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February 2012

Subject	Date

PSA: Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine hosting speak...	Feb. 9, 2012
Dr. Lesley James appointed Chevron Chair in Petroleum Engineering...	Feb. 9, 2012
Harris Centre road show hits Labrador West	Feb. 8, 2012
PSA: MMaP lecture explores Ukrainian recording industry in Winnip...	Feb. 7, 2012
PSA: Memorial University hosts information session in St. John...	Feb. 7, 2012
PSA: Memorial University hosts information session in Clarenville...	Feb. 6, 2012
Marine Institute welcomes industry, students and alumni to Career...	Feb. 6, 2012
New associate vice-president (Grenfell Campus) academic	Feb. 6, 2012
MMaP lecture discusses Winnipeg’s Ukrainian recording indust...	Feb. 2, 2012
Memorial University heads to Northern Lights conference	Feb. 1, 2012

January 2012

Subject	Date

Public lecture at Memorial University on mixing science and archa...	Jan. 30, 2012
PSA: New parking garage opened at Memorial University	Jan. 30, 2012
PSA: Memorial University student leadership conference reschedule...	Jan. 27, 2012
Memorial University researchers say shivering can save lives in a...	Jan. 26, 2012
Memorial University business professors say lack of training a co...	Jan. 26, 2012
Third annual SPARKS Literary Festival	Jan. 19, 2012
Memorial University medical students celebrating hairy legs to ra...	Jan. 19, 2012
Memorial University business student earns coveted Frank H. Sobey...	Jan. 19, 2012
PSA: Memorial University Childcare Centre on track to reopen	Jan. 19, 2012
White Coat Ceremony taking place at School of Pharmacy	Jan. 18, 2012
PSA: Sonny’s Dream book launch to honour late musician and s...	Jan. 17, 2012
PSA: SPARKS Literary Festival taking place on Memorial’s St....	Jan. 17, 2012
Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk to speak at Memorial Univers...	Jan. 16, 2012
Marine Institute graduation honours Royal Canadian Navy students	Jan. 13, 2012
PSA: Marine Institute Ridge Road campus closing for remainder of ...	Jan. 13, 2012
Naval cadets graduate from Memorial University’s Marine Inst...	Jan. 12, 2012
Harris Centre event to explore Muskrat Falls project	Jan. 12, 2012
PSA: Application to graduate deadline drawing near for Memorial s...	Jan. 12, 2012
Memorial University seeks provincial input on engagement with the...	Jan. 9, 2012
PSA: Information session about intermediate/secondary education p...	Jan. 9, 2012

December 2011

Subject	Date

PSA: Mr. and Mrs. Claus invite you to the Christmas carol sing	Dec. 22, 2011
PSA: MUN Childcare Centre closing until the end of January	Dec. 21, 2011
Third annual SPARKS Literary Festival	Dec. 13, 2011
Analytical method will help prevent occupational allergy and asth...	Dec. 9, 2011
Memorial honours exceptional faculty and staff at special ceremon...	Dec. 7, 2011
Memorial honours exceptional faculty and staff at special ceremon...	Dec. 7, 2011
Memorial University-led research proposes new approach to underst...	Dec. 7, 2011
PSA: Memorial University hosts information session in Glovertown	Dec. 7, 2011
Memorial University-led research could improve viability of rural...	Dec. 6, 2011
PSA: Memorial University hosts information session in Gambo	Dec. 6, 2011
PSA: Memorial honouring outstanding faculty and staff members at ...	Dec. 6, 2011
Memorial University to hold candlelight service	Dec. 5, 2011
PSA: Memorial University hosts information session in Wesleyville	Dec. 5, 2011
PSA: Memorial University hosts information sessions in Trepassey	Dec. 5, 2011
PSA: Memorial University hosts information sessions in Twillingat...	Dec. 5, 2011
PSA: Memorial University to hold candlelight service	Dec. 5, 2011
Fire causes temporary closure at Memorial’s Chemistry-Physic...	Dec. 1, 2011
Memorial’s School of Music receives largest scholarship endo...	Dec. 1, 2011
BMO Financial Group to contribute $500,000 to support graduate st...	Dec. 1, 2011

