Network News News Archive

May 7, 2020 — 
It’s National Compost Week! While we’re spending more time at home, it’s a good time to try backyard composting!

May 7, 2020 — 
Desautels musicians spread music, not viruses, during the COVID-19 pandemic

May 7, 2020 — 
In Alexandre Lazarow’s (BComm(Hons)/06) new book Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley he outlines where entrepreneurs outside the most-developed start-up ecosystems, are out-innovating their Silicon Valley counterparts.

May 6, 2020 — 
Designed to bring together community, and support online learning, will feature UM faculty and alumni experts including a talk by Dr. James Peebles, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics.

May 6, 2020 — 
Dr. Michael Benarroch was interviewed by Martin Cash of the Winnipeg Free Press about what he thinks life (and especially the economy) might look like in a post-COVID-19 world.

May 6, 2020 — 
Staying mentally healthy while staying home and balancing multiple roles may involve navigating new schedules, new expectations and new emotions.

May 5, 2020 — 
A second-year Max Rady College of Medicine student is using his 3D printing experience to help a group of physicians develop reusable silicone face masks to be used to protect health-care workers from COVID-19.

May 5, 2020 — 
In a story on CBC, medical microbiologist Dr. Philippe Legasse-Weins explains why some tests for COVID-19 turn out to be false positives, like the one case in Nunavut that turned out to be a mistake.

May 5, 2020 — 
The first cohort of the President Student Leadership Program (PSLP), the marquee initiative of the James W. Burns Leadership Institute, was treated to a celebration of the program’s completion through a virtual graduation ceremony on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

May 4, 2020 — 
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning will be offering training for Teaching Assistants (TAs) to support TAs who will be working remotely in Summer 2020.