Price Faculty of Engineering News Archive

Price Faculty of Engineering
CBC Manitoba: Site of deadly Manitoba bus crash was studied in 2006, but suggested improvement wasn’t completed
June 23, 2025 —
Province to announce recommendation for upgrade this week, 2 years after crash that killed 17 near Carberry

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Strategic Support Fund initiatives drive progress on UM’s shared goals
June 20, 2025 —
As UM moves forward with implementing MomentUM: Leading Change Together, Strategic Plan 2024-2029, innovative projects supported through the Strategic Initiatives Support Fund (SISF) are bringing the plan’s vision to life. With the 2024–2025 funding cycle concluding, several impactful initiatives have successfully wrapped up, while a new round of funding recipients have just been announced. Learn about three projects that illustrate the kind of transformative work that is taking place at UM..

Price Faculty of Engineering
Walking the path of Truth and Reconciliation
June 18, 2025 —
A documentary outlining the Price Faculty of Engineering’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and respectful, relational, and reciprocal collaboration with Indigenous Peoples, has recently been released.

Price Faculty of Engineering
Meet the 2025 ENGAP grads
May 30, 2025 —
Meet the 2025 graduates of the Engineering Access Program.

Students
The highest standing
May 29, 2025 —
Six students have been awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals for outstanding achievement at their level of study.

Price Faculty of Engineering
The Canadian Press: Cost of Canada joining Trump’s Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown
May 23, 2025 —
Cost of Canada joining Trump's Golden Dome missile defence project still unknown

Research and International
Meet Xihui (Larry) Liang, 2024 Rh Award Winner in the Applied Science category
May 22, 2025 —
Dr. Xihui (Larry) Liang, an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Emerging Researcher Award in the Applied Sciences.

Research and International
Meet Chyngyz Erkinbaev, 2024 Rh Award Winner in the Applied Science category
May 22, 2025 —
Dr. Chyngyz Erkinbaev is an associate professor in smart technologies for food process engineering and recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Emerging Researcher Award in the Applied Sciences.

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Outstanding graduating students celebrate the educators who shaped their success
May 21, 2025 —
For the past 33 years, the Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception has provided an opportunity for each faculty and school to nominate one outstanding graduating student, who in turn chooses two teachers—one from their K–12 years and one from their time at the University of Manitoba.

Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Honouring faculty excellence at UM
May 14, 2025 —
On May 6, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) hosted the Faculty Recognition Reception. The event honours recipients of teaching awards, community engagement awards, Merit Awards, and those granted Tenure.