U of M makes headlines worldwide with allegations of student fight club
The University of Manitoba recently made headlines around the world including a brief mention on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with stories that a bare-knuckle…
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U of M: paper towel dispensers are step forward
The University of Manitoba is continuously looking for ways to be more environmentally friendly while cutting costs and saving energy around campus. In the 2008-09…
Asper says stadium will be ready for 2012 kick off
Football fans need not worry. David Asper has said he expects to meet his 2012 deadline for completion of the new Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium….
International-post secondary education briefs
U.S. earns big on tuition from foreign students According to the University World News (UWN), the amount of money the United States receives from foreign…
Life in the Cretaceous Period
As a kid, visiting the Manitoba Museum (then known as the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature) was always an adventure. There was the Polar…
DR. Know
Ah genetics. There was a time — quite recently in fact — when I thought that the study of the infinite dimensions, which compose our…
Plasma Rockets
It’s been 38 years since humans last stepped foot on a planet other than this pale blue dot. Now, with new technology being developed at…
Math 4 Life
Few words carry such cultural stigma as “mathematics.” We associate being good at math with an intellectual feat and think of math as some abstract…
Quantum computing
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Byron Southern, a theoretical physicist and professor of quantum mechanics at the University of Manitoba. With a…
A critical analysis of facilitated communication
The use of facilitated communication (FC) on Rom Houben, a 46-year old Belgian car crash victim, contributed to his recent diagnostic change from being in…