COVID-19 News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM team develop inexpensive 3D-printed ventilator following shortage
June 24, 2020 —
Doctors around the world could turn to a made-in-Manitoba design if hospitals experience a ventilator shortage during the second wave of COVID-19.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
PhD defenses go virtual amid COVID-19 isolation
June 17, 2020 —
Students defending their PhD theses this spring were faced with an unusual scenario due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditionally, PhD candidates appear in a lecture hall in front of a crowd of colleagues, instructors and the public, with invited guests and their advisors giving support. However, this year, students were required to defend their work online from their home over video conferencing platforms like Zoom.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Study explores online misinformation around immune boosting and COVID-19
June 15, 2020 —
Dr. Christen Rachul is studying the spread of misinformation on the internet around claims of immune boosting to prevent COVID-19.
COVID-19: Lessons learned from viral outbreaks
June 12, 2020 —
What did health professionals learn about dealing with viral outbreaks from the Ebola epidemic of 2018?
Faculty of Science
UM Virologist Peter Pelka is developing a recombinant vaccine to combat SARS-COV-2
June 11, 2020 —
Pelka may be on to a promising solution employing recombinant adenovirus to combat SARS-Cov-2. A natural fit for Pelka, who prior to the pandemic, had been using recombinant adenovirus to develop new cancer therapies.
UM faculty editorials on current issues
June 11, 2020 —
Three recent editorials by UM faculty in the Winnipeg Free Press attest to the breadth and scope of our thought leaders regarding pressing concerns of today’s world.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Online conference highlights smart technologies
June 11, 2020 —
Technology that can make eating utensils and clothing “smarter” took top prizes at the 2020 Augmented Human Conference, hosted by the College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences on May 27 to 28. The event, hosted in Canada for the first time, was originally scheduled to be held at Fort Garry campus but had to be moved to an online format due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Why do wildlife matter?
June 11, 2020 —
A UM environmental science student decided to turn her Honours thesis into a short film with an original soundtrack. The project went so well that she is now continuing it within her Master’s thesis.
Summer enrolment up at UM, and all via remote delivery
June 10, 2020 —
Summer Term undergraduate enrolment is up at the University of Manitoba in 2020.
Information Services and Technology
5 tips to keep your data secure while working remotely
June 9, 2020 —
University staff and faculty are now entering our fourth month of working remotely, and it’s important to keep your computer and our university data and systems safe and healthy.