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Asper School of Business

Asper School of Business Welcomes Western Canada to JDC West

January 13, 2021 — 
The University of Manitoba and the I.H. Asper School of Business will be hosting participants in the first-ever Virtual JDC West competition to explore this year's theme, the "Age of Innovation." 

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Asper School of Business

Celebrating Asper Research Success

January 13, 2021 — 
From grants, awards, publications, to innovating the way we teach. Faculty at the Asper School of Business did not let the pandemic hinder their research.

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Faculty of Education

Faculty to host forums on assessment in education

January 11, 2021 — 
The Faculty of Education is hosting two online forums on assessment—the first on Jan. 26 and the second Feb. 24.

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Asper School of Business

Honouring the Memory of Dean Emeritus, Roland Grandpré

January 8, 2021 — 
The Asper School of Business is mourning the loss of Dean Emeritus, Roland Gerard Grandpré, who passed away on January 2, 2021 at the age of 86.

University of Manitoba assistant professor P. Durkin (right) studies sedimentary layers at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania with local Maasai employees (left). Photograph: Stephen Hubbard

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Our early ancestors utilized unstable environments two million years ago

January 8, 2021 — 
Their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, include 2-million-year-old stone tools excavated from ancient river- and lake-bed sediments. Their results demonstrate that early humans were able to colonize a diverse range of environmentally changing habitats.

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Flag at half-mast for victims of Flight PS752

January 8, 2021 — 
In recognition of the one-year anniversary of the crash

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Breeding better crops the goal of new plant science professor

January 7, 2021 — 
Dr. Curt McCartney joined the Department of Plant Science as Associate Professor in Plant Breeding and Genetics on November 1. 

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Price Faculty of Engineering

Two Engineering Professors Named Fellows of Engineering Institute of Canada

January 6, 2021 — 
The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) has announced the winning recipients of its 2021 senior engineering awards and fellowship inductees.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Remembering Dr. Usha Thiyam-Holländer

January 6, 2021 — 
Dr. Usha Thiyam-Holländer, associate professor in the Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, passed away on December 24, 2020.

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Flag at half-mast for Usha Thiyam-Hollander

January 6, 2021 — 
Flag will be at half mast for Dr. Usha Thiyam-Hollander on January 6, 2021. 

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