Network News News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Awards Evening celebrates dentistry, dental hygiene successes
November 24, 2022 —
Rovielle Rantael was overwhelmed but also felt a sense of accomplishment when she received the news she won a pair of prestigious scholarships.
NCTR and SSHRC partner to launch new funding for Indigenous-led research
November 23, 2022 —
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) will invest $6 million to support Indigenous-led research across Canada.
Asper School of Business
The Promise and Pitfalls of Government Guidance Funds
November 23, 2022 —
Wei’s study utilizes descriptive statistics of VC and private equity investments as well as in-depth interviews with executives in China to paint a more detailed picture of the state-private partnerships in financing innovation and entrepreneurship.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
VADA program focuses grad student research on health data, patient well-being
November 23, 2022 —
The Visual and Automated Disease Analytics (VADA) program, trains graduate students in cutting-edge visual and analytic techniques enabling them to translate complex health data into insights that can be used to improve the health of populations, detect and manage infectious disease outbreaks, and support health professional decision making.
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen’s research honoured with three international awards in 2022
November 22, 2022 —
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen has received the Balzan Prize, the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize and been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2022.
CBC Future 40 list highlights UM big thinkers and change makers
November 22, 2022 —
CBC Manitoba’s Future 40 Awards are back and the announcement comes with a significant list of UM representation.
School of Art
School of Art Student Gallery presents: Bead by Thread / Altered Forms
November 22, 2022 —
A collaborative exhibition showcasing the obscure ties between the craft of Beading and the craft of Sculpture.
Rare book acquired by UM Archives features “marginalia” by Marshall McLuhan
November 22, 2022 —
The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections recently acquired a copy of a book titled Macaulay’s Essay on Addison. The book had been owned by world renowned Canadian media ecology guru and writer Marshall McLuhan
Desautels Faculty of Music
The Desautels Faculty of Music mourns the passing of Richard Burleson on October 30th.
November 22, 2022 —
Richard is survived by daughters Jessica Burleson (Duncan Owen), Winnipeg, and Rachel Yossifon (Yossi); grandchildren Noa, Nadav, and Eliana Yossifon, Kfar Saba, Israel; ex-wife Paula (Korman) Burleson, Winnipeg; sister-in-law Jan (MacLaren) Burleson, Benson, Vermont; and loving nieces and nephews.
Faculty of Architecture
LOTS OF BULBS | MLA 50th Anniversary Community Planting
November 21, 2022 —
18,500 bulbs of the Master of Landscape Architecture 50th Anniversary bulb mixture were planted from Friday, October 28 to Wednesday, November 2, 2022 – just before the temperatures dropped and snow fell.