UM Today Archives

February 26, 2020 —  Ma thèse en 180 secondes is a French-language communication contest launched by Acfas (Association francophone pour le savoir) in 2012, modeling the 3MT competition founded by The University of Queensland in 2008. Each challenger, in three minutes or less, must present a clear, concise explanation of their research project, in French.

February 26, 2020 —  New book display and exhibit at the Sciences and Technology Library

February 26, 2020 —  The Clearwater Quartet, a "national treasure" and the Desautels Faculty of Music's ensemble-in-residence, performs at the University of Manitoba March 1 and 2

February 26, 2020 —  New Academic Jobs - February 26, 2020

February 25, 2020 —  UM recognizes Fair Dealing Week

February 25, 2020 —  When it comes to the transit fleet in Winnipeg, the home of North America’s leading bus manufacturer, isn’t it time for the three levels of government to come together around a fully electrified transit fleet?

February 25, 2020 —  Cybercriminals use types of social engineering—manipulating people into doing what they want—as the most common way to steal information and money. Social engineering is at the heart of all types of phishing attacks—those conducted via email, SMS, and phone calls. Today’s technology makes these sorts of attacks easy and very low risk for the attacker.

February 25, 2020 —  A new initiative aims to fill in the gaps in Manitoba’s current sexual education curriculum by training medical students to deliver workshops to high school students

February 25, 2020 —  March's Research Seminar Series looks at the emergence of mobility and activity monitoring of older adults using inertial sensing and location sensing.

February 24, 2020 —  The number of minorities studying to become a teacher has doubled since the Faculty of Education introduced its diversity policy four years ago.