faculty of science News Archive
Announcing new leadership appointments
December 4, 2019 —
UM is pleased to announce acting and extended appointments
Faculty of Science
NRAO: Image release: Giant magnetic ropes in a galaxy’s halo
December 3, 2019 —
An astronomy composite image produced by professor Jayanne English, physics and astronomy, using radio data reveals an image of the “Whale Galaxy” (NGC 4631), made with the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), reveals hair-like filaments of the galaxy’s magnetic field protruding above and below the galaxy’s disk.
Indigenous
UM students receive Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards
November 27, 2019 —
On Nov. 21, Indigenous youth from across the province were honoured with Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards.
In Remembrance: University of Manitoba alumni at Normandy
November 6, 2019 —
We join in the commemoration of the noble and selfless actions of 150,000 Allied troops who landed at Normandy seventy five years ago, turning the tide of the Second World War
That time when … a Nobel Prize winner gave me a scholarship
November 5, 2019 —
Student learns his scholarship was funded by a Nobel Laureate
Poster competition celebrates student research
October 29, 2019 —
Nearly 100 judges queried the more than 140 budding researchers about their projects
Extended Education
Student applies herself, pursues medicine
October 22, 2019 —
“I think if I just started university without the program, I wouldn’t have known where to study or to get advice and the whole experience would have been more difficult.” - Lindsay Bristow
Extended Education
From chemistry to medicine and helping others succeed
October 18, 2019 —
“I find I share a lot of the same values as different students attending Access. So with that, I’m able to create cultural relationships, make friends, and it gives me a sense of purpose on campus.” - Brandon Wozniak
Libraries
‘The Very Model of a Modern Research Scientist’
October 11, 2019 —
Reginald Buller, one of the first six professors hired by the University in 1904 to teach “modern science,” featured in new Archives exhibit.
Libraries
Exhibition recreates office and lab of prolific, unique founding professor
October 11, 2019 —
A new exhibition by Archives & Special Collections, UM Libraries, will honour the legacy of Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, one of the first six professors hired by the University in 1904.