The Magazine News Archive
![The new SmartPark Innovation Hub building.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/BetterspacesMoreplaces1-150x150.jpg)
Better spaces, more places
April 3, 2020 —
Donors funded upgrades to 37 buildings and brought to life another seven. See how they’re constructing environments to ignite creativity.
![An illustration of a spine.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NewTechv4-150x150.jpg)
New technology, new leads
April 3, 2020 —
One piece of equipment and the many ways it's being used to advance research into the brain and spinal cord.
![Thank you over the Front and Centre burst pattern.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DonorImagev2-150x150.png)
Grateful for our donors
April 3, 2020 —
Every donor and every dollar made a monumental impact. Here, we feature some transformative gifts—and the philanthropists behind them.
![Women work in the Ubisoft studio.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WomenInSTEMv2-150x150.jpg)
More Women in STEM
April 3, 2020 —
Videogame developer Ubisoft on the male-dominated industry and their new scholarship for women in computer science.
![A pair of pants worn by a child at a residential school.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/TruthSparksReconciliation-150x150.jpg)
Truth sparks reconciliation.
April 3, 2020 —
They are the children lost to Residential Schools. How new student internships are helping to memorialize the boys and girls who never returned home.
![An illustration of John Anderson.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/john-anderson-print-150x150.png)
Faculty, staff and retirees give $5.9 million
April 3, 2020 —
Why UM computer scientist John Anderson gave back—and why he credits UM innovation with saving his life.
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Leadership Mashup
April 3, 2020 —
We caught up with students from the new President’s Student Leadership Program to find out what they’ve learned from the experience—and each other.
![Andrew Fenwick sits in a wheelchair in an empty room.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/igotthis-150x150.jpg)
I got this.
April 3, 2020 —
Dogged by imposter syndrome, Andrew Fenwick found empowerment through a personal connection to the namesake of the scholarship he received.
![A young female doctor sits in a hospital room.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MedicalMystery-150x150.jpg)
Medical Mystery
April 3, 2020 —
A new research chair in multiple sclerosis promises to help unravel the causes of this neurological disorder affecting 100,000 Canadians.
![An illustration of indigenous children playing a game with balls.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/indigenouscultureandsport-150x150.jpg)
Indigenous Culture and Sport
April 3, 2020 —
The groundbreaking SPARC program is changing how physical education is taught in Indigenous communities in Manitoba.