Alumni and Community News Archive

January 28, 2022 — 
Samar Safi-Harb is on the hunt for the biggest bangs since the “big bang.” She has just been named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Safi-Harb is the first woman to be appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in UM’s Faculty of Science.

January 28, 2022 — 
A generous donation from the family of Laura Fyles (B.I.D./1993) and Brent Whitby (B.E.S./1990, M.Arch./1994) initiates Faculty of Architecture Indigenous Success Fund

January 27, 2022 — 
The UM is hosting its first Indigenous Science Conference with a focus on the Indigenous approach to understanding the five elements of the world: fire, water, earth, air, and spirit. 

December 6, 2021 — 
Support local businesses this holiday season.

November 18, 2021 — 
Celebrate science month and take in a free outdoor science exhibit, Le mois de la Science, part of the International celebration, Fête de la Science, on display now at the Alliance Française du Manitoba, on Corydon Avenue.

November 1, 2021 — 
Asper School of Business alumna, Sara Stasiuk [BComm(Hons)/97] was recently named as the new CEO of The Forks North Portage Partnership, a not-for-profit organization that encompasses The Forks and the lands under and surrounding Portage Place Mall in Winnipeg

October 25, 2021 — 
Read the inspiring stories of the recipients

July 12, 2021 — 
In a half-century law career that has had him defend embezzlers and fraud artists, accused killers and everyone in between, Hymie Weinstein has amassed enough stories to fill a very heavy book.

June 17, 2021 — 
For new Asper alumni, Shyam Narayan Moorthi, completing his MBA is just one of the many steps in his long-term plan. The next steps for Morthi are to embark the next stage of his career and bring his family to Canada.

June 7, 2021 — 
Honouring the 2021 graduating class of students from all three programs housed at the Faculty of Law