Faculty of Science News Archive
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Donor Relations
The Kwan Family Bursary – Continuing a Legacy of Giving
November 4, 2022 —
UM alum continues legacy of hard work and value of education through scholarship named for their parents.
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Faculty of Science
Meet the Science Grad who founded Canada’s Fastest Growing Company
October 31, 2022 —
The first Entrepreneurship Speaker Series kicks off on Friday, November 4, 2022 in-person with alum Chris Schmidt who graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in 2016, and a year later, a company he founded, Geofilter Studio became Canada’s fastest growing company.
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Finding joy in molecules
October 25, 2022 —
Weslley Silva's PhD research is leading to new insights into the nature of our universe.
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Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Teassa MacMartin
October 19, 2022 —
UM researcher named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women
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Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women: Sabine Kuss
October 19, 2022 —
UM researcher studying Bioanalytics and Electrochemical Sensing named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women
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Six UM leaders among most powerful women in Canada
October 19, 2022 —
Six women in the UM community have been named among Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022.
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Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity, UM study reports
October 18, 2022 —
Racist segregation housing practices in the USA have had a genetic impact on urban wildlife, a new study by University of Manitoba in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports.
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Faculty of Science
Meet Dr. Jenna G. Tichon
October 14, 2022 —
Dr. Jenna Tichon, instructor in the department of statistics offers advice to young women pursuing a career in STEM.
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TeachingLIFE
Learning from the stars, and our backyards
October 14, 2022 —
Experiential learning is more than career preparation, it’s life preparation
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Not all wildlife recovered in lockdowns, new research finds
September 22, 2022 —
British birds reacted differently to COVID-19 lockdowns than did their North American counterparts, new study reports