UM in the News News Archive

August 19, 2025 — 
University of Manitoba doctoral student, Shruti Kashyap, is studying early-season moisture as it relates to verticillium disease severity. That led to the discovery that plants with thick suberin-rich roots had lower disease. Kashyap worked with her advisors, Claudio Stasolla and Harmeet Chawla, Plant Science professors in the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences.

August 18, 2025 — 
On Sunday, September 14, the entire country will come together to honour Terry Fox and his dream of a world without cancer.

August 18, 2025 — 
No commitment to extending program to all newborns and young children

August 18, 2025 — 
Eric Laferriere says he doesn’t remember much about the incident, but says everything happened so fast.

August 18, 2025 — 
Ranjan Sri Ranjan, a University of Manitoba professor, said he planted soybeans in research plots this year but didn't get enough water for them to germinate.

August 14, 2025 — 
‘It’s devastating’: Manitoba farmers react to Chinese canola tariffs

August 13, 2025 — 
How to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower

August 12, 2025 — 
NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

August 12, 2025 — 
What Could Fill the Empty Hudson's Bay Spaces in Winnipeg Malls

August 12, 2025 — 
Analysis suggests overlapping factors seen from space, including less lush vegetation, signaled season ahead