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UM staff stand in front of a new electric fleet vehicle.

Sustainability News

There is a new fleet vehicle on campus, and it’s electric! : News

July 14, 2022 —  UM begins the transition to electric fleet vehicles

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The WE Design team of ten engineering students, each wearing orange shirts and standing alongside their wind turbine.

Price Faculty of Engineering News

Wind Energy Design Team takes win in Netherlands : Editor's Picks

July 14, 2022 —  For the first time since the pandemic, the team was able to compete in person this year at the The International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC) in Delft, Netherlands against eleven other design team from universities across the globe.

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Students News

Hire a Student with Work-Study : Network News

July 14, 2022 —  Hiring a student staff member can be highly beneficial for your department, infusing the student perspective in your work. Work-Study can help make this happen by funding part-time student positions between September and March.

Student and instructor looking at laptop together

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning News

Upgrading the learning experience : Campus News

July 14, 2022 —  Since 2014, the University of Manitoba has invested over $50 million in retrofitting older classrooms, upgrading and expanding classroom technology, and equipping teachers with modern tools for providing an inclusive, adaptable learning environment. This investment in transforming the learning experience through technological and environmental innovation plays a critical role in the fulfillment of the strategic pillars of Our Shared Future, the UM’s interim strategic plan.

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UM food scientist Feliz Koksel

Manitoba Co-operator: Playing with food never gets old : UM in the News

July 13, 2022 —  UM researcher specializing in plant proteins has won an award for emerging researchers

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A woman who attended an Indian Day School joins her daughter as they look at the Orange shirts, shoes, flowers and messages on display outside the B.C. legislature in June 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Research and International News

Canada’s reckoning with colonialism and education must include Indian Day Schools : UM in the News

July 13, 2022 —  Many Canadians are finally coming to terms with the truth that the Canadian government, in co-operation with Christian churches, ran a genocidal school system intended to 'kill the Indian in the child' for more than a century

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A Ukrainian flag superimposed with two hands shaking in the form of a heart.

Donor Relations News

Emergency Bursary ensures students can continue pursuing their dreams in times of crisis : Network News

July 13, 2022 —  The Emergency Bursary Fund is a crucial resource for students during difficult times. To date, this fund has supported 28 Ukrainian students in crisis and 118 students in total, thanks to more than $300,000 from our generous UM giving community.

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Dr. Forough Khadem.

Donor Relations News

UM alum’s everlasting legacy will empower women in science for years to come : Network News

July 13, 2022 —  The Dr. Forough Khadem Scholarship recognizes and rewards an outstanding international female graduate student at either the master’s or doctoral level, who demonstrates leadership and a desire to have an impact on the world through science, and who embodies a pioneering spirit.

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New Academic Jobs – July 13, 2022 : Network News

July 13, 2022 —  New Academic Jobs – July 13, 2022

A 50/50 split image of Dr. Shawn Clark (left) and Dr. Lanre Ojo (right). Both and standing while smiling and posing for the camera.

Price Faculty of Engineering News

Departmental leadership announcements : Network News

July 13, 2022 —  The Price Faculty of Engineering is pleased to welcome Dr. Olanrewaju (Lanre) Ojo to the position of head of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Shawn Clark as head of Civil Engineering, both for a five-year term.

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