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Invent the Future Together – Be a Mentor

Contribute to the future success of our immensely talented students, and become a mentor. The Faculty of Science invites established professionals to participate in its inaugural Mentoring Program which will run January – May 2019. Help students gain experience and provide them with avenues for career and personal development. The program requires mentors and mentees to commit...

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2018 Faculty of Science Awards

2018 Faculty of Science Awards Celebrating those who inspire. Recognize excellence in teaching, research, service, and mentorship. OCTOBER 25, 2018 — The 2018 Faculty of Science Awards were distributed to six exemplary faculty members. In many cases, the recipients were nominated by their peers, students and colleagues. The awards represent the best in contributions to scholarly work...

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Faculty of Science professors named Distinguished Professor Emeritus

On Thursday, October 11, the following professors in the Faculty of Science were honoured with the title Distinguished Professor Emeritus for their many contributions and years of service to the University of Manitoba. Dr. Judith Anderson, Department of Biological Sciences  Dr. Fereidoun Ghahramani, Department of Mathematics Dr. Benqu Guo, Department of Mathematics Citations are as...

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International win for U of M students at the 2018 Humanoid Application Challenge

Students working in the Autonomous Agents Laboratory in the Department of Computer Science won big again at the 2018 Humanoid Application Challenge, at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018) held in Madrid, Spain, October 1-5, 2018. IROS the flagship conference in the field of robotics is the biggest international event...

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“We get experience; they get new ideas”: Science Co-op partners with Wawanesa Insurance to spectacular effect

What happens when you combine a respected 122-year-old insurance company with university students hungry for work experience? You have Wawanesa Mutual Insurance’s visionary version of the University of Manitoba Science Co-op Program. January 2007 marked the beginning of Wawanesa’s partnership with the Science Co-op Program. It’s been a mutually beneficial arrangement, to be sure. Just...

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Summer Undergraduate Research (S.U.R.E.) program helps students navigate careers in science and research

If you were fortunate enough to find yourself in the Science and Technology Library this past August 16th between the hours of 11:30am and 1:30pm, you would have witnessed the culmination of a summer’s worth of hard work. Undergrads who had worked with researchers in the Faculty of Science all summer long presented their research posters...

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A warm welcome for new Science students – A warm welcome for new Science students – Faculty of Science Orientation Day a Success!

New students enrolled in the Faculty of Science had a great time at the orientation day organized by the Science Students Association, (SSA), in collaboration with a number of other groups on September 4, 2018. Expert advice from both peers, advisors, and professors was offered; from where to buy textbooks, where to find the best...

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UM Today: Six new and renewed Canada Research Chairs

May 31, 2018 — Four new Canada Research Chairs have been awarded to University of Manitoba professors and another two have been renewed. Three focus on the health of Canadians and three on advanced technology. The total federal funding for these CRCs is $4.8 million. “These Canada Research Chairs who are receiving this support from the Government...

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First place win for students at Robocup

The Department of Computer Sciences is thrilled to announce that this year’s team from the Autonomous Agents Lab won first place in the Technical Challenges category at the 2018 Robocup Robotics Competitions held in Montreal from June 16th to 22nd. The soccer portion of the competition includes four individual events, including push recovery, high jump, high...