UM Today Archives

November 20, 2025 —  Temperature matters when it comes to insect management.

November 20, 2025 —  CBC News asked Yvan Guy Larocque, Clinical Counsel at Robson Hall at the University of Manitoba, with expertise in Indigenous governance and economic development, to review the Meadows purchase and development agreement. He said it is odd to see a band adviser so financially involved with their client.

November 20, 2025 —  Salina Pirzada, a PhD student in the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba whose thesis is about why patients request MAID, said the numbers have likely plateaued for now

November 20, 2025 —  Most people wouldn’t think of art to address chronic illness. But for Jen Sebring, a PhD candidate at the College of Community and Global Health (CCGH) in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, art became a powerful and thought-provoking tool to better understand and support those with chronic health conditions and disabilities. 

November 20, 2025 —  Earning Asper's highest placement in an elite-level case competition requires innovative ideas, one all-nighter, and a little assistance from a classic Rihanna song.

November 19, 2025 —  The University of Manitoba's Star Lab is designing a satellite, roughly the size of a milk carton, to orbit the moon as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. This satellite will carry a multispectral camera developed with the University of Winnipeg and a tool to measure lunar soil composition, aiding future lunar exploration and potential fuel production. Dr. Phil Ferguson, Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, is the director of Star Lab.

November 19, 2025 —  Dr. David Camfield, Professor and Program Coordinator (Labour Studies) at the University of Manitoba, said CLAC is "notorious" among unions for being compliant with employers instead of fighting for workers rights.

November 19, 2025 —  Dr. Dylan MacKay, Assistant Professor, department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences discusses Diabetes Month and a new peer support program for adults living with type 1 diabetes.

November 19, 2025 —  Dr. Sonia Udod, associate professor of nursing at the University of Manitoba, agreed there’s "good and bad" in the announcement. "Who will take care of the patients when there are no nurses to take over?" Udod said. "I'm not sure how that’s going to happen."

November 19, 2025 —  Handel’s Arminio is a pertinent story with a contemporary twist