front and centre News Archive
![Wolfgang Klassen presents his research at 3MT.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Wolfgang-presenting_web-150x150.jpg)
That time when … a Nobel Prize winner gave me a scholarship
November 5, 2019 —
Student learns his scholarship was funded by a Nobel Laureate
![The sketch drawn by Stefan Michalak of the UFO that he encountered near Falcon Lake in 1967](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/e002749610-2-150x150.jpg)
Libraries
The Falcon Lake UFO Files
October 31, 2019 —
On May 20, 1967, something happened in the wilderness around Falcon Lake, Manitoba, that has never been adequately explained
![(L-R) Student Hilary Ransom, Asper Foundation’s Moe Levy, Leonard Asper, Gail Asper and UM President David Barnard.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Asper-event-150x150.jpeg)
The Asper Foundation creates unprecedented new entrance bursary
October 18, 2019 —
The Asper Foundation has announced a $5-million gift to the University of Manitoba designed to remove barriers for students demonstrating financial need
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UM alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Physics
October 8, 2019 —
The Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that a UM graduate, acclaimed cosmologist Dr. James Peebles, has won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
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Homecoming celebrates alumni achievements and generosity
September 27, 2019 —
Returning grads connect with UM, classmates, faculty, staff and students
![2019 Schulich Leaders](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019Schulich-150x150.jpg)
U of M welcomes two Schulich Leader Scholarship recipients this fall
August 6, 2019 —
Mia Battad, a student at Balmoral Hall School and Nikolaus Reichert of Garden City Collegiate have each been awarded the Schulich Leader Scholarship
![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
![The June 11, 2019 announcement of support from the province.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Burns-event_WEB-150x150.jpg)
New support for future leaders
June 11, 2019 —
Province invests $2.5M in James W. Burns Leadership Institute
![James Burns [BComm/51, LLD/87 (Hon.)]](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Burns-James_WEB-150x150.jpg)
Name unveiled for leadership institute
June 4, 2019 —
The legacy of the late James Burns, one of Canada’s most prominent business leaders, has been bolstered