UM Today Archives
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News
Rise in Manitoba meth use seen in soaring rate of ER visits, paramedic calls : Network News
November 9, 2020 — The number of Manitobans whose methamphetamine use brings them into contact with the health-care system is climbing dramatically, a University of Manitoba study shows
School of Art News
School of Art mourns passing of SOA alumna, colleague, and friend Sigrid Dahle : Campus News
November 9, 2020 — One of the most innovative curators, art writers and critics of her generation. School of Art pays tribute to the late Sigrid Dahle.
Faculty of Graduate Studies News
Why you should consider a PhD at the University of Manitoba : Network News
November 6, 2020 — International student Koe Yoshino searched the world to follow his academic passion and was “intrigued” to find the University of Manitoba offered the doctoral program he’d been looking for
Price Faculty of Engineering News
Dr. Marcia Friesen appointed Dean of the Price Faculty of Engineering : Campus News
November 6, 2020 — Dr. Friesen will become the Faculty’s first female Dean.
The Conversation: First World War poet Wilfred Owen, treated for shell shock, carried readers into the horror of war : News
November 6, 2020 — Owen’s 'Dulce et Decorum Est' has an unambiguous anti-war message, and it works skillfully to immerse the reader in a subsuming, visceral representation of the lived experience of the frontline soldier
UM team receives federal funding for targeted COVID-19 research : News
November 6, 2020 — The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, joined by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced close to $28 million in research infrastructure
UM engineering student Faouzia sings duet with John Legend : UM in the News
November 6, 2020 — UM engineering student Faouzia, who hails from Carman, Manitoba, has released a single in collaboration with music superstar John Legend
Globe and Mail: From anthropology to visual arts, COVID-19 is now part of the university curriculum : Network News
November 6, 2020 — UM leads the way in adapting courses to meet the current situation
Faculty of Social Work News
Rejecting a Return to Life before the Pandemic Conference : Network News
November 5, 2020 — Rejecting a return to life before the pandemic: Covid-19, structural inequalities and a call on social work to create a better normal conference
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences News
Rapid research, rapid results: How the CHILD Cohort Study is tracking the pandemic’s impact on Canadian families : Editor's Picks
November 5, 2020 — Long before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of our lives, Dr. Meghan Azad became one of the lead investigators in a national research study designed to track the ways in which early-life environmental, physical, and social factors can shape health.





