Alumni News Archive
Alumna named Winnipeg’s first Poet Laureate
December 11, 2017 —
'Di Brandt is a wonderful choice for the inaugural position. She has a respected local, national and international profile, published a dozen acclaimed books and won many awards'
Faculty of Architecture
Inspiring Minds through Experiential Learning
December 10, 2017 —
The Faculty of Architecture is pleased to announce that its Cooperative Education program is now fully approved and moving ahead. Job placements will begin May 2018.
$5 million gift brings hope, dreams of new Geneva
December 8, 2017 —
Transformational gift will elevate Winnipeg’s reputation as a global hub for human rights and social justice
Price Faculty of Engineering
Alumna Ella Thomson, B.Sc. (E.E.), is the third recipient of the Order of the White Rose scholarship
December 6, 2017 —
Ella Thomson, an electrical engineering graduate of the University of Manitoba, receives prestigious $30,000 Order of the White Rose scholarship from Polytechnique Montréal
CBC: Trudeau names two new Senators, including Canada’s first female Indigenous dentist
December 4, 2017 —
Dr. Mary Jane McCallum has worked to provide important dental and health services to a range of northern, First Nations, and Indigenous communities throughout Manitoba
Faculty of Science
Seeing electrons: from individual atoms to processes inside cells
December 1, 2017 —
As part of the Faculty of Science Interdisciplinary Series, Unter to Uber, Dr. Lena F. Kourkoutis will be giving a special lecture on how new technology has made it possible to “see” inside molecules, even at the atomic level.
Faculty of Arts
Polish Society marks 100th anniversary with gift
November 29, 2017 —
The Polish Fraternal Aid Society of St. John Cantius recently celebrated its 100th anniversary and marked this occasion with a $100,000 gift to the Polish Studies Endowment Fund at the U of M
Preventing HIV epidemics
November 29, 2017 —
Building on a decades-long legacy of groundbreaking HIV/AIDS research
CP, CBC, Wpg Free Press: ‘It’s really a heartbreaking day’
November 27, 2017 —
Media stories on the death of Dauphin Mayor Eric Irwin [LL.B./1979], a highly respected alumnus from the University of Manitoba's law school who served as president of Dauphin's Countryfest
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
International medical grad embraces Canada, tops CFPC exam
November 17, 2017 —
International medical graduate receives highest marks on Canada's family medicine certifying exams.