Faculty of Science News Archive
Research and International
What is that little bird telling you?
March 10, 2022 —
UM Café Scientifique: UM scientists on how animals think and communicate
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Introducing the 2022 3MT finalists
March 7, 2022 —
After three competitive heats, the finalists for the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition have been selected
Faculty of Science
Colossal Black Holes Locked in Dance at Heart of Galaxy
February 23, 2022 —
A sinusoidal light curve spanning 45 years points to the presence of orbiting supermassive black holes at the core of a distant galaxy.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
UM health researchers secure nearly $8 million in federal funding
February 22, 2022 —
Research teams aiming to promote healing in a displaced First Nation community and to enhance First Nations prenatal education are among the recipients of recent grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Faculty of Science
UM wins the Science Rendezvous 2021 STEAM Big Award!
February 16, 2022 —
National recognition for outstanding science outreach efforts
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Three Minute Thesis challengers announced – mark your calendars!
February 9, 2022 —
Come support our graduate students at three exciting heats!
Research and International
Seeing the bigger picture
February 2, 2022 —
Undergrad poster competition winner cites benefits of learning to explain your research
Faculty of Science
It’s a very exciting time to be in astrophysics at UM
January 28, 2022 —
Samar Safi-Harb is on the hunt for the biggest bangs since the “big bang.” She has just been named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Extreme Astrophysics by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Safi-Harb is the first woman to be appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair position in UM’s Faculty of Science.
Faculty of Science
Entrepreneurship course inspires innovation and business training at Faculty of Science
January 28, 2022 —
The course was piloted in May 2021 and developed in collaboration with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business. It challenged students to generate ideas and address “Why” their ideas might succeed. It also covered the “How-to” with an introduction to business planning, market validation, and HR considerations, concluding in a group pitch event.
Faculty of Science
2022 Turtle Island Indigenous Science Conference
January 27, 2022 —
The UM is hosting its first Indigenous Science Conference with a focus on the Indigenous approach to understanding the five elements of the world: fire, water, earth, air, and spirit.