UM Today Archives

February 3, 2021 —  The Graduate Studies Open House for health sciences programs at UM is being offered via Zoom this year, promising an introduction to a wealth of master’s and PhD degree opportunities.

February 3, 2021 —  The handbook provides a multitude of resources, while building awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on communities

February 3, 2021 —  On February 4, 2021, the Faculty of Science celebrates the Honoured Alumni Award recipients and their incredible accomplishments at the Pathways to Exceptional Achievement event. As these alumni prove a degree in science opens many doors.

February 3, 2021 —  Highlighting just a few of these pioneering women with a proud UM connection as alumni, donors and friends

February 3, 2021 —  A new research centre at the University of Manitoba hopes to connect and serve social science researchers in the academic, private industry and non-profit communities.

February 2, 2021 —  As part of a series on poverty awareness, meet Carol and learn how COVID-19 has affected those experiencing poverty.

February 2, 2021 —  St. Paul’s College welcomes Dr. Kathleen Sprows Cummings, Director of The Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, to present the 2021 Hanley Memorial Lectures.

February 2, 2021 —  Dr. Robert Tate continues to advance health science as Director of the Manitoba Follow-Up Study (MFUS), the longest-running study of cardiovascular disease and aging in Canada. It started at the University of Manitoba in 1948, and in the 72 years of the project, 44 of them have involved Dr. Tate, more than 50 of whose publications come from this study.

February 2, 2021 —  Dr. Emily Choy [Ph.D./17], a Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University and Environment and Climate Change Canada has been tirelessly contributing to research on climate change and its effect on the Canadian North.

February 2, 2021 —  Lexpert lists Joel Nitikman, Q.C. as one of Canada’s leading tax litigation and corporate tax lawyers. Recently awarded the designation of Queen’s Counsel in British Columbia, the Dentons partner has twice-received The Canadian Tax Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Award and received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal. When he graduated as Gold Medalist in Law from Robson Hall in 1985, no one could have known that this once-aspiring mathematician had started down this illustrious career path by taking the LSAT on a whim.