November 2011

Subject	Date

BMO Financial Group to support graduate student scholarships at M...	Nov. 30, 2011
HIV infections on the rise in Newfoundland and Labrador	Nov. 29, 2011
New HIV infection on the rise in Newfoundland and Labrador	Nov. 29, 2011
Memorial University’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sci...	Nov. 29, 2011
PSA: Memorial nursing students launch first student chapter of He...	Nov. 29, 2011
Memorial University to hold vigil honouring women of l’É...	Nov. 28, 2011
PSA: Memorial University to hold vigil honouring women of l’...	Nov. 28, 2011
Alumni Affairs and Development at Memorial sponsors Christmas fam...	Nov. 25, 2011
PSA: Alumni Affairs and Development at Memorial sponsors Christma...	Nov. 25, 2011
PSA: Public presentation on compromised parenting at Memorial Uni...	Nov. 23, 2011
PSA: Memorial University art exhibit and sale	Nov. 22, 2011
A Toast to Hire Learning: co-op students and employers to be cele...	Nov. 21, 2011
Statoil Canada and RDC invest $2 million to grow R&D and petroleu...	Nov. 21, 2011
New research by Memorial researchers shows creatine supplementati...	Nov. 21, 2011
Statoil and Research & Development Corporation to support new res...	Nov. 18, 2011
Memorial researchers share their expertise on childhood obesity	Nov. 17, 2011
Genesis Centre named Canadian Incubator of the Year	Nov. 17, 2011
International Education Week event: Teaching and Learning Across ...	Nov. 17, 2011
Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfound...	Nov. 16, 2011
PSA: International Education Week 2011 at Memorial University	Nov. 16, 2011
PSA: Memorial University’s fall convocation sessions to repe...	Nov. 15, 2011
Memorial report on regional innovation suggests secrets to develo...	Nov. 14, 2011
PSA: Memorial University Café Scientifique focusing on child...	Nov. 14, 2011
PSA: Words in Edgewise, co-sponsored by Memorial’s Graduate ...	Nov. 14, 2011
Memorial’s entrance scholarship dinner celebrates recipients...	Nov. 10, 2011
PSA: Memorial University social work class to host benefit concer...	Nov. 10, 2011
PSA: Fisheries and Marine Institute to hold Remembrance Day cerem...	Nov. 9, 2011
PSA: Memorial University’s Ceremony of Remembrance to take p...	Nov. 9, 2011
Upper lips getting hairy on Memorial University’s medical sc...	Nov. 8, 2011
PSA: Memorial University’s fall convocation sessions to air ...	Nov. 8, 2011
PSA: Memorial researchers to survey St. John’s residents	Nov. 8, 2011
Launch of NL Thrombosis, Blood and Immune Disorders Project	Nov. 7, 2011
PSA: Memorial University’s MMaP lecture series continues	Nov. 7, 2011
New co-op option in environmental science program at Memorial lin...	Nov. 4, 2011
Report on Labrador development identifies opportunities, challeng...	Nov. 4, 2011
Memorial University’s MMaP lecture series features Dr. Chris...	Nov. 3, 2011
Memorial Presents forum to explore media coverage of mental healt...	Nov. 2, 2011
Public discussion to take on the global ocean crisis	Nov. 2, 2011
Memorial University launches $50 million private sector fundraisi...	Nov. 2, 2011
PSA: Despair or hope? Confronting the Global Ocean Crisis	Nov. 2, 2011
Launch of NL Thrombosis, Blood and Immune Disorders Project	Nov. 1, 2011

