UM Today Archives

February 13, 2025 —  Rachel Wheatley, who holds a BComm and MBA from the Asper School of Business, has served as CEO of Special Olympics Manitoba for over two years. Her leadership journey began with a desire to make an impact, a drive that inspired both her volunteerism and her pursuit of a business degree.

February 12, 2025 —  On Feb. 1, Dr. Kellie Thiessen assumed the role of dean of the College of Nursing in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.  

February 12, 2025 —  Experiential learning opportunities like entrepreneurship or industry projects allows you to gain practical, interactive experience related to your interests that can help you achieve your career goals.

February 12, 2025 —  Whether you just don’t know where to start with doing research, want to learn to search more effectively, or need help finding an obscure document, reach out to one of the UM’s librarians.

February 12, 2025 —  The University of Manitoba has hired Loveleen Kaur Dhillon as its agronomist in residence for special crops, a new, five-year position funded by Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA).

February 12, 2025 —  Are minerals Manitoba’s Secret Weapon Against U.S. Tariffs?

February 12, 2025 —  Last summer, Desautels Faculty of Music student Feylin James received an Undergraduate Research Award grant to study the Japanese genre, City Pop, under the direction of musicologist Dr. Colette Simonot-Maiello. The University of Manitoba’s Undergraduate Research Award (URA) is open to undergraduate students in all fields and ranges of research, scholarly works, or creative activities.

February 12, 2025 —  This Wednesday, February 12, 2025, Anishinaabe composer Melody McKiver, from the UofM Desautels Faculty of Music, will join award-winning Cree filmmaker and University of Alberta faculty member Tasha Hubbard (nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, Birth of a Family) at 11:30am in 307 Tier Building in a conversation about their film Singing Back the Buffalo.

February 12, 2025 —  The College of Nursing held its largest-ever pinning ceremony on Feb. 5, welcoming 146 new nurses to the profession. 

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.