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Dr. Jeff Martin is receiving a three-year Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Subatomic Physics Project Grant to support a joint project between physicists in Canada and Japan.
Thanks to $130,344 in funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund, Drs. Stephanie Bugden, Amy Desroches, and Stephen Smith have opened the new Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience lab, which will examine the neural mechanisms underlying children's ability to learn to read, to write, and to perform math.
The University of Winnipeg is one of three post-secondary institutions in Canada to receive the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity, which is valued at $100,000.
An upcoming event series will bring academics, educators, students, and artists together at The University of Winnipeg to unpack contemporary issues facing transgender, Two-Spirit, and gender non-conforming communities, and work towards an inclusive, discrimination-free future.
When students arrive on campus this week for Fall Orientation, The University of Winnipeg’s Peer Wellness Educators will be among those there to greet them.
After a short hiatus, The University of Winnipeg's 55-Plus Program is returning this fall. This unique program, which is the only one of its kind in Manitoba, has been supporting mature adult learners for more than three decades.
The University of Winnipeg’s Faculty of Graduate Studies has celebrated another successful year of the Indigenous Summer Scholars Program. In total, 20 scholars embarked on 12-weeks of applied research projects in a variety of topics and fields of study with great success, which also included a three-month research project in Serbia.
Emma Friesen, who is a member of the Wesmen Athletics' women's soccer team, took home first-place honours at the symposium for presenting her undergraduate thesis: "Voxel-Based Analysis of the Mouse Corpus Callosum Using Oscillating Gradient Spin Echo MRI Pulse Sequences."
A sacred symbol that represents traditional Indigenous culture, an Eagle Staff is used at Indigenous ceremonies and celebratory functions. UWinnipeg's Eagle Staff, received this past spring, was used for the very first time at the Indigenous Graduation Pow Wow in March.
The University of Winnipeg has surpassed $1 million in Mitacs internships for the third consecutive year, allowing undergraduate and graduate students to do research across disciplines.
