Faculty of Science community and partners News Archive
![Rick Zillman (right) founded the Miaw Jin Scholarship, to be given out for the first time this year, in memory of his wife of 48 years, Paulina (left).](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/paulina-rick-zillman-mountains-150x150.jpg)
A journey of education, love, and legacy
May 7, 2024 —
To carry on his wife’s legacy of helping students, UM alum and retiree decided to make a planned gift to UM to fund a scholarship in her name.
![Exterior shot of the Machray Hall building.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/machray-hall-exterior-march-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
Machray Hall redevelopment
May 6, 2024 —
We are pleased to unveil an exciting development set to commence in the summer of 2024 - the transformation of Machray Hall. This ambitious endeavour will see the emergence of a state-of-the-art facility designed to meet the evolving needs of our academic community.
![A kid in the middle of a bubble made with soap and hula loop by a university student wearing a red Science Rendezvous volunteer shirt.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/science-rendezvous-bubble-1-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
Science Rendezvous 2024 cancelled
May 2, 2024 —
Saturday, May 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. right here on Fort Garry Campus. We will be there, the Faculty of Science, our campus and organization partners, and 700 volunteers! And we will bring you the biggest, most fun and most remarkable science outreach event of the year!
![A collection of graphics of cloud computing, computer, laptop, mouse, servers, network router, USB drive, disk drive, database, documents.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/computer-science-150x150.png)
Faculty of Science
Join us for the 2024 Computer Science Alumni and Industry Symposium
April 11, 2024 —
The department of computer science is holding the 2024 Computer Science Alumni and Industry Symposium for the second year and invites everyone curious about anything computer science and tech-related to join the event on May 3, 2024, at the RBC Convention Centre.
![Portrait of Randi Roy, Microbiology Co-op student smiling with her arms crossed.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/randi-roy-e1712076745461-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
Celebrating Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)
April 2, 2024 —
March is CEWIL Canada Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) month in Canada where work-integrated learning (WIL) is celebrated. Work-integrated learning has become an integral part of the Canadian educational experience, fostering connections and collaboration between academia, industry, and community to prepare students for the workforce.
![Wide shot of the profile a young man with white shirt and black pants on the stage talking with a wireless microphone facing the audience with a woman standing next to him smiling behind a podium.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/science-spark-3k-pitch-competition-2023-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
Witness the spark in science when students compete for $3,000 cash prize!
March 25, 2024 —
Science Spark 3K Pitch Competition 2024 presented by the Bioscience Association Manitoba (BAM) is happening on April 8th, 1:00 p.m. at Marshall McLuhan Hall as 9 teams of science students pitch their innovative ideas and compete for a chance to win a $3,000 cash prize! The event is free but registration is required.
![University students and kids on both sides of a table with microscopes while some kids are looking through the microscopes and some university students are explaining or showing the science experiments to kids.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/science-rendezvous-2023-volunteer-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
Volunteer for Science Rendezvous 2024
March 10, 2024 —
Volunteer for Science Rendezvous 2024 because we can't do this without you and this is the event you're going to remember you volunteered for, made friendships and connections with your peers, faculty and staff, and got Experience Record once you spent more than 10 hours volunteering.
![Janine Carmichael welcoming participants to the Sprint to Innovate Networking and Training Event.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Janine-150x150.jpg)
Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Building innovation skills
February 27, 2024 —
Eighteen University of Manitoba students participated in the 4th annual Sprint to Innovate. This unique weekend event brings together post-secondary students from Winnipeg to learn about and practice innovation skills.
![A kid with a grey t-shirt and cap standing in the middle of a large bubble created around him by a student wearing a red shirt with soap and hula loop in front of the science buildings complex outside on the grass with kids and other people in the background.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/science-rendezvous-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
UM brings home Science Rendezvous STEAM Big! Award
February 26, 2024 —
Creating the most remarkable event of the year for Winnipeggers to rendezvous with science is a huge responsibility. One that the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg joined forces to take on last year and excelled at. Together they won the Science Rendezvous 2023 STEAM Big! award.
![Dr. Brian Mark, Dean, Faculty of Science Professor, Department of Microbiology](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Brian-Mark-1-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Science
Pork, pathogens and progress: A close look at PRRSV research
February 15, 2024 —
The pork industry provides people across different cultures a considerable source of protein, essential nutrients and a versatile ingredient for diverse culinary traditions. So, when the problem of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection in the pork industry results in an economic loss of $650 million annually in the United States, finding a solution is of critical significance. A diverse group of researchers at the Faculty of Science and Princeton University has recently published a paper sharing their discovery on better understanding and managing PRRSV.