Faculty of Science News Archive

December 12, 2025 — 
CTV's Maralee Caruso speaks with University of Manitoba's David Gerhard, who is head of the University of Manitoba’s computer science department, about how you can avoid falling victim to frauds and schemes over the holidays.

December 7, 2025 — 
Conservationists are raising concerns as the City of Winnipeg considers walking back a development bylaw designed to help save birds from fatal window strikes, less than a year after the rules came into effect. "I'm kind of ... shocked," said Dr. Kevin Fraser, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Manitoba who focuses on bird migration and ecology.

December 2, 2025 — 
Dr. Celine Latulipe, professor in the department of computer science at the University of Manitoba, joins CBC's Marcy Markusa to respond to the news of couple who experienced online banking fraud and her research into older adults using online banking.

November 25, 2025 — 
A.I. is everywhere, including on the University of Manitoba campus, and while faculty leaders say work is being done to address its use in academics. Right now, its presence is overwhelming the school’s office of academic integrity and taking professors’ focus away from their students. “Currently, we’re not ready to handle it,” said Jenna Tichon, the Vice President of the University of Manitoba Faculty Association.

November 15, 2025 — 
Dr. Sean Johnson Bice, PhD Candidate at the University of Manitoba was featured on his research on Arctic foxes and the Tundra food web. The Arctic Fox moves between the tundra and the sea ice of the Hudson Bay for a diet of both marine and rodent species

November 14, 2025 — 
Premier Wab Kinew has been dropping hints the province could soon look to position itself as a leader in what some commentators are calling the “fourth industrial revolution.” “All the internet is, is someone else’s computer,” said Dr. John Anderson, computer science professor at the University of Manitoba who has spent his career researching artificial intelligence.

November 12, 2025 — 
Hamza Haque, a second-year Bachelor of Science student at the University of Manitoba and a dual-credit graduate of the PTEC/MITT Software Development program, won the challenge with his user-friendly interface, accessibility, and modern design. 

November 11, 2025 — 
Nevertheless, David Gerhard, head of computer science at the University of Manitoba, says he doubts they will ever reach the level of a human being.

November 5, 2025 — 
Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden and Luma Clarindo Lopes are heading to the 2025 Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin.

October 29, 2025 — 
“If we lose polar bears from the Arctic … nothing can replace that,” Holly Gamblin, Lead author and wildlife biologist at University of Manitoba, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. “There's no other comparable species that is doing this.”