University of Winnipeg alumna Alannah Hallas has been selected as one of 13 scholars in the prestigious Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Azrieli Global Scholars program.
When the COVID-19 pandemic shifted on-campus labs to home offices, Hannah Bloomfield who graduated this month with a Bachelor of Science (Honours), wondered what that would mean for her summer research. "Not only did Dr. Jamie Ritch create a computational-based job for me, he pushed me to participate in the Canadian Chemical Crystallographic Workshop (CCCW) and continue to challenge myself."
A new study by an international team of researchers that includes UWinnipeg researchers, Dr. Yadira Chinique de Armas, Dr. Mirjana Roksandic, and Dr. Ivan Roksandic, sheds new light on how the Caribbean was settled thousands of years ago.
UWinnipeg's Post-doctoral Fellow Dr. Yvonne Dzal has just been awarded a Liber Ero Fellowship.
Sidney Leggett is one of four students across Canada to be welcomed into the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astrophysics Research Institute's 2020 cross disciplinary internship program.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada has awarded Dr. Ivan Roksandic with a Trans-Atlantic Platform Grant worth over $97,000 to expand his research into the colonization of the sacred places of the Xavante territory of Marãiwatsédé and São Marcos.
University of Winnipeg biochemistry student, Evan Loeb, and honours physics student, Melissa Anderson, are leading the way for Indigenous students studying science to have increased access to networking, peer support, and mentorship during their studies. They are inviting all Indigenous students studying science to join them as they form UWinnipeg's first chapter of The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES).
According to a recently published research by UWinnipeg associate professor and Canada Research Chair, Dr. Nora Casson, and Dr. Alix Contosta, of the University of New Hampshire, winter weather whiplash events have a big impact on ecosystems and communities.
University of Winnipeg students Dilbarjot Randhawa, Aalekh Patel, and Harsh Patel of the Wesmen Coding Team have reason to celebrate. They were the top Manitoba team competing at the North American Region Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) at the University of Manitoba, Saturday, November 9.
Canada Research Chair and University of Winnipeg Professor, Dr. Christopher Wiebe, has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for his outstanding contributions to the advancement of chemistry.
