January 16-18 Manitoba Ag Days 9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily at Keystone Centre, Brandon Various speaker sessionshttps://www.agdays.com/schedule/ including Derek Brewin, Don Flaten, Yvonne Lawley, and Doug Cattani.
January 17 FAFS Alumni Reception @ Ag Days 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm in Assembly Hall, Keystone Centre UM alumni and friends are invited to join us to catch up with classmates and hear from the Dean.
January 17 Soil Science Seminar: Nitrous Oxide: A Sentimental Journey 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in person 346 Ellis Building or on Zoomhttps://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/67063503616?pwd=WmZkZ3JOcVZaaElQWEZFdzZUNWUwdz09 Mario Tenuta, 4R Industrial Research Chair, UM Department of Soil Science will present.
January 18 Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series: Exploring Microbiomes within Rural Freshwater Ecosystems of Manitoba 12:00 – 1:00 pm via Zoom - Contact Danielle.Lang@umanitoba.camailto:Danielle.Lang@umanitoba.ca for Zoom link The Office of the Vice-President Indigenous hosts a speaker series featuring Indigenous scholars at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Miguel Uyaguarihttps://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/indigenous/event/indigenous-scholars-speaker-series-featuring-dr-miguel-uyaguari/, UM Department of Microbiology will present.
January 23 Biosystems Engineering candidate seminar: Harvesting Insights from Digital Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture 8:30 am – 9:30 am in E2-110 EITC Dr. Jiating Li will present a public research seminar as a candidate for Assistant Professor in the area of digital technologies for agri-food production and/or storage.
January 23 Entomology Seminar: Life history of an endangered prairie butterfly: Insights from an ex situ population of Poweshiek skipperling in Manitoba, Canada 10:10 am in 220 Animal Science/Entomology or on Zoomhttps://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/68645226373?pwd=ZkRWWmxyVUNiK1lZdnZrclNQRjhuQT09 Kirstyn Eckhardt, UM Department of Entomology, will present. Join at 10 am for friendly discussion and departmental updates.
January 31 Faculty Seminar: Francis Zvomuya 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm in 130 Agriculture Join us for coffee and snacks at 3 pm in the Atrium. Presenter is Francis Zvomuya, UM Department of Soil Science.
February 1 Emerging Researcher Spotlight Series 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm in MPR, University Centre Hosted by the Vice-President (Research and International) Office, this series features researchers in early and middle career stage over a wide range of disciplines. The inaugural session includes Curt McCartney, UM Department of Plant Science. Register by January 24https://forms.office.com/r/shzD0V88r9 to attend.
February 6 HNSC 7200 Seminar: The Vitamin A Hypothesis 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in 108 Human Ecology Dr. Geoff Hicks, UM Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, will present the first of the HNSC 7220 Winter seminars.
(Mark the Calendar is a listing of events that may be of interest to the FAFS community. If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by reply email.)