faculty of science News Archive
Research and International
The speed of a rumour
August 19, 2019 —
Pure mathematics is all about the long game, according to mathematician and alumna Karen Gunderson
Office of Sustainability
U of M to host United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Youth Training Day
August 16, 2019 —
This unique opportunity will provide students with training to increase their understanding of the United Nations’ 17 SDGs and empower them to take action on issues such as sustainable development, poverty, education, inequality and climate change
Students
Science advisor receives 2019 Advising Excellence Award
August 13, 2019 —
Christine Adams [BA(Hons)/ 94, MEd/01] from the Faculty of Science is the winner of the 2019 Advising Excellence Award
Students
STEAM program provides wellness opportunities for students and staff
August 9, 2019 —
Success Through Wellness Grants foster creative STEAM programming in the Faculty of Science
Environmental Health and Safety Office
Meet your Safety Superheroes: William Grierson, Laboratory Safety Technologist
August 9, 2019 —
Meet William Grierson, the Laboratory Safety Technologist & Assistant Radiation Safety Officer in Environmental Health and Safety.
U of M welcomes two Schulich Leader Scholarship recipients this fall
August 6, 2019 —
Mia Battad, a student at Balmoral Hall School and Nikolaus Reichert of Garden City Collegiate have each been awarded the Schulich Leader Scholarship
Environmental Health and Safety Office
Meet your Safety Superheroes: Vanessa Pinto, Biological Safety Specialist
August 1, 2019 —
Spillin' the Safe-Tea: Meet Vanessa Pinto, the Biological Safety Specialist at the University of Manitoba
Faculty of Science
Connecting heaven and earth: UM researchers have highly anticipated nuclear experiment underway
July 16, 2019 —
Professors Dr. Juliette Mammei, along with her colleagues Dr. Michael Gericke and adjunct professor Dr. Russell Mammei, currently have an experiment running at Jefferson Lab, the world’s premier electron scattering facility, to measure the neutron skin of lead in an “earth-based” experiment.
Faculty of Science
American Society of Pharmacognosy announces Paper of the Year – Sorensen chemistry lab
July 15, 2019 —
The Sorensen lab back-to-back papers in the Journal of Natural Products were selected by the editors for the Arthur E. Schwarting Award for Paper of the Year in 2018. The announcement was made public July 2, 2019 in the American Society of Pharmacognosy newsletter.
Environmental Health and Safety Office
Meet your Safety Superheroes: Darrin Jolicoeur, Administrative Assistant
July 5, 2019 —
Meet Darrin Jolicoeur the Administrative Assistant for Environmental Health and Safety