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Bombers to call U of M home

Plans for a new stadium on campus unveiled

Construction of world-class athletic and recreation facilities at the University of Manitoba is on the horizon as part of a new Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium being planned for the Fort Garry campus. The University of Manitoba will benefit from the plan which includes the development of new athletic and recreational facilities on campus to be available for use by Bison athletes, students and the community at large.

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University of Manitoba becomes home to a mega computer

The University of Manitoba will soon be home to some of the most powerful computers in the country. Thanks to a $2.1 million investment by the federal government, the University of Manitoba will build a new facility to house High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, which will become part of the Western Canada Research Computing Grid, a regional HPC consortium, and will contribute to Canada’s high-level computing infrastructure. HPC is an integrated computer system used for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering and business.

New lecture theatre a design showpiece

Grad’s donation leads to creation of outstanding teaching facility

A state-of-the-art new lecture theatre opened on the Fort Garry campus in November 2008 adding dramatically to the teaching and presentation facilities of St. John’s College. The Robert B. Schultz Lecture Theatre, designed under the leadership of esteemed architect, Étienne Gaboury, is now the third-largest theatre on campus. The theatre was made possible by a significant donation by Robert B. Schultz, a 1965 commerce grad of the University of Manitoba. Schultz’s career includes serving as chairman of Rockwater Capital Corporation and chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch Canada.

Canadian business officers all a-Twitter

Conference attendees rapt with outstanding presentations, new media

The University of Manitoba played host to the 2008 CAUBO (Canadian Association of University Business Officers) annual conference. Working with the theme: “Making Connections”, the conference attracted 500 business officers from around the country. Speakers included humanitarian Stephen Lewis; former President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba, Dr. Emőke Szathmáry; and cultural anthropologist, Dr. Michael Wesch.

Manitoba’s own “preservation hall” jazz

Tache residence concert anticipates new Domino art centre

The Auditorium in the century-old Tache Student Residence at the heart of the Fort Garry campus served as a showcase for jazz greats Wycliffe Gordon, Avishai Cohen, Victor Goines, Larry Roy, Will Bonness, Steve Kirby and Anna-Lisa Kirby and the Oceanic Jazz Orchestra during the Domino Summer Jazz concert in 2008. The concert was presented in anticipation of the revitalization of the auditorium for the Faculty of Music under the Project Domino infrastructure initiative.

Provincial Infrastructure Funding

Renewal and development projects supported
through government initiative

The Province of Manitoba provided infrastructure support to the University of Manitoba in January 2009 by dedicating $26 million to university renewal projects. The funds will be used by the university to undertake structural improvements, insulation upgrades and fire-system safety upgrades on campus.