Front and Centre – Graduate Student Support News Archive
![Dr. James Peebles [BSc(Hons)/58, DSc/89]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/NobelPrizeWinner2019-Peebles-1200x800-150x150.jpg)
Top stories of 2019
December 20, 2019 —
Another incredible year reaches its conclusion at the University of Manitoba and we would like to share some of our most notable stories from 2019
![GERRY PRICE (FIFTH FROM LEFT) WITH 8 OF 10 INAUGURAL WINNERS OF THE PRICE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AT THE PRICE SCHOLARS RECEPTION ON NOV. 26.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Price-reception_WEB-150x150.jpg)
New graduate scholarships support women in engineering
December 5, 2019 —
The Price Graduate Scholarships for Women in Engineering was established through a $600,000 gift from the Price Family Foundation
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Prominent UM alumni announce $1M gift
November 22, 2019 —
Dr. Arni Thorsteinson and Dr. Susan Glass have made a transformative donation to the Front and Centre campaign
![Debra Jonasson-Young, director of the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship, and Keegan Slijker, founder and head coach of FItness Up North](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/56547365_10156579158068509_542358325426126848_o-150x150.jpg)
Alumni
Finding their spark
June 28, 2019 —
Students & alumni thrive under Stu Clark’s legacy and continued leadership
![Stu Clark [BComm(Hons)/76, LLD/11].](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Stu-Clark_WEB-1-150x150.jpg)
University welcomes $10 million gift, new graduate school
June 14, 2019 —
Transformational gift to Front and Centre campaign will enhance the I.H. Asper School of Business’ role
![Kyla Smith](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kyla-150x150.png)
Can we build a better MRI?
July 2, 2018 —
Graduate student Kyla Smith is developing a silent and more accessible solution
![Nivedita Seshadri](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Nivdedita-150x150.png)
Let your pancreas sleep
June 28, 2018 —
Any new insight into diabetes’ nature carries immense worth, and PhD student Nivedita Seshadri has discovered something valuable
![Grad student and 3MT finalist Carmine Slipski](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Carmine-cropped-1200x800-150x150.jpg)
Top Five: every day things we do that contribute to antimicrobial resistance
June 27, 2018 —
Graduate student Carmine Slipski studies ways we can avoid, or at least curb, bacteria developing resistance
![Brad Cownden](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Brad-150x150.png)
Using supercomputers, math, and way-out-there thinking to study the big bang
June 25, 2018 —
'There are amazing ideas in the pipeline'
![Carmine Slipski](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Carmine-150x150.png)
Worth losing sleep over: our fight against superbugs
June 21, 2018 —
How queer it is that life decisions and trajectories can pivot on petty events, like opening a toy on Christmas and then watching a movie