Faculty of Science News Archive

September 20, 2017 — 
To this day, an incident from kindergarten involving a unicorn and a witch deeply bothers her

September 19, 2017 — 
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences has announced that Henry G. Friesen has been appointed a Distinguished Fellow, the highest honour awarded by the Academy

September 13, 2017 — 
She's on top of the world but there's two sides to every story

September 7, 2017 — 
The Autonomous Agents Laboratory in the University of Manitoba’s Department of Computer Science won big at last month’s FIRA HuroCup humanoid robot competition, walking away with three medals: two gold and one silver.

September 6, 2017 — 
Over 500 newly admitted direct entry students participated in the first Science Orientation, Sept. 5 & 6.

September 6, 2017 — 
Barrie Reece, CPhys, FinstP, was a post graduate student in the 60s who invented a superconducting solenoid/magnet, that unbeknownst to him, would later become the basis of the design for the first MRI machines.

September 5, 2017 — 
The Faculty of Science Homecoming event on September 12 will showcase breakthroughs in Science, but gender inequality for Women in STEM still exists.

September 1, 2017 — 
When BSc student Mahalia Lepage (Genetics, ‘16) was asked by STEAM Coordinator Seema Goel to create an animated video about undergrad research, she knew she had her work cut out for her. It wasn’t that Lepage lacked an interest in the subject; it’s that she had never actually done any animation before.

August 15, 2017 — 
The Faculty of Science at the University of Manitoba, in partnership with Degrees Restaurant in UMSU University Centre, will host a solar eclipse viewing party on the Degrees patio

August 15, 2017 — 
The University of Manitoba is receiving $480,000 from CFI for three projects