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Asper School of Business

Team Toba “rocks the house” at JDC West 2020

January 30, 2020 — 
With one of the best performances to date, the Asper School of Business reinforced its place as a top Canadian business school at the 2020 JDC West Competition in Regina, Saskatchewan from January 17-19, 2020. The three-day event showcases academics, athletics, debate, and out-of-the-box social competitions. 

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Audrey Gordon // Photo by James Turner, Winnipeg Free Press

Asper School of Business

Asper MBA alumna, Audrey Gordon [MBA/12] – Elected to Manitoba Legislature

January 28, 2020 — 
In the September 2019 provincial election, Asper School of Business alumna Audrey Gordon [MBA/12] was elected as the new MLA for the Southdale riding in Winnipeg.

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Desautels Faculty of Music

See you on the Flipside

January 24, 2020 — 
Three UM alumnae are changing the way we see opera with their innovative opera organization.

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Photos of the plane crash victims are displayed on a table, with candles lit in front of the photos, at a vigil on Jan. 10, 2020.

From our collective grief, an opportunity to help others

January 24, 2020 — 
Scholarship and fellowship will be established in memory of Manitoba victims of Flight 752

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Somia (B.Env.Sc Honours Co-op) is in the middle with Eden Klein (B.Env.Sc. Honours Co-op) to her right and Josie Cooke (B.Env.St. Major Co-op) to her left.

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources

Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources alumna talks about co-op

January 24, 2020 — 
'I enjoyed my courses so much more after my first placement because I understood that classroom knowledge could be put to real use'

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Photograph of alumna Dr. Forough Khadem with text saying her name and the dates of her birth and death (1981-2020)

CBC: Scholarship created in name of promising U of Manitoba scientist who died in Iran plane crash

January 20, 2020 — 
'As people mourned Friday at a memorial service for one of the victims of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752, there was a note of hope with the announcement of a scholarship established in honour of Forough Khadem'

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David Penner Head Shot

Faculty of Architecture

In Memoriam: David Penner

January 17, 2020 — 
Well-known Winnipeg architect and Faculty of Architecture alumnus, David Penner passed away on January 7, 2020.

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Dr. Laurie Shannon presents at a podium

Faculty of Arts

Sidney Warhaft Memorial Lecture: ‘Calamities of Exposure: Shakespeare and the Natural History of Human Being’

January 13, 2020 — 
The 43rd annual Sidney Warhaft Memorial Lecture will be given by Dr. Laurie Shannon, Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at Northwestern University.

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Akimbo: We the Centre at Patel Division Projects, Toronto

January 13, 2020 — 
'There must be something in the river water that runs through the city because Winnipeg continues to provide a home for new artists'

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Flag at half-mast at Tier Building

UM mourns victims of plane crash in Iran

January 8, 2020 — 
The University of Manitoba is deeply saddened by the news of Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 that crashed near Tehran

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