UM Today the Magazine | UM Today the Magazine – Fall 2019

Below the Surface

To know what’s happening to our climate is to know the secrets held within ancient ice. New UM research recruit Dorthe Dahl-Jensen travels in time to reveal natural‚ abrupt warming shifts of the past that could collide with humankind’s modern-day missteps—What then?

By Katie Chalmers-Brooks

Inspiring Minds

Perspective

We asked four alumni artists to tell us the vision behind their art. Then we asked strangers‚ What do you see?

By Sean Moore

Driving Discovery and Insight

After the Fire

Go to the frontlines of burn care‚ and you’ll find a holistic team of caregivers‚ researchers and students ready to act. At the helm: UM professor Dr. Sarvesh Logsetty— a surgeon behind dramatic reconstructive procedures. They’re quietly guarding against superbugs. Inventing high-tech dressings. Reimagining next-generation skin. And navigating the emotional scars of those who’ve survived.

By Katie Chalmers-Brooks

Where Ideas Collide

Take a peek inside the new Smartpark Innovation Hub on the Fort Garry campus, designed to bring people and ideas together to grow Manitoba’s start-up community.

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Inside Fall 2019

Postcard

Honouring Every Step

The Annual Traditional Graduation Pow Wow recently marked a 30-year milestone—here’s how it started.

360°

Here’s how three alumni are tackling different angles on climate change—from fashion to hamburgers to behavioural economics.

Publisher’s Note

Opening the Next Door

John Kearsey, vice-president (external), talks about transition and the good that comes from it.

From the President

Collision

David Barnard, president and vice-chancellor, on bringing people, ideas, disciplines and cultures together

In the News

Nobel Prize for Alumnus

Unravelling mysteries of the cosmos—UM alumnus James Peebles wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Front and Centre

Catalyst

See how a decision to donate to UM’s Front and Centre campaign triggers a chain reaction

Conversation with a Visionary

Dr. Gigi Osler [BScMed/92, MD/92]

The former president of the Canadian Medical Association gets candid about physician burnout, lagging tech and greater diversity in health care.

Archive

Retro UM

With the launch of the university’s new logo, we go back in time to explore its changing look.

Emerging

Head of the Class

Meet Aandeg Muldrew, who, at 19, became UM’s youngest instructor.

Candid

Grace Paizen

Find out why this PhD student insists, “We’re Victorians, just with cellphones.”

Field Notes

Designing with Purpose

A calculator, tattered notepads and his father’s passport. Explore the belongings of alumnus ‘Segun Olude, who’s empowering communities with digital tools.

Alumni POV

Pick up and Go

What if you took a gap year with the family? Hear from alumna Daria Salamon, author of Don’t Try This At Home: One Family’s (mis)Adventures Around the World.

Online Exclusive

Near Miss

That’s Paulo Albuquerque flying through that air. Hear how he brings the art of Capoeira to Folklorama and the Active Living Centre.

Campus News

What’s Happening

Want to know what UM students and researchers are up to? Here’s highlights from our Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses.

Insight

Fang Wan™

What this marketing professor has to say about finding your own personal brand

End Scene

Who’s There

We deconstruct the extraordinary office door of Distinguished Professor George Toles.

Quotable

Bring your Perspective

Find out who said, “The viewer’s history is what finishes a work of art.”