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Undergraduate Research Awards News Archive

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Faculty of Arts

Connecting academic research with real world issues: Grace Elendu’s URA Experience

February 11, 2025 — 
Grace Elendu, a criminology major in the Faculty of Arts, earned an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) and learned valuable skills through 16 weeks of mentorship.

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Faculty of Arts

Diving into Anthropological Research: LJ Fulugan’s URA Experience

January 22, 2025 — 
LJ Fulugan, an anthropology honours student in the Faculty of Arts, gained invaluable experience during their 16 weeks of mentorship with the Undergraduate Research Award (URA).

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Faculty of Arts

Undergraduate Student Research Excellence on Display

January 13, 2025 — 
The 2024 UM Undergraduate Research Showcase celebrated the exceptional work of students from across the university, highlighting their innovative research projects. Two students from the Faculty of Arts were among the winners.

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Faculty of Education

Shaping Education: Our 2024 Undergraduate Research Award Recipients

November 21, 2024 — 
2024 Undergraduate Research Award Recipients

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Faculty of Architecture

Undergraduate Research Award: A summer of development and discovery

October 21, 2024 — 
Fourteen Faculty of Architecture students earned Undergraduate Research Awards this summer. Valued at $7000 each, these competitive awards enable students to work with researchers of their choice on projects that develop skills, drive discovery and inspire ideas for their future studies and careers.

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Faculty of Arts

Celebrating undergraduate research

September 16, 2024 — 
For the second year in a row, the Faculty of Arts gathered in August to celebrate the efforts and contributions of undergraduate student researchers.

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Faculty of Education

Feminist Eyes: Engaging in Analysis of Popular Media

September 19, 2023 — 
Education students had the opportunity to be mentored by a professor of their choice as Undergraduate Research Awards during the summer.

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Undergraduate Research Award winners - Alina Bilonozhko & Cole Marotta

Faculty of Architecture

Undergraduate Research Poster Winners

March 24, 2023 — 
Alina Bilonozhko earned first prize for “Unstacking the Deck: A Game of Change” and Cole Marotta earned second prize for “Canadian Architecture Forums on Education: Connecting Canada.” Both Alina and Cole are Environmental Design students in the Architecture stream. Their posters showcased research they commenced last summer while working with Dr. Lisa Landrum through the Undergraduate Research Awards program.

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Faculty of Arts

Online parenting forum offers unique student research experience

January 12, 2023 — 
Kyla Wiens, a third year Psychology Honours student in the Faculty of Arts, started university knowing she wanted to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology. Understanding that research experience is an essential element in graduate studies applications, she started looking for opportunities early in her second year of studies. The Undergraduate Research Award (URA) was a perfect fit.

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Alina Bilonozhko and Cole Marotta with Prof. Lisa Landrum outside the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, Sept. 2, 2022. Photo: Denis (Libao) Wang.

Faculty of Architecture

Game Changing Exhibit in the Exchange

September 2, 2022 — 
Showcased at the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, the exhibition celebrated early women graduates from UManitoba’s Faculty of Architecture, and highlighted topics of diversity and inclusion beyond binaries, beyond borders and toward Indigenous sovereignty.

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