found herself having to tune up her cello to perform in the backing orchestra for the Michael Bublé concert that rolled through Winnipeg on October 7th.

October 28, 2022 —  It is with profound sadness that our department announces the loss of Dr. Fred Shore, who passed away late last night peacefully at home with his beloved Lucy by his side.

October 28, 2022 —  Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment reserved for the most severe cases of depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Positive results are not guaranteed. Could genetic insight in the form of a patient’s “polygenic risk score” help to predict whether electroconvulsive therapy will be effective for that patient?

October 28, 2022 —  UM Libraries strengthens connection with Indigenous communities.

October 27, 2022 —  We invite members of our community to nominate women in engineering who have contributed greatly to the engineering profession and who model the best of engineering to others, to appear as one of the six feature profiles on the Celebrating Women in Engineering Wall inside EITC.

October 27, 2022 —  With winter around the corner, there’s no denying that we’ll see colder, freezing and frosty weather. The International Centre is running a pop-up winter clothing display on November 2 from 11:30 to 1:30 to help international students prepare for Winnipeg’s winter climate.

October 26, 2022 —  Organizers of the Multidisciplinary Health Research Experience (MHRE) say the pilot was a success and will be offered again this year to University of Manitoba undergraduate students interested in the health sciences.