Faculty of Science News Archive
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Women in Science
September 5, 2017 —
The Faculty of Science Homecoming event on September 12 will showcase breakthroughs in Science, but gender inequality for Women in STEM still exists.
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The making of “Persistence & Vision”: an adventure in both
September 1, 2017 —
When BSc student Mahalia Lepage (Genetics, ‘16) was asked by STEAM Coordinator Seema Goel to create an animated video about undergrad research, she knew she had her work cut out for her. It wasn’t that Lepage lacked an interest in the subject; it’s that she had never actually done any animation before.
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U of M students receive Canada’s largest STEM scholarship
August 29, 2017 —
Bailey Paziuk and Shayna Timmerman have been named the University of Manitoba’s recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships
Solar eclipse viewing party set for Aug. 21
August 15, 2017 —
The Faculty of Science at the University of Manitoba, in partnership with Degrees Restaurant in UMSU University Centre, will host a solar eclipse viewing party on the Degrees patio
Researchers get cutting-edge equipment
August 15, 2017 —
The University of Manitoba is receiving $480,000 from CFI for three projects
Lake Trout adjust their behaviour in the face of a changing climate, new study
August 15, 2017 —
For years scientists told tales of fish such as Lake Trout adapting their feeding behaviour as temperatures change, but no empirical evidence existed. Now it does.
Wpg Free Press: U of M’s humanoid lab recruits new talent
August 14, 2017 —
International talent is helping stack the odds for the University of Manitoba’s Autonomous Agents Laboratory in advance of the HuroCup Games.
‘Don’t look or you’ll go blind!’: The total solar eclipse of 1979
August 10, 2017 —
'Everyone was completely in awe of the spectacle'
Destination in the stars
August 8, 2017 —
Judy Anderson is going to space. She is absolutely certain of it.
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Going with her gut: Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe explains why microbes aren’t the enemy
July 14, 2017 —
Normal human gut microbiota are currently one of the least understood parts of the human body, having been previously virtually ignored by the research community.