COVID-19 News Archive
Human Resources
New online learning opportunities to successfully work from home
May 12, 2020 —
After it was announced that UM employees would transition to working remotely due to COVID-19, Sandra Woloschuk started connecting with people about what the university could offer to support employees working in this new environment.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Global clinical trial to test blood thinner on COVID-19 patients led by UM and UHN
May 12, 2020 —
A large-scale international clinical trial to test whether the blood thinner heparin can help improve survival for COVID-19 patients launches this week, led by clinician-scientists from the University of Manitoba and the University Health Network.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
COVID-19 has created opportunity for change
May 12, 2020 —
Dr. Nazim Cicek, associate head of biosystems engineering at UM, says that some good could come out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts launches COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund
May 12, 2020 —
The Faculty of Arts COVID-19 UM Student Emergency Fund offers financial support to Arts undergraduate and graduate students directly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Navigating the ‘new normal’ post COVID-19 lockdown
May 8, 2020 —
As the province starts to ease restrictions on public life, Manitobans who have been spending a lot of time at home physical distancing or isolating may be experiencing feelings of anxiety related to COVID-19 at the prospect of going out into the public
Desautels Faculty of Music
The Show Goes On
May 7, 2020 —
Desautels musicians spread music, not viruses, during the COVID-19 pandemic
Asper School of Business
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.
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.
Updates for the week of April 29 to May 6
May 6, 2020 —
Summary of this week's UM COVID-19 information
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Medical student using 3D printing skills to make face masks
May 5, 2020 —
A second-year Max Rady College of Medicine student is using his 3D printing experience to help a group of physicians develop reusable silicone face masks to be used to protect health-care workers from COVID-19.