Faculty of Graduate Studies News Archive
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
Faculty of Graduate Studies
UM announces the ‘Ma these en 180 secondes’ competition!
February 26, 2020 —
Ma thèse en 180 secondes is a French-language communication contest launched by Acfas (Association francophone pour le savoir) in 2012, modeling the 3MT competition founded by The University of Queensland in 2008. Each challenger, in three minutes or less, must present a clear, concise explanation of their research project, in French.
Faculty of Law
Laying down the law in three minutes flat
February 13, 2020 —
Any grad student who has tried to explain their thesis to someone at a party will likely risk glazed eyes and a polite “excuse me,” after about five minutes. The idea of getting months and sometimes years of research across in only three minutes, is daunting. Kevin Sharma will bravely attempt this feat when he represents the Faculty of Law in the upcoming 3MT heats on February 27th.