Featured News Archive
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Faculty of Arts
Setting Macbeth in the 1980s lets characters explore toxic masculinity
January 16, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba Theatre Program is gearing up to present their second mainstage show of the 2019-2020 season – Macbeth - by the most celebrated playwright of all time, William Shakespeare.
![Dr. Robin DiAngelo](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Robin-150x150.jpg)
White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism
January 15, 2020 —
This year’s Robert and Elizabeth Knight Distinguished Visiting Lecturer is Dr. Robin DiAngelo
![Barthelemy Nirlungayuk from Kuugaaruk, Nunavut explaining that there is a fish weir](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CE_2019_2020_Designing-Pathways-150x150.png)
Faculty of Architecture
Designing Pathways
January 13, 2020 —
Informing Indigenous Planning and Design within the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Architecture and beyond
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Vigil to remember victims of plane crash in Iran
January 9, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba is deeply saddened by the news of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 that crashed near Tehran Tuesday night
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President’s year-end message
December 17, 2019 —
Enjoy the time away from work and studies, enjoy your families and friends, your communities
![Dr. Juliette Cooper, Board Chair, Rh Institute Foundation, with Dr. Kristy Wittmeier, inaugural Dr. John M. Bowman Chair in Pediatrics and Child Health](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Rh-2019-photo-Cooper-Witt-150x150.jpg)
Improving care and treatment for childhood disease and disability
November 25, 2019 —
The Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation is supporting the Dr. John M. Bowman Chair in Pediatrics and Child Health through a gift of $1 million
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University of Manitoba announces 12th President and Vice-Chancellor
November 20, 2019 —
The University of Manitoba has appointed Dr. Michael Benarroch as its 12th president and vice-chancellor
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
In the kids’ corner
November 18, 2019 —
U of M alum champions child health.
![Bannatyne campus.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Rady_cropped_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady students gain leadership skills in prestigious new program
November 14, 2019 —
Four students from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences recently participated in the first cohort of the President’s Student Leadership Program
![Elder-in-Residence Wanda Joy Murdock](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wanda-Murdock-150x150.jpg)
Indigenous
Get to know the new Elder-in-Residence at the Indigenous Student Centre
November 7, 2019 —
Wanda Joy Murdock joins the Indigenous Student Centre as an Elder-in-Residence