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Students walk the path in front of Tier Building on Fort Garry campus in winter 2020.

UM to resume a partial return to on-campus work

February 11, 2022 — 
Update from Diane Hiebert-Murphy, Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and Naomi Andrew, Vice-President (Administration)

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Price Faculty of Engineering

Civil engineering professors awarded fellow distinction

February 8, 2022 — 
Dr.'s Ehab El-Salakawy and Mohamed T. Bassuoni from the Department of Civil Engineering have both been elected as fellows of the American Concrete Institute.

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black history month promotion

Students

Honouring Black History and creating meaningful change

February 3, 2022 — 
UM Black Alliance (UMBA) invites all members of the UM community to attend the upcoming virtual event, Acknowledging a Black Past, Embracing a Black Present, and Envisioning Black Futures on Feb. 16

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Two UM staff members posing while cross country skiing on Fort Garry campus.

Sustainability

Are you ready for an exciting outdoor challenge?

February 1, 2022 — 
Register yourself or your team for the Jack Frost Challenge, an annual week-long event to celebrate and encourage winter activities across Manitoba

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The Administration Building on Fort Garry campus in winter 2022.

UM Awarded on the Forbes Canada’s Best Employers 2022 List

January 31, 2022 — 
In a recent survey, the University of Manitoba was rated as one of Canada’s Top Employers by noted business icon Forbes Magazine

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Scarborough Charter banner

UM endorses the Scarborough Charter

January 28, 2022 — 
Charter to address anti-Black racism and foster Black inclusion

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Samar Safi Harb is one of three Canadian astronomers whose research teams are part of an international science working group that launched a satellite into space last week

Faculty of Science

It’s a very exciting time to be in astrophysics at UM

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.

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Faculty of Science

2022 Turtle Island Indigenous Science Conference

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. 

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Colourful Chinese lanterns at night.

Donor Relations

2022 Lunar New Year

January 21, 2022 — 
February 1, 2022 is the start of The Lunar New Year and marks the beginning of the year of the Tiger

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Price Faculty of Engineering

Manitoba Aerospace awards former Dean Jonathan Beddoes for Excellence in Education

January 18, 2022 — 
During his term as Dean of the Price Faculty of Engineering, Beddoes deeply shaped the faculty’s student experience, teaching, commitment to increasing diversity, research, industry engagement, and physical facilities.

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