Network News News Archive
Faculty of Law
Staying connected leads to a chance to help out
August 3, 2023 —
Hard work and hope that his actions could contribute toward bettering his community were factors that motivated Hardeep Suri [JD/2023] to apply for the Donich Entrepreneurial Scholarship in November, 2021. That small step in applying and then keeping in contact with the Scholarship’s donor and Donich Law firm principal Jordan Donich, led to an opportunity to help develop an online research assistant designed to improve access to justice.
Faculty of Law
Business Law Clinic Students Support APTN’s Application to CRTC for Increased Indigenous Language Programming
August 3, 2023 —
On July 26, law students from the Faculty of Law’s L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic submitted a six-page letter supporting the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's (APTN) application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to increase Indigenous Language Programming by approximately 163% and consolidate their current four channels into two (one in English/French and the other for Indigenous language programming).
New biosystems engineering professor pursues carbon-neutral bioproducts
August 3, 2023 —
Dr. Warren Blunt joined the Department of Biosystems Engineering as Assistant Professor in Sustainability Engineering on July 1, 2023.
Faculty of Arts
Clinical psychology graduate program to double
August 2, 2023 —
On July 21, the Province of Manitoba announced it will invest $412,000 to double the number of seats in the clinical psychology graduate program beginning in fall 2024. This is the first significant increase in student seats to this program in decades and will do much to help fill the urgent need for clinical psychologists in Manitoba.
Desautels Faculty of Music
The multi-talented Aemilia Moser takes flight
August 2, 2023 —
2023 graduate Aemilia Moser is setting the stage to wow Canada.
Students
Waitlists and UM Email policy
August 2, 2023 —
Review a few common questions and answers about student emails and how they relate to waitlists for course seats.
Asper School of Business
Celebrating 15 years of cross-cultural bonds
August 2, 2023 —
The Asper School of Business’s Arni Thorsteinson Study Exchange Program (ATSEP) to Israel celebrated its 15th anniversary this year.
Students
Turning Rejection into Opportunity
August 1, 2023 —
Handling rejection with an open mind can turn setbacks into valuable opportunities for personal and professional growth. Here are five ways you can turn rejection into opportunity.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Rady student appointed Canadian Youth Delegate to World Health Assembly
August 1, 2023 —
Toby Le, a PhD student in medical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Max Rady College of Medicine, was appointed the 2023 Canadian Youth Delegate to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.