More new technology companies will benefit from Memorial’s Genesis Centre thanks in part to an investment from the Government of Canada.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) made its spring 2008 national funding announcement May 7. Of the $298 million allocated to Canadian researchers between July 1, 2007, and Jan. 31, 2008, four projects at Memorial University totalling $1.377 million were funded.

A gala evening of music and poetry, a literary and art colloquium and a traditional Ceilidh are just a few of the events being planned for the Gaelic Arts Festival June 12-18. The festival will mark the beginning of the North American tour of An Leabhar Mòr: the Great Book of Gaelic exhibition at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery.

The Faculty of Education and the Harris Centre are hosting Symposium 2008: Post-Confederation Educational Reform: From Rhetoric to Reality, which got underway Wednesday night at the Inco Innovation Centre.

Biochemistry students majoring in nutrition are taking their education where they think it is needed most – the elementary school classroom. Fourth year nutrition students Curtis Budden, Samantha Brenton and Melanie Stenback, along with third year nutrition student Andrew Dalton, have co-founded a program called Hea.

The 2008 MATE Regional ROV competition organized and hosted by the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MI) was a splashing success. The event was held May 2-3.

What a way to kick off their summer holidays: a group of Memorial  students are getting ready to explore this province’s four corners over the next three weeks. The students are on a road trip that takes them throughout Labrador, western Newfoundland, as well as areas along the Avalon and Burin peninsulas.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Fisherman’s Protective Union, the Newfoundland Historical Society will be holding a public symposium entitled “To Each His Own” from May 30-31 in Port Union. The only union-built town in North America, Port Union was the embodiment of Sir William F.

A dramatic increase in obesity rates in Canada – particularly among young adults – has prompted a team of Memorial researchers to look at new ways to trigger weight loss for those in battle with the bulge.

Armed with $10,000 in funding from the Newfoundland .

One of Memorial’s most accomplished researchers has been recognized with a prestigious honour in Norway. On March 28,  Dr. Barbara Neis received an honorary doctorate award from the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Morgan Cooper has been appointed director of Faculty Relations effective April 14. Mr. Cooper has a B.Comm. (honours) from Memorial, a master of industrial relations from U of T and a law degree from Dalhousie.