Spotlighting the U of M Biomedical Engineering Society
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Biomedical engineering is the process of applying engineering concepts to problems in medicine and biology. It is an emerging industry in Canada, as fields of study begin to overlap and evolve into their own...
Independent TEDxUManitoba event at U of M
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On Nov. 4, 2014 the University of Manitoba hosted its first independently organized TEDxUManitoba event. The event invited nine speakers from varying disciplines to discuss their research and share their ideas with an audience...
Evolution and creationism in education still under debate
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Earlier this year Ken Ham challenged Bill Nye to debate on the topics of creationism and evolution as models of the origins of life. The debate took place on Feb. 4, 2014 at the...
Exploding spacecraft can’t dissuade us
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In the same week the world witnessed two space mission failures, both of which had commercial origins: the Space Orbital Corporation’s Antares rocket failure and Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crash. Space missions have always included...
IEEEXtreme Programming Challenge 8.0
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On Oct. 17 the University of Manitoba hosted IEEEXtreme 8.0, a programming challenge held simultaneously around the world over a 24-hour span. The event began at 7 p.m. in Winnipeg. Organized by the Institute...
Let’s Talk Science’s Spooky Science Family Night
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On Friday night, Oct. 24, the atrium of the Engineering complex was alive with excitement. Dressed in costumes, volunteers engaged children from grades four to nine in exciting, hands-on science activities with a Halloween...
Go to space with the U of M’s own
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Ever dreamed about going to space? That’s exactly what members of the University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology Society (UMSATS) are trying to do.
Undergrad and graduate students of UMSATS, which was founded in...
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