UM Today Archives

May 26, 2025 —  This is the deepest ice core ever extracted in Canada and promises to reveal vital insights into the Arctic’s climatic past.

May 23, 2025 —  UM alumni have re-elected Dr. Irene Fakankun [PhD/21] to serve a second term on the University of Manitoba Board of Governors. 

May 23, 2025 —  Cost of Canada joining Trump's Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown

May 23, 2025 —  Premier Wab Kinew and Leader of the Official Opposition, Obby Khan, taking verbal shots at each other

May 23, 2025 —  PrairieDNA is one of the 12 new projects co-funded by Genome Canada and regional Genome Centres to build Canada’s eDNA surveillance capacity across regions.

May 23, 2025 —  The Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) is looking for volunteers for a study looking at the effects of age and omega-3 fats on blood vessel health in women and men.

May 23, 2025 —  The UM Libraries new Digitization Centre is currently accepting proposals from any UM faculty, student, or staff member interested in making content more broadly accessible online.

May 23, 2025 —  This year marks the half-way point of a major 20-year Canada-wide study on the complexities of the aging process. Since it was launched in 2015, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) has seen over 300 studies published using its data, including from researchers at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.   

May 23, 2025 —  UM Libraries is providing funding to help faculty, instructors, and librarians create, adapt, and/or adopt an open educational resource (OER).

May 22, 2025 —  Hall of Famer spoke at U of M's International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award student presentation Wednesday