October 2011

Subject	Date

Speaking of Engineering to provide in-depth overview of subsea pr...	Oct. 31, 2011
Memorial seeks input on Engagement Framework	Oct. 27, 2011
Marine Institute student offers insight into Students on Ice	Oct. 26, 2011
Memorial University to publicly launch Dare To: The Campaign for ...	Oct. 26, 2011
Harris Centre brings Memorial to Port Hope Simpson	Oct. 26, 2011
Memorial’s School of Social Work welcomes renowned scholar t...	Oct. 25, 2011
Memorial University English lecturer to speak on deteriorating hu...	Oct. 24, 2011
Memorial University philosophy professor to speak on deterioratin...	Oct. 24, 2011
The energy keeps building during MUNdays	Oct. 24, 2011
PSA: Memorial’s Visiting Authors Series presents Lorna Goodi...	Oct. 24, 2011
PSA: Public lecture: Simulated Democracy: Journalism and the Acad...	Oct. 24, 2011
This weekend is full of MUNdays	Oct. 21, 2011
PSA: MUNdays celebrations start with a bang at Memorial Universit...	Oct. 20, 2011
The party gets underway at Memorial University	Oct. 19, 2011
Chevron Canada Limited to contribute $2 million in support of stu...	Oct. 19, 2011
PSA: Renowned scholar to give public presentation: Culturally Res...	Oct. 19, 2011
PSA: Memorial University calls for donations in aid of Street Rea...	Oct. 19, 2011
PSA: Memorial’s School of Pharmacy to host Public Pill Drop ...	Oct. 19, 2011
Chevron Canada Limited to provide Memorial University with signif...	Oct. 18, 2011
PSA: National Chemistry Week recognized at Memorial University	Oct. 18, 2011
PSA: Writers in the Round presented as part of I Love MUNdays	Oct. 18, 2011
PSA: Memorial’s Visiting Authors Series presents poet Molly ...	Oct. 18, 2011
Memorial University cranks up the spirit at annual fall celebrati...	Oct. 17, 2011
Memorial University to host 30th Annual Alumni Tribute awards din...	Oct. 17, 2011
Buy low, sell high. Trading floor comes to Memorial University...	Oct. 14, 2011
Memorial University holds fall convocation ceremonies in St. John...	Oct. 13, 2011
$2.5 million federal investment in researchers at Memorial	Oct. 13, 2011
PSA: Executive director of Oxfam Canada to discuss famine in East...	Oct. 13, 2011
First-year student success program garners awards for Memorial Un...	Oct. 12, 2011
PSA: Post-provincial election analysis to take place on Memorial ...	Oct. 12, 2011
PSA: MMaP lecture series kicks off on Memorial’s St. John...	Oct. 12, 2011
Memorial University becomes first national partner of Heart and S...	Oct. 11, 2011
International conference to explore links between culture and eco...	Oct. 11, 2011
SIFE Memorial shines at world cup in Kuala Lumpur	Oct. 11, 2011
Then and Now: Memorial’s Elizabeth Avenue campus turns 50	Oct. 7, 2011
Two Memorial professors named to Royal Society of Canada	Oct. 7, 2011
Memorial University professors receive high honour	Oct. 7, 2011
Regional development conference to explore if culture and tourism...	Oct. 7, 2011
C-CORE president to speak in Ottawa about the challenges and extr...	Oct. 7, 2011
Memorial University’s MMaP centre kicks off fall lecture ser...	Oct. 6, 2011
Memorial University School of Music professors create competition...	Oct. 5, 2011
PSA: Renowned linguist to give lecture on language death on Memor...	Oct. 5, 2011
PSA: Post-provincial election analysis to take place at Memorial ...	Oct. 5, 2011
PSA: Living by the Sea: Women and Family in Maritime Communities ...	Oct. 5, 2011
Memorial’s School of Music welcomes internationally recogniz...	Oct. 4, 2011
PSA: Post-provincial election analysis to take place at Memorial ...	Oct. 4, 2011
Memorial University business student selected by Global Vision to...	Oct. 3, 2011
PSA: Henrietta Harvey lecturer discusses antiquity in Asia Minor	Oct. 3, 2011
PSA: Memorial University’s Department of Philosophy is hosti...	Oct. 3, 2011

September 2011

Subject	Date

Memorial University hosts CSCE national lecture tour	Sept. 29, 2011
PSA: New Mexico guest speaker discussing doctor shortages	Sept. 29, 2011
18 for ’11: 2011 another award-winning, record-breaking year...	Sept. 28, 2011
Keynote speakers announced for Culture, Place and Identity at the...	Sept. 27, 2011
PSA: Author Jane Urquhart to give reading at Memorial University	Sept. 27, 2011
SPARKS Literary Festival taking place at Memorial University	Sept. 26, 2011
Semiconductors of Light topic of Laird lecture at Memorial Univer...	Sept. 26, 2011
PSA: Semiconductors of light topic of Laird lecture at Memorial U...	Sept. 26, 2011
Ocean Innovation conference seeks sustainability in the North	Sept. 22, 2011
Calcium and vitamin D may reduce risk of colorectal cancer: Memor...	Sept. 22, 2011
SIFE Memorial heading to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to vie for world...	Sept. 22, 2011
Student LIFE forum set for Saturday, Sept. 24	Sept. 22, 2011
School of Pharmacy releases 2010-2011 annual report	Sept. 20, 2011
Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University hosts ...	Sept. 19, 2011
Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University hosts ...	Sept. 19, 2011
Bombardier Aerospace announcement - postponed	Sept. 16, 2011
Naval cadets graduate from Memorial University’s Marine Inst...	Sept. 15, 2011
PSA: Showcasing SIFE Memorial: View the world cup presentation	Sept. 15, 2011
Bombardier Aerospace announcement	Sept. 14, 2011
Canadian Association of Prawn Producers fund training, scholarshi...	Sept. 14, 2011
DELTS brightens its website complexion	Sept. 14, 2011
Entertainment is the best medicine	Sept. 13, 2011
Fictional houses and the visual imagination topic of 2011 Pratt L...	Sept. 12, 2011
PSA: Year of India in Canada Film Festival	Sept. 12, 2011
Memorial University writer-in-residence offering creative writing...	Sept. 12, 2011
Faculty of Business Administration receives $56,000 from BDO Cana...	Sept. 12, 2011
PSA: Memorial’s Visiting Authors Series presents Wayne Johns...	Sept. 9, 2011
PSA: The Pratt Lecture 2011 – Inner Lives: Fiction and the V...	Sept. 9, 2011
PSA: Words in Edgewise	Sept. 9, 2011
PSA: Memorial University marks 10th anniversary of 9/11 on St. Jo...	Sept. 9, 2011
American ambassador visits Memorial to commemorate 10th anniversa...	Sept. 8, 2011
American ambassador visits Memorial to commemorate 10th anniversa...	Sept. 7, 2011
Mayor to address students at Memorial’s St. John’s camp...	Sept. 1, 2011