Where Are They Now?

See what your former classmates are up to and tell us about your accomplishments. We welcome all updates!

Think You Know UM? (Part III)

Reacquaint yourself with the University of Manitoba with this third installment of surprising facts. And then impress your friends at your next dinner party with your UM IQ

By Michael Symons

Hello, Summer

From paddle boarding with belugas in Churchill to birding on the Fort Garry campus—our list of summertime activities with a UM connection brings your Manitoba staycation to life

Think You Know UM? (Part II)

It might not be very Winnipeg-like to blow our own horn, but we’re proud of our herd of students, faculty and alumni and their impact in Manitoba, big and small. Check out our second installment of surprising UM trivia

A Homecoming

Singer-songwriter and science grad William Prince shares how UM shaped his path, in advance of headlining the Desautels Concert Hall’s inaugural show this fall

Progress Through Partnership

UM researchers work with community to transform public health policy in India and northern Manitoba

By Sean Moore

What Makes the Perfect Ice Cream?

We asked research technician Denise Aminot-Gilchrist at UM’s dairy sciences pilot plant

A Place of Hope

What does it mean for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to have a permanent home to call its own? Everything. Survivors of residential schools share their truths and vision for a new building as the Winnipeg Foundation announces a lead gift

Carving out Space

We sat down with dentistry alum Dr. Huma Sharief to talk equity in patient care and bringing smiles to those in need

Think You Know UM?

Grow your UM IQ with this first installment of intriguing facts that set Bisons apart

By Michael Symons

Hiding in Plain Sight

Grad student Nabil Iqbal chose UM to explore gaps in the legal system around an emerging yet invisible group—climate change refugees

From Seeking Narcos to Seeking Peace at UM

Grad student and former marine Omar Tejada turns his lived experience during the war on drugs into research to protect children growing up in Peru's coca-growing region known as “cocaine valley”

Will AI Heal Our Medical System?

We asked alum Dr. Denise Koh, co-author of a new book about the barriers and boon of machine learning

How Do I Spot Fake News?

Veteran journalist and UM instructor Cecil Rosner on deciphering fake news in a world of fast media and AI

What Happens When We Donate our Body to Science?

We asked Alexa Hryniuk, assistant professor in UM’s department of human anatomy and cell science

A Northern Light

From showcasing Arctic life to millions of followers on Tiktok to helping others heal from trauma—this UM student says it’s about bringing her voice, culture and community to the world

Field Goals

Bisons kicker Maya Turner captures the national spotlight after becoming the first woman to play in a regular-season university football game

Test Your Knowledge of 140 Years of UM Medicine

Uncover fascinating facts about the Max Rady College of Medicine’s evolving history as it marks a milestone

Harnessing Change

Alum Judith Cheung, associate producer of the documentary Eternal Spring, is building a career raising awareness of atrocities in China. The film, a former Oscar candidate, also serves as a teaching tool for UM students.

Culture Shift

Alum Jeff Liu played a starring role in a unique business experiment that brought Chinese workers to middle America, captured in the Oscar-winning documentary American Factory. As president of a global auto-glass company, he had a window into a world of clashing cultures, humanity in the workplace, and what it takes to get ahead.

Truthteller

Alum Murray Sinclair, who’s listened to thousands of personal stories of suffering and survival, shares his own. Why the former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission chooses joy over anger.

What Everyone's Talking About

From a myth-debunking physician who calls out the Kardashians to a structural engineer who swapped blue prints for baking

Makeover via Manikin

See how simulation is transforming the way we teach nursing. Increasingly complex, humanlike bodies make for a far different teaching-learning experience than existed even a decade ago

Driven

What does it take to be among the elite who design the world’s fastest, most aerodynamic or climate-friendly cars? Two alumni offer insights from the vanguard of automotive engineering.

Outsmarting a Brain Tumour

This UM researcher’s latest discovery could prevent an aggressive form of brain cancer in children. She’s also finding new drug therapies—through the emerging science of cellular fingerprinting—that will dramatically shift survival rates in the coming years.

I Was There

As a visual storyteller, UM alum Aaron Elkaim reveals the beauty and brutal truths tucked away in little-known communities, from northern Manitoba to the Amazon rainforest. Here he takes us behind the lens of some of his most meaningful captures.

Displaced

Mass migration due to war, and—in the coming decades, scientists predict—climate change, means scores of refugees searching for home and higher education. Meet three UM students finding their way.

Secret Garden

Tallgrass prairies not only mitigate global warming, they’re home to biodiversity that took millennia to develop. Now they’re among the most endangered ecosystems in the world. Alumni trying to preserve the last grasslands show us what we stand to lose.

War from Afar

Donors stepped forward earlier this year with gifts to UM’s emergency bursaries fund, benefitting UM students from Ukraine navigating a new reality