UM Today Archives

August 8, 2023 —  The effects of climate change appear to be driving Arctic fox numbers down in northern Manitoba, threatening their role as "ecosystem engineers".

August 8, 2023 —  Three new UM projects have received proof-of concept funding from Research Manitoba on July 26 totaling $346,500 over two years.

August 8, 2023 —  Asper researchers are publishing work that rethinks traditional business models and prioritizes sustainability. Despite the lingering, outdated sentiment that sustain-centric business is an alternative perspective, they demonstrate how and why sustainability is the future—and the now—of business.

August 8, 2023 —  About 50 million people in the world are diagnosed with dementia and this number is projected to triple. This graduate student is working to find out why.

August 8, 2023 —  Dr. Kelley Main was recently appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. Learn more about what inspired Dr. Main as a student and what she enjoys outside of academia.

August 8, 2023 —  UM chancellor Henry Duckworth, called him "one of the genuine heroes of the Atomic Age"

August 5, 2023 —  Philanthropist, human rights visionary, renowned business leader and past Chancellor of UM has died at age 96

August 4, 2023 —  Asper School of Business assistant professor, Jae Yun Kim, was featured in the New York Times around his research on how job passion can be weaponized for unfair treatment.

August 4, 2023 —  A UM researcher at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences has been awarded two prizes from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) for research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in March 2021 on how societal factors affect knee injury in female athletes. 

August 3, 2023 —  Hard work and hope that his actions could contribute toward bettering his community were factors that motivated Hardeep Suri [JD/2023] to apply for the Donich Entrepreneurial Scholarship in November, 2021. That small step in applying and then keeping in contact with the Scholarship’s donor and Donich Law firm principal Jordan Donich, led to an opportunity to help develop an online research assistant designed to improve access to justice.