Price Faculty of Engineering News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Engineering a fax fix
February 23, 2021 —
A Winnipeg family medicine clinic is handling faxes from pharmacies much more efficiently, with far fewer errors, thanks to a quality improvement partnership between the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and Price Faculty of Engineering.
Price Faculty of Engineering
UM and Tokyo University partner to develop Artificial Intelligence methods for Epigenetic research
February 23, 2021 —
Dr. Ahmed Ashraf from the department of electrical and computer engineering is the University’s lead for this study and is excited to be partnering with Tokyo University to help us better understand the role AI can play in healthcare.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Dr. Malcolm Xing to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite
February 15, 2021 —
Dr. Xing is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biochemistry and Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. He was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions to biomaterials design and their applications in therapeutics.
February 2021 UM Virtual Community Events
January 29, 2021 —
Discover UM’s wide range of February 2021 virtual community events that are open to all.
Price Faculty of Engineering
Remembering Dean Emeritus, Douglas Ruth
January 12, 2021 —
Dr. Ruth served as the Dean of the Price Faculty of Engineering from 1999-2010, overseeing the construction of the Engineering & Information Technology Complex and further expansion of the Faculty’s programs and services.
Alumni
Mentoring Mondays: Brent Malcolm
January 11, 2021 —
From a young age, Brent Malcolm [BSc(CE)/12] has been fascinated by infrastructure. Now, through mentoring, the engineering alumnus is helping other UM students find their passion
January 2021 UM Virtual Community Events
January 5, 2021 —
Discover UM’s wide range of January 2021 virtual community events that are open to all.
Op-Ed: We can do it: WW II offers lessons for COVID-19 vaccine planning
December 23, 2020 —
Distributing and getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of millions of people, error-free, is going to be a herculean task. We would do well to learn from WW2 distribution, says UM alumnus.
Top stories of 2020
December 22, 2020 —
A year to remember or a year to forget? The COVID-19 pandemic dominated headlines across the globe, including here at the University of Manitoba, but there was always light behind the dark clouds. Positive stories shone through.
UM Today editors pick their top stories of 2020
December 22, 2020 —
Here are some stories that caught the attention of the UM Today editors