Network News News Archive
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
The Centre has new workshop offerings for Winter 2023
January 5, 2023 —
The Centre is offering both online and in-person workshops this winter for the university community.
Faculty of Science
Nature News and Views article: on the visualization of a magnetic field using X-rays in a stellar graveyard (or pulsar wind nebula)
January 4, 2023 —
An X-ray imaging mission has unveiled the magnetic field in the environment of a dead star. The order and symmetry of the field will reshape our understanding of how it accelerates particles to ultra-high energies, says UM astrophysicist Dr. Samar Safi-Harb, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics and lead author.
Faculty of Science
Exhibit – Enterprises of the Human Spirit: 50 Years of Scientific Excellence in Germany and Canada.
January 4, 2023 —
Free Exhibition honouring Dr. Gerhard Herzberg’s 1971 Nobel Prize award in Chemistry will be on display in the Jim Peebles Science and Technology Library from Jan. 4 - Jan. 24, 2023.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Data Quality Detective
January 4, 2023 —
Lisa Lix [M.Sc./91, PhD/95] took an unusual path to becoming an internationally recognized biostatistician.
School of Art
Leadership announcements for January 2023
January 4, 2023 —
The University of Manitoba is pleased to announce the following appointment and extension: Dr. Edward Jurkowski has been appointed Director, School of Art for the period of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Holiday Message from Dean Peter Nickerson
December 23, 2022 —
As 2022 draws to a close, I want to wish everyone in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences community, and your loved ones, a healthy and restful holiday season.
Faculty of Education
Annual Education Graduate Student Research Symposium
December 22, 2022 —
Call for papers for the 24th annual Education Graduate Student Research Symposium, presented by the Education Graduate Students' Association.
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Five reasons to try dance and martial arts programs for free, Sep. 11-17
December 22, 2022 —
UM Recreation Services is opening the dance and martial arts programs to UM students and members for free, September 11-17. But why should you take time out of your busy schedule to give them a try? There are many reasons, so we narrowed the list down to the best ones!
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Interconnected Care
December 22, 2022 —
Gayle Halas [Dip.D.Hyg./87, PhD/16] has taken a long journey as an educator and researcher since starting her career as a clinical dental hygienist. A key lesson of that journey, she says, is that health is multifaceted, with needs based on physiological, emotional and social factors.
Desautels Faculty of Music
Zita Bernstein Lieder competition winners announced
December 21, 2022 —
Congratulations to Dariyan Dubik, baritone, and Ian Olson, tenor.