Chemistry News Archive
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Faculty of Science
UM Science students win big at Aquahacking Lake Winnipeg Challenge
November 17, 2020 —
When it comes to innovation and the environment, Meagan Smith and Bentley Turner are going places. The Faculty of Science students won second place and $15,000 in the 2020 Lake Winnipeg Aquahacking Challenge, hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in partnership with Aqua Forum, a Montreal-based organization.
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Faculty of Science
Winners of the 2020 3MT Undergraduate Student Competition
August 31, 2020 —
The winners of the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience 3MT thesis competition hosted by the Faculty of Science are:
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Muddied waters
August 7, 2020 —
Lake Winnipeg is dying and Indigenous communities and researchers supporting them have responded.
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International collaboration developing nanotechnology that may be used against COVID-19
March 30, 2020 —
A new approach to stopping virus growth gives hope for new therapeutic options against seasonal influenza, bird flu and possibly COVID-19
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
How video games help teach Arctic climate science
March 12, 2020 —
More than 150 middle-and-high school learners met with climate researchers on March 5 for Arctic Science Day. Students learned how new knowledge is developed from working in harsh Arctic conditions, and how the learning process can be a lot like playing video games.
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COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding for studies in Indigenous populations
March 6, 2020 —
Two University of Manitoba researchers have received nearly $1 million in COVID-19 Rapid Response Program funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for research projects that focus on public health responses in Indigenous populations.
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Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science celebrates 50 years
January 10, 2020 —
The anniversary festivities start on Thursday, Jan. 16
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Faculty of Science
Invent the Future Together – Be a Mentor
September 5, 2019 —
Contribute to the future success of our immensely talented students, and become a mentor.
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Faculty of Science
Ronald Domalaon will receive his PhD from the department of chemistry on Thursday, June 6
June 6, 2019 —
Classmates call Domalaon a “go-getter”, having already started a job in the pharmaceutical industry, after being scouted and hired in November of last year – but for Domalaon, it’s par for the course.