Feds helping Genesis hatch more tech companies More new technology companies will benefit from Memorial’s Genesis Centre thanks in part to an investment from the Government of Canada. |
Four projects at Memorial funded by CIHR 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. |
Celebrating Gaelic connections in western Newfoundland 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. |
Education symposium underway 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. |
Biochem students take healthy eating practices to the classroom 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. |
ROV competition a splashing success 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. |
Music students spread their love of opera 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. |
Symposium to mark 100th anniversary of union 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. |
Battling the bulge 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 . |
Neis honoured in Norway 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. |
New director of Faculty Relations 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. |