Network News News Archive
Asper School of Business
Taking a national temperature check on entrepreneurship
December 20, 2024 —
What if scholars could capture how a country collectively feels and thinks about a subject, even in an age of information overload? Wenxi Pu (Associate Dean, Assistant Professor, The Associates Fellow in Innovation) has spent about eight years working to do just that in a piece now published in the FT50-ranked Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
Students
Oh the weather outside’s delightful!
December 20, 2024 —
With the knowledge that there is a lot of winter ahead of us, find an activity that will help you embrace the cold!
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Entrepreneurial mindset reaps rewards at Better Together
December 20, 2024 —
The University of Manitoba continued its support of entrepreneurial thinking with a second Better Together learning event November 12 and 13, hosted by The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. Fittingly held during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the event brought together nearly 50 participants from 11 different faculties together in a non-competitive design sprint to solve real challenges facing the university.
Update on Emergency Response and Safety Enhancements
December 19, 2024 —
A message from Michael Benarroch, President and Vice-Chancellor
Faculty of Law
Learning from professionals
December 19, 2024 —
On December 4 and 5, 2024, law students from the University of Manitoba Community Law Centre and the Criminal Law Group participated in the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association of Manitoba [CDLAM] annual conference. As a professional association representing the interests of Manitoba criminal defence lawyers, CDLAM brings together lawyers, law students and other justice system participants to reflect on the last year in criminal law, explore emerging issues, and call attention to the unique professional challenges of criminal defence lawyering.
Flag lowered for Aderonke Victoria Oguntade
December 19, 2024 —
The University of Manitoba will be lowering the flag on the Administration Building on Dec. 20, 2024, in memory of Aderonke Victoria Oguntade.
Asper School of Business
BComm Spotlight
December 19, 2024 —
BComm student Habiba Mohamed saves everything. With each new country she visits, Mohamed keeps train tickets, postcards, and keychains. When she gets back home, she arranges them carefully into a single scrapbook page, a glimpse of another Asper adventure.
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law podcast studio first on Fort Garry Campus
December 18, 2024 —
The odd little table covered with monitors, bending arms and cables in the northwest corner of Robson Hall's MLT Aikins Classroom (room 206) is - a podcast studio. The only one of its kind thus far on the Fort Garry Campus, it is intended to be used by the Faculty of Law for a variety of innovative and dynamic teaching and learning situations. Added by MLT Aikins LLP as a continuation of upgrades the western Canadian law firm has sponsored in room 206 at Robson Hall, the studio was completed late fall, 2024.
Research and International
The Conversation: Password sharing is common for older adults — but it can open the door to financial abuse
December 18, 2024 —
Are you helping an elderly parent with some holiday shopping and need to get reimbursed? Have they asked you to pay some bills or e-transfer funds to the grandkids from their accounts? You aren’t alone.
St. Paul's College
St. Paul’s College Hosts the 2024 Celebration of Giving and Sharing
December 18, 2024 —
On Tuesday, November 26, St. Paul's College celebrated the spirit of gratefulness and community as it hosted the 2024 Celebration of Giving and Sharing.