Asper School of Business News Archive
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Research and International
$10 million for discovery science
June 17, 2020 —
University of Manitoba scientists received a total of $10,667,861 over five years for 80 awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants Program.
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Shaw New Venture Camp
June 13, 2020 —
Apply by July 10th for this fully-funded virtual summer camp for Indigenous High School Students hosted virtually from July 20-24.
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Q&A with an MBA – Ivanka Watkin [BA/16, MBA/20]
June 10, 2020 —
After spending years travelling internationally to teach yoga and scuba diving, Ivanka Watkin decided it was time to take her career to the next level, and for Watkin, that next level required an MBA degree.
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We Stand Together for Equality
June 5, 2020 —
At the Asper School we take great pride in our diverse community of students, faculty and staff. We are committed to welcoming, involving, and mutually learning from and with ALL members of our community.
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Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship Small Business Award Competition
June 2, 2020 —
The Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCCE) hosted a new competition for University of Manitoba students asking them to nominate their favourite Manitoba small business.
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President’s Student Leadership Program Announces 2020 Cohort of Students
May 19, 2020 —
22 students from across the province make up the 2020 cohort of the PSLP
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Asper MBA Students Excel at International Business Plan Competition
May 19, 2020 —
An Asper MBA business venture team excelled at the world’s first virtual business plan competition by reaching the final round of the 2020 SCG Bangkok Business Challenge, Asia’s longest-running global student start-up competition.
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Out-Innovate: Doing more with less
May 7, 2020 —
In Alexandre Lazarow’s (BComm(Hons)/06) new book Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley he outlines where entrepreneurs outside the most-developed start-up ecosystems, are out-innovating their Silicon Valley counterparts.
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Life in a post-COVID-19 world
May 6, 2020 —
Dr. Michael Benarroch was interviewed by Martin Cash of the Winnipeg Free Press about what he thinks life (and especially the economy) might look like in a post-COVID-19 world.