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Dr. Netha Dyck holding an award and smiling

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Leadership extension for Dean of College of Nursing

January 30, 2023 — 
Dr. Netha Dyck’s position of Dean, College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has been extended until January 31, 2025. She has been in the position since 2018.

Sustainability

Nominations open for the UM Sustainability Awards

January 30, 2023 — 
Do you have a friend, co-worker or professor who shows leadership, creativity and dedication to a sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals on campus? If so, nominate them for a 2023 UM Sustainability Award.  

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Photos of Sherri Walsh, Dayna Steinfeld, and Jennifer Schulz

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Law celebrates exceptional alumni with new award series

January 27, 2023 — 
To celebrate the achievements of graduates, the Faculty of Law created the Faculty of Law Alumni Awards to be presented annually. Nominees demonstrate standards of inspiring professionalism in one of three categories including Outstanding Alumni Award, Emerging Leader Award, and the Trailblazer Award.

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Students

Academic Learning Centre Tutors

January 27, 2023 — 
Now that we’re in the fourth week of Winter term, do you have questions about how and when to study? Are you struggling to understand some course concepts?

Stormy skies above the city of Reykjavik, Iceland.

Faculty of Arts

Travel study inspires educational and personal growth

January 27, 2023 — 
UM offers varied programs for students to combine travel with their studies during their degree.

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Traditional snowshoes sit in the foreground of a blue sky on a winter day.

Sustainability

Gather your team for the Jack Frost Challenge

January 27, 2023 — 
Join friends and fellow Manitobans for this year’s Jack Frost Challenge — a province-wide event organized by the Green Action Centre that takes place from Feb. 5 to 11 and encourages participants to complete 130 collective kms of winter activities.

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Profile of Margaret Hart.

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Ininiw scholar bringing Indigenous curriculum to occupational therapy

January 27, 2023 — 
Since joining the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences in the role of Ininiw scholar, Margaret Hart has been working toward a complete rebuild of the occupational therapy program to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing.

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Asper School of Business

Lei Lu reappointed as Bryce Douglas Chair in Corporate Finance

January 26, 2023 — 
Dr. Lei Lu has been reappointed as the Bryce Douglas Chair in Corporate Finance.

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Fernanda Gouvea Pereira, senior technician, Dr. Mario Tenuta, NSERC/WGRF/Fertilizer Canada Industrial Research Chair in 4R Nutrient Stewardship And Professor of Applied Soil Ecology, Department of Soil Science and Shrinal Patel, technician stand in front of the UM Horticultural Storage Facility.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Governments of Canada and Manitoba invest nearly $100,000 to upgrade horticulture storage facility

January 26, 2023 — 
The investment will allow researchers to conduct post-harvest potato storage research that will be representative of on-farm storage at potato producer operations.

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Faculty of Architecture

Get a Faculty of Architecture Co-op student working for you!

January 25, 2023 — 
HELP BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF DESIGNERS: HIRE A CO-OP STUDENT TODAY!

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