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Research and International

Meet Savino Longo, 2024 Rh Award Winner in the Natural Sciences category

May 22, 2025 — 
Dr. Savino Longo is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Natural Sciences.

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Research and International

Meet Can-Ming Hu, the 2024 Dr. John M. Bowman Memorial Winnipeg Rh Award winner

May 22, 2025 — 
Dr. Can-Ming Hu is a distinguished professor of Physics and Astronomy and recipient of the 2024 Dr. John M. Bowman Rh Institute Award.

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Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Outstanding graduating students celebrate the educators who shaped their success

May 21, 2025 — 
For the past 33 years, the Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception has provided an opportunity for each faculty and school to nominate one outstanding graduating student, who in turn chooses two teachers—one from their K–12 years and one from their time at the University of Manitoba.

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Faculty of Science

Asian Heritage Month spotlight: Riya Timpog and the spirit of bayanihan

May 15, 2025 — 
May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, and the theme for 2025 is “Unity in Diversity: The Impact of Asian Communities in Shaping Canadian Identity”. At the Faculty of Science, we acknowledge the contributions from the diverse Asian Canadian communities and how they enrich everyone’s experience, from students to staff and faculty.

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Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

Honouring faculty excellence at UM

May 14, 2025 — 
On May 6, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) hosted the Faculty Recognition Reception. The event honours recipients of teaching awards, community engagement awards, Merit Awards, and those granted Tenure.

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Faculty of Science

CTV Winnipeg: How AI is shaping your online world

May 14, 2025 — 
How AI is shaping your online world

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Dr. Can-Ming Hu smiles while adjusting the equipment in his physics lab.

Research and International

Rh Awards recognize UM research excellence

May 13, 2025 — 
For more than 50 years, the Rh Awards have supported the advancement of knowledge across disciplines at UM.

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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.

Faculty of Science

Radio-Canada Manitoba: Science Rendezvous de l’U. du Manitoba permet aux jeunes « d’exciter leur curiosité »

May 12, 2025 — 
Science Rendezvous de l’U. du Manitoba permet aux jeunes « d’exciter leur curiosité »

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Faculty of Science

Back by popular demand: Science Rendezvous 2025

May 7, 2025 — 
Get ready for Manitoba’s largest hands-on science and engineering festival. Join us on Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. right here in Winnipeg, at the University of Manitoba, Fort Garry campus. 

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Asper School of Business

Entrepreneurial futures are bright after record-breaking Stu Clark New Venture Championships

May 6, 2025 — 
With record-breaking applications, the 2025 Stu Clark New Venture Championships welcomed top undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurs to Winnipeg for the competition. Thirty-two teams representing 22 universities from across North America pitched their big ideas and business plans for the chance to win over $60,000 in cash prizes.

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