Asper News Archive
Faculty of Law
Business Law pop-up clinic brings law, business students together
November 14, 2025 —
On November 5, 2025, the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic collaborated with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship to bring a Legal *Pop-Up* Clinic to the Asper School of Business, to deliver legal education directly to student entrepreneurs on campus, as part of a joint kick-off UM Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Dr. Zhen Qi Honoured with the UM Distinguished Dissertation Award in Social Sciences for Groundbreaking Work in Climate and International Finance
October 6, 2025 —
The University of Manitoba recognizes exceptional contributions to understanding global financial risk amid climate change
Asper School of Business
Taking a national temperature check on entrepreneurship
December 20, 2024 —
What if scholars could capture how a country collectively feels and thinks about a subject, even in an age of information overload? Wenxi Pu (Associate Dean, Assistant Professor, The Associates Fellow in Innovation) has spent about eight years working to do just that in a piece now published in the FT50-ranked Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
New Public Classroom Initiative aims to foster informed and respectful dialogue on contemporary issues
December 2, 2024 —
The Office of Equity Transformation introduces the Public Classroom Initiative, an extension of the Listening, Learning, Leading series, designed to foster informed dialogue and deepen understanding of contemporary issues within the UM community.
Indigenous
Angie Bruce appointed UM’s new Vice-President (Indigenous)
February 1, 2024 —
Angie Bruce has been appointed Vice-President (Indigenous) of the University of Manitoba. Her term commenced February 1, 2024.
Research and International
Emerging Researcher Spotlight Series launches February 1
January 15, 2024 —
The inaugural Emerging Researcher Spotlight symposium on February 1 offers a compelling look into new and developing areas of research at UM.
Artificial intelligence in and beyond the classroom
July 6, 2023 —
Asper assistant professor Wenxi Pu explores artificial intelligence (AI) in his teaching and research, curious about the implications of this evolving, sometimes disruptive, technology.
Asper School of Business
Meet the 2023 Asper School of Business Medal Winners
June 26, 2023 —
Congratulations to these outstanding members of the Asper Class of 2023
Asper School of Business
The Asper School of Business celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21, 2023 —
At the Asper School of Business, First Nations, Métis and Inuit students, alumni and colleagues are leaders in pursuing economic reconciliation for Indigenous peoples, as entrepreneurs, educators, accountants, analysts and more.
Asper School of Business
Reconciliation through education
June 19, 2023 —
Jim Thunder [MBA/17], pursued an Asper MBA because he wanted a career that would allow him to contribute to solving problems and creating change on a larger scale, with a focus on enhancing Indigenous communities and amplifying calls for reconciliation.