Physics and Astronomy News Archive
Faculty of Science
UM Eclipse viewing party media coverage
April 9, 2024 —
UM Eclipse viewing party media coverage
Faculty of Science
CTV Winnipeg: ‘It’s quite rare’: Partial solar eclipse to be viewable in Manitoba next week
April 2, 2024 —
CTV Winnipeg: 'It’s quite rare': Partial solar eclipse to be viewable in Manitoba next week
Faculty of Science
CTV Winnipeg: New image of 800 year old explosion
March 27, 2024 —
CTV Winnipeg: New image of 800 year old explosion
Faculty of Science
Witness the spark in science when students compete for $3,000 cash prize!
March 25, 2024 —
Science Spark 3K Pitch Competition 2024 presented by the Bioscience Association Manitoba (BAM) is happening on April 8th, 1:00 p.m. at Marshall McLuhan Hall as 9 teams of science students pitch their innovative ideas and compete for a chance to win a $3,000 cash prize! The event is free but registration is required.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
2024 Ma thése en 180 secondes winners announced
March 12, 2024 —
The Faculty of Graduate Studies is excited to announce the winners in the 5th annual Ma thèses en 180 secondes competition held on March 7th.
Faculty of Science
Volunteer for Science Rendezvous 2024
March 10, 2024 —
Volunteer for Science Rendezvous 2024 because we can't do this without you and this is the event you're going to remember you volunteered for, made friendships and connections with your peers, faculty and staff, and got Experience Record once you spent more than 10 hours volunteering.
Faculty of Science
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024
February 9, 2024 —
For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we talked with five women in science at the Faculty of Science.
Faculty of Science
Auto Evolution: Black Hole Conveniently Warps Spacetime Into a Football on the Eve of Super Bowl LVIII
February 9, 2024 —
Black Hole Conveniently Warps Spacetime Into a Football on the Eve of Super Bowl LVIII
Faculty of Science
Origin of the heavy elements, the universe and the physics of the extreme – UM astrophysicist, Dr. Samar Safi-Harb and her team on LIGO scientific collaboration
February 9, 2024 —
We sat down with Dr. Samar Safi-Harb to learn more about her research, her vision for the future of this collaboration and what it means for UM Faculty of Science to be part of the LIGO collaboration.
Putting UM astrophysicists on the map… of the cosmos
February 2, 2024 —
The University of Manitoba is now member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) - an international network of scientists utilizing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) to advance the collective exploration of fundamentals of science.