U of M in the News News Archive
CBC: Manitoba kids under age of 6 part of clinical trial for Moderna’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine
December 17, 2021 —
Roughly 20 Manitoba kids involved in study to see how pediatric vaccine works in children as young as 6 months
Winnipeg Free Press: U of M head of orthopedic surgery to chair provincial task force on reducing backlog
December 8, 2021 —
Task force will be chaired by Dr. Peter MacDonald, who has served as head of orthopedic surgery at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine since 2007
Global News: University of Manitoba team receives $202,000 grant to study ‘long COVID’
November 16, 2021 —
'This (study) is about understanding what’s coming in the next six months to years around what our health system will face the more these people who have had COVID infection may go on to long COVID'
Neutron stars hold key to cosmic mysteries
October 29, 2021 —
The work of UM astrophysicist Dr. Samar Safi-Harb was featured in a major article in the October 2021 issue of the popular science magazine Astronomy.
Faculty of Arts
Ignore debaters and denialists, Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples fits the definition of genocide
October 26, 2021 —
A better understanding of what most genocide scholars believe can help people understand how Canada’s Indian Residential School system fits with definitions of genocide
CBC: Winnipegger lifts 5,900 kilograms in 1 hour for mental health
October 25, 2021 —
As CBC Manitoba reports, Nolan De Leon, alumnus and current Master’s student in Physiology and Pathophysiology lifted the weight of an elephant on Saturday to bring attention to poor mental health.
CBC: Anishinaabe U of M student building portable device to detect breast cancer earlier
October 18, 2021 —
Device designed to be easy to use so there's no need for people to go to doctor to be diagnosed
Alumni
Winnipeg Free Press: Stasiuk named new CEO of Forks North Portage Partnership
October 14, 2021 —
CBC: 5 Canadian books make shortlist for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize
October 5, 2021 —
New novel by UM alumna Miriam Toews [BA/89, DLITT/17] shortlisted for prestigious prize
Winnipeg Free Press: Province mourns first woman hired as engineer
October 5, 2021 —
Today we mourn the loss of Ruth Eden [BsC (CE)/88, ExtEd/88, MSc/02], one of five women to graduate from the civil engineering program at the University of Manitoba in 1988.