Out and About
Giving thanks
Dr. Gary Kachanoski, president and vice-chancellor, presents Dr. Donna Walsh, Department of English Language and Literature, with her 40-year certificate at the Annual Employee Service Awards in R. Gushue Hall recently.
Wednesday, June 6
Facilitation Skills Training, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
Where Do New Plants Come From? (Hybridizing Garden Plants), 7-9 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden
Thursday, June 7
Children, assent and HIV-related research in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a case study, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Lecture Theatre A, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Division of Community Health and Humanities
Friday, June 8
Retirement Party for Jessie Gillingham, 2 p.m., The Landing, University Centre, Sponsor: Memorial University Bookstore
Customers: Knowing Them and Growing Them, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
Neural mechanisms of energy homeostasis, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Lecture Theatre B, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences
The Expression and Regulation of HSPB1 (Hsp27) in the Rat Myometrium During Pregnancy and Labour, 1-3 p.m., IIC-2012, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies.
Saturday, June 9
Contain Yourself – Gardening Workshop at MUN Botanical Garden, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden
Tuesday, June 12
AIESEC Memorial Information Session, 5:30-7 p.m., UC-2001, Sponsor: AIESEC Memorial
Wednesday, June 13
Calgary Affinity Newfoundland & Labrador Dinner, 6-10 p.m., Palliser Fairmont Hotel, 133-9th Ave. SW, Calgary, Alberta, Sponsor: Office of Alumni Affairs and Development
Thursday, June 14
12th Annual Seniors' Day at the Garden, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden and the Friends of the Garden
Natural killer T (NKT) cell activation means, modes and more, 2-3 p.m., Lecture Theatre B, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences
Friday, June 15
Obesity, insulin resistance and breast cancer, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., The Fluvarium, Pippy Park, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences
Genetic control of susceptibility to colorectal cancer in mice, 2:10-3:20 p.m., The Fluvarium, Pippy Park, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences
The Prospects of Culture: Resource Management and the Production of Difference in Nunatsiavut, Labrador, 1:30-3:30 p.m.,
IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies
Conducting polymers, metal oxides, and their effects on the oxidation of organic fuels at Pt or Pd, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies
Saturday, June 16
Rhododendron Festival at MUN Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden
Sunday, June 17
Rhododendron Festival at MUN Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden
Monday, June 18
Supervisory Management Skills Program: Managing Employee Relations, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
Leading a Multigenerational Workforce, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
Tuesday, June 19
Project Auditing, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Gardiner Centre, Sponsor: Gardiner Centre
The gut microbiota and colon cancer, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Lecture Theatre B, Health Sciences Centre, Sponsor: Division of BioMedical Sciences
Wednesday, June 20
Ferns in the Garden Workshop, 7-9 p.m., MUN Botanical Garden, 306 Mount Scio Road, Sponsor: MUN Botanical Garden
Spring Institute 2012-Preparing a Teaching Dossier, 9:30 a.m.-
4 p.m., ED-5021, Sponsor: DELTS
Friday, June 22
NMR Studies of Multi-component Macromolecular Solutions,
2-4 p.m., IIC-2014, Sponsor: School of Graduate Studies
Saturday, June 23
Free St. John's Day Concert, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, The Kirk, 8-9:30 p.m., Sponsor: Tuckamore Festival
