Faculty of Graduate Studies News Archive
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Asper School of Business
Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship Small Business Award Competition
June 2, 2020 —
The Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCCE) hosted a new competition for University of Manitoba students asking them to nominate their favourite Manitoba small business.
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Puffed snacks and urban waste in 3, 2, 1
June 1, 2020 —
Zoe Li and Jessica Nicksy will compete in the Three Minute Thesis final on June 3 at 7 pm.
![UM Board of Governors alumni representative for 2020 is Nora Murdock.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/BOGelection2020-Congrats-1200x800-FNL-150x150.jpg)
Nora Murdock elected to the Board of Governors
May 26, 2020 —
UM alumni have chosen Nora Murdock [PhD/16, MEd/05, CertEd/78, BA/78] to bring their voice to the University’s Board of Governors.
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
3MT 2020 Final Competition – Watch live online June 3
May 15, 2020 —
The Faculty of Graduate Studies is excited to announce that the event will be broadcast online starting at 7 p.m. on June 3
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Tracking the spread of COVID-19 across the globe
March 25, 2020 —
Mathematician Dr. Julien Arino in the UM Faculty of Science is part of a team that received a Canada Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant worth $666,667 to study the spread of COVID-19
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Spring Convocation 2020 cancelled, a celebration to be held at later time
March 19, 2020 —
All of us who work daily and enthusiastically to support student success regret the need for this course of action
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Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
3MT postponement won’t stop FKRM finalists
March 18, 2020 —
Although the University of Manitoba's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final is currently postponed, two of the finalists from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management will be ready take the stage once their name's are called.
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
Update: 3MT 2020 postponed
March 16, 2020 —
University of Manitoba’s 3MT competition final, scheduled for March 24, has been postponed
![PhD candidate Lisa Matthew excites students with parallels between her research methods and video games](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_5838-2-150x150.jpg)
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
How video games help teach Arctic climate science
March 12, 2020 —
More than 150 middle-and-high school learners met with climate researchers on March 5 for Arctic Science Day. Students learned how new knowledge is developed from working in harsh Arctic conditions, and how the learning process can be a lot like playing video games.
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Faculty of Graduate Studies
The finalists are chosen for the March 24 3MT final competition
March 2, 2020 —
The finalists for this year’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition demonstrate the great range of work being done by our UM graduate students