They call him the Quack Doctor.
It’s a nickname that long-time psychology professor Jim Shapiro has grown to love.
And one he earned from studying another show of love: attachments formed between ducklings or goslings and their brothers and sisters.
It was Shapiro and his research team who discovered in the 1980s that mom doesn’t typically come first […]

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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 7:00 pm Dr. Harvey Chochinov will be launching his new book Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days at McNally Robinson at Grant Park.
Maintaining dignity for patients approaching death is a core principle of palliative care. Translating that principle into methods of guiding care at the end of life, […]

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Join Jan Oleszkiewicz, a world-renowned expert in environmental engineering, to hear about how his groundbreaking research has changed the way wastewater treatment plants are designed around the globe, including here in Winnipeg.
Technologies Oleszkiewicz has developed could potentially save industry and municipalities tens of millions of dollars. He will be speaking Thursday evening about how his […]

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Visionary Conversations is a speaker series at the University of Manitoba hosted by president and vice-chancellor Dr. David T. Barnard. Some of the university’s leading minds share their insight on issues affecting our world and how the decisions we make today will shape our future.
For the next event, titled “Gender Equality: Fact or Fiction?”, join […]

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The Stu Clark Investment Competition, Canada’s premier graduate level business competition, has begun, with twelve teams from around the world seeking to win $20,000 towards a commercial startup program.This year, teams from the United States, Canada and Thailand are vying for top prizes in the three-day competition that tests teams on their elevator pitches, as […]

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Liver research in Manitoba received a $3-million boost today, thanks to the generosity of donations from the Morberg family, and private donors to the Health Sciences Centre Foundation and the University of Manitoba.
The Morberg Family Chair in Hepatology at the Health Sciences Centre is a joint initiative of the Health Sciences Centre Foundation and University […]

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The University of Manitoba is set to launch an exciting new approach to educating engineers of today to meet the ever-changing demands of the technologically driven world.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded a new Chair in Design Engineering to Douglas Ruth, the newly appointed associate dean (design education). Ruth […]

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