UM in the News News Archive
Wpg Free Press: Diverse group honoured to don white coats
August 24, 2017 —
A story on our youngest to-be doctor from the white coat ceremony
Op-ed: Only one city has a combination of factors that makes it a perfect candidate for battery-electric buses: Winnipeg
August 22, 2017 —
In a span of 12 years, Winnipeg could have a fully electric fleet of buses operating on its streets, with multiple economic, social and environmental benefits
The Conversation: How home security resembles dancing honeybees; No new Einsteins to emerge if science funding snubs curiosity
August 21, 2017 —
Excerpts of research from Frank LaBella, University of Manitoba professor emeritus, department of pharmacology and therapeutics, published in The Conversation
CTV/CBC: Body of former University of Manitoba teacher Patrick O’Flaherty found
August 21, 2017 —
Alum Patrick O'Flaherty has been recovered from a pond after a roughly three-day search
Wpg Free Press: Steve Ashton wants to make racist and homophobic insults a crime
August 17, 2017 —
But University of Manitoba law professor Karen Busby said provinces don't have any jurisdiction to create the type of law Ashton promised
CTV: Can Waterloo’s women-only residence help close the engineering gap?
August 16, 2017 —
Marcia Friesen, an associate dean of engineering at the University of Manitoba, has been working to boost the number of women in engineering at her institution.
Wpg Free Press: U of M’s humanoid lab recruits new talent
August 14, 2017 —
International talent is helping stack the odds for the University of Manitoba’s Autonomous Agents Laboratory in advance of the HuroCup Games.
Wpg Sun: Airships for Churchill: U of M prof
August 11, 2017 —
'With the projected cost to repair the Omnitrax rail line at $60 million, University of Manitoba Supply Chain Management professor Barry Prentice believes airships are a more cost-effective and sustainable way to get resources there to the northern community'
CBC: 30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2017 edition
August 8, 2017 —
Current student Paul Williamson and recent grad Gregory Lewis, both from the Desautels Faculty of Music, were named to CBC’s list of upcoming classical musicians
Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Wpg Free Press: U of M prof leads storm-chasing field trip on wild, windy, thrilling ride through America’s Tornado Alley
August 8, 2017 —
'Hanesiak’s team saw at least two of the 26 tornadoes that ripped through the Midwestern U.S. that day'