Hopes of having the universal transit pass (U-Pass) available to university students in Winnipeg for the fall of 2016 have surged as negotiations between the city transit authorities and university administrations and students draw closer to their final stage.
After students elected a mixed-slate executive to lead the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) for the second consecutive year, candidates who once traded barbs…
For the second year in a row UMSU has elected a mixed slate executive. The incoming executive will be led by president-elect and current Arts…
Samar Safi-Harb is the Canada Research Chair in Supernova Remnants and Astrophysics in the physics and astronomy department at the University of Manitoba. She is…
In 1943, a Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann experienced the world’s first acid trip. While the rest of Europe was gearing up for the Second…
Members of the plant kingdom make hundreds of thousands of molecules called secondary metabolites. These compounds aren’t crucial for life, but are instead used for…
Made of the right stuff NASA closed its call for applications for astronaut candidates on Feb. 18, receiving an unprecedented 18,300 applications. The agency opened…
A candidate on the UMSU For You University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) executive slate has come under fire for comments posted on Facebook in 2012.
The St. Paul’s College bell tower has long been a fixture of the University of Manitoba’s skyline, but beneath the cross that hovers above the Catholic college is an institution that has experienced remarkable change over its 90-year existence.
Catherine Peeler, a University of Manitoba business student and competitive body-builder, spends nearly three hours a day in the Active Living Centre (ALC) campus gym working on her physique – but she said she has been feeling more unwelcome after a body-shaming run-in with staff earlier this month.