Campus News News Archive
Meet UM’s new Family Resource Coordinator
May 3, 2023 —
UM is happy to announce a new resource available to UM academics and staff. The Family Resource Coordinator can provide UM academics and staff with information, guidance, and support on family care matters as well as offering referrals and some coordination of family care services. We chatted with Francene Perehinec about her new role, what she hopes to bring to the table, and a little about herself.
Research and International
Building a broken heart: UM researchers to create 3D bio-printed heart muscle
May 2, 2023 —
Researchers at the University of Manitoba and the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)have been awarded $250,000 over two years to advance cutting-edge three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology to create patient-specific heart models of those living with rare genetic diseases.
Students
Get ready to show your Pride!
May 2, 2023 —
If you are planning a Pride event on campus, tell us where and when you’ll be waving your Pride flag and we will add it to our promotion of UM Pride events.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Doors now open at the Manitoba Egg Farmers Learning and Research Centre
April 26, 2023 —
This state-of-the-art facility will advance and enhance research on modern egg production techniques and technologies and showcase what egg farmers do every day for the benefit of the public.
Cancel culture: YouTube videos on ‘getting cancelled’ are now their own genre and have links to the past
April 25, 2023 —
The explosion of user-created content on platforms like YouTube, Twitch and TikTok has unsettled traditional notions of authorship.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
How fast can Greenland flow?
April 25, 2023 —
As the world continues to warm in response to human activities, glaciers and ice sheets continue to melt, which leads to sea-level rise.
School of Art
Art, design and planning students showcase work at two exhibitions this week
April 25, 2023 —
Friday is a big night for art, design and planning students at UM. On April 28, the School of Art and the Faculty of Architecture will be transformed into galleries where students will be sharing their works with the public.
UM’s Climate Action Plan will get us to net zero
April 25, 2023 —
We’re acting now to make the changes needed
Unleashing creative potential with AI
April 18, 2023 —
We have entered an era of AI art, where computers can generate images, essays and songs that can look or sound very much like the real thing.