Alternative Reading Week to focus on Winnipeg
Hoping to highlight societal issues currently facing Winnipeg, Alternative Reading Week Winnipeg will take place from February 21-24, 2012. Previously, the University of Manitoba Students’…
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Reappointment and retirement
The University of Manitoba is set for a slight shift in administration, as David Barnard gears up for a second term as the university president…
Transit fares to increase
Transit users could be paying for the second leg of the city’s rapid transit corridor with a new bus fare increase of 25 cents. Cash…
BoG notes
The U of M Board of Governors met Nov. 15. At the beginning of the meeting, the board watched a short video called “Open Doors…
The Hub may have cover charge
As opening of The Hub is getting closer, some students are concerned there may be a cover charge to enjoy the new campus pub. During…
U of M set to redeploy Bannatyne security officers to Fort Garry
The University of Manitoba is reorganizing its Security Services department, a move that has some students studying at the Bannatyne campus concerned. Effective Dec. 12,…
It took 100 years
Until last month in Montreal, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) had never officially invited students to participate in its membership meetings….
Co-curricular record recognizes extracurricular achievement
Students involved in approved activities and students groups on campus will now be given recognition through the co-curricular record (CCR), a formalized record of a…
Nursing PhDs at the U of M
By September 2012, students who would have had to go out of the province or the country to pursue a doctoral degree in nursing could…
Lukacs leaves U of M
A year-long, controversial battle between the University of Manitoba and math professor Gabor Lukacs has ended with Lukacs leaving the university. A joint statement released…