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Dr. James Feehan,
director of the Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland and Labrador
Studies, has been appointed to the provincial government’s Advisory
Committee on Primary Health Care.
Dr. Elizabeth Miller, English, will
receive the Children of the Night award for her book Dracula: Sense
and Nonsense (2000). The Children of the Night award is presented
annually by the U.K. Dracula Society for the “most outstanding
book (fiction or non-fiction) in the Gothic field.” The award
will be officially announced at the society’s annual dinner in
London in November.
The documentary Closing the Gap: 0.4
Mg. of Prevention received a 2001 Chris Award Oct. 25 at the Columbus
International Film and Video Festival. The Chris Awards is one of
the most prestigious documentary, entertainment and informational
competitions in the United States. More that 700 entries were submitted
for competition in this year’s 49th annual festival. Closing
the Gap, produced by Sharon Halfyard and involving participation
by experts at Memorial in biochemistry and genetics, won a Certificate
of Honourable Mention, presented to programs that receive a rating
of five out of seven possible points. For further information on Closing
the Gap, visit the Web site http://home.thezone.net/~halfyard
Dr. Jeffrey Parsons, Business, is
co-chair, along with Dr. Olivia Sheng, University of Arizona, of the
11th annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS’01),
to be held in New Orleans, Dec. 15-16. The purpose of the workshop
is to promote discussion and interaction among members of the international
Information Systems community with research interests in cutting-edge
information technologies and systems. Additional information about
WITS’01 is available at www.busi.mun.ca/parsons/wits2001
Andrew Adams, operations superintendent
and asset team leader with Hibernia Management and Development Company
Ltd., has been appointed chairman of C-CORE’s board of directors.
Mr. Adams replaces David Oake who recently finished his second term.
Mr. Adams graduated from Memorial in 1980 and joined Mobil Oil. He
joined C-CORE’s board of directors in 1998.
Dr. Peter Hart has been appointed
as associate professor (with tenure) in the Department of History
and as the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Irish Studies, effective
Jan. 1, 2002.
Dr. George Mann has been appointed
as assistant professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
and the C-CORE Junior Chair in Intelligent Systems, effective Jan.
1, 2002.
Dr. James Feehan, director of the Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, has been appointed to the provincial government’s Advisory Committee on Primary Health Care.
Dr. Elizabeth Miller, English, will receive the Children of the Night award for her book Dracula: Sense and Nonsense (2000). The Children of the Night award is presented annually by the U.K. Dracula Society for the “most outstanding book (fiction or non-fiction) in the Gothic field.” The award will be officially announced at the society’s annual dinner in London in November.
The documentary Closing the Gap: 0.4 Mg. of Prevention received a 2001 Chris Award Oct. 25 at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival. The Chris Awards is one of the most prestigious documentary, entertainment and informational competitions in the United States. More that 700 entries were submitted for competition in this year’s 49th annual festival. Closing the Gap, produced by Sharon Halfyard and involving participation by experts at Memorial in biochemistry and genetics, won a Certificate of Honourable Mention, presented to programs that receive a rating of five out of seven possible points. For further information on Closing the Gap, visit the Web site http://home.thezone.net/~halfyard
Dr. Jeffrey Parsons, Business, is co-chair, along with Dr. Olivia Sheng, University of Arizona, of the 11th annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS’01), to be held in New Orleans, Dec. 15-16. The purpose of the workshop is to promote discussion and interaction among members of the international Information Systems community with research interests in cutting-edge information technologies and systems. Additional information about WITS’01 is available at www.busi.mun.ca/parsons/wits2001
Andrew Adams, operations superintendent and asset team leader with Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd., has been appointed chairman of C-CORE’s board of directors. Mr. Adams replaces David Oake who recently finished his second term. Mr. Adams graduated from Memorial in 1980 and joined Mobil Oil. He joined C-CORE’s board of directors in 1998.
Dr. Peter Hart has been appointed as associate professor (with tenure) in the Department of History and as the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Irish Studies, effective Jan. 1, 2002.
Dr. George Mann has been appointed as assistant professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the C-CORE Junior Chair in Intelligent Systems, effective Jan. 1, 2002.