Leader in library services (Winnipeg Free Press, April 8, 2013) Karen Adams (BAH ’67) has received the Canadian Library Association’s Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award for her outstanding contributions throughout her distinguished career that spans public, government and academic libraries.
Don’t sacrifice universities (Winnipeg Free Press, April 10, 2013) UWinnipeg President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Lloyd Axworthy (BA 61) writes about how we can no longer rely on a traditional government funding model and how we must make universities sustainable, not sacrificing to deficit reduction.
UWinnipeg alum off to Harvard (ChrisD.ca, April 15, 2013) Bioscience, Technology and Public Policy Graduate student Phillip Grayson (BSCH 11) was awarded a full grant to the prestigious, Ivy League Harvard University to pursue his PhD. He notes that “UWinnipeg has “laid the foundation for my academic success and led to peer-reviewed publication of my research at both levels.””
Spending cuts for universities (Winnipeg Free Press, April 17, 2013) UWinnipeg President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Lloyd Axworthy (BA 61) responds to the provincial government after budget released Tuesday.
UWinnipeg psych profs show texting makes teens shallow (Ani News, April 18, 2013) Dr. Lisa Sinclair (BAH 93) and Dr. Paul Trapnell found students who are heavy texters place less importance on moral, aesthetic, and spiritual goals, and greater importance on wealth and image in a University of Winnipeg study.
Collegiate alum wins book award (CBC Manitoba, 4/29/2013) Kevin Mark Fournier (Colleg. ’92) won the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award for his dark, supernatural novel The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide City.
