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U of M names honorary degree recipients At the 42nd fall convocation, John Lau and Andrew Bjerring will receive honorary degrees from the U of M. John Lau is president and CEO of Husky Energy, one...

Graduates having a hard time finding jobs after degree Roughly 19 per cent of graduate students are having trouble finding graduate level jobs, reported the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) in the Guardian. HESA also...

Graduate enrollment at the University of Manitoba decreased a total of 87 students, from the fall term of 2008 to the winter term of 2009 said the U of M Office of Institutional Analysis,...

The University of Manitoba is currently underway with preparations for the possible H1N1 exposure among faculty, staff and/or students this fall. Debbie McCallum, vice-president academic, said the university’s pandemic planning committee was set up in...

After an extensive survey, the University of Manitoba Student’s Union (UMSU) has decided to veto the idea of having a universal bus pass for the University of Manitoba as problems with the system far...

Forest fires, like those currently burning in many parts of British Columbia, are consistently growing larger and have been happening more often as our planet warms. However, while the loss and sadness often associated...

Artificial intelligence. This pair of words in most of us — myself included — stirs up images of pale-faced androids on starships and disobedient computers named HAL. John Anderson, an Artificial intelligence (AI) researcher...