September

Two Memorial students awarded $60K and $80K Schulich Leader Scholarships

Sakif Mohammed and Meriel Fitzgerald, two incoming first-year students at Memorial, have been named 2015 recipients of Schulich Leader Scholarships.

September

Grenfell Campus celebrates 40 years with The Once

Grenfell is having a weeklong 40th birthday party complete with a concert by Memorial alums The Once.

October

Fifty years of scholarship results in Inuktitut dictionary

The Nunavut Arctic College has officially released Utkuhiksalingmiut Uqauhiitigut Uqauhiliurut, Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Postbase Suffixes, co-authored by Memorial University anthropologist Dr. Jean Briggs.

October

Hibernia Offshore Operations Simulator officially open

The Fisheries and Marine Institute officially opened the Hibernia Offshore Operations Simulator, a new simulator that will provide offshore operators with advanced and customized training for the supply and support of offshore facilities and production platforms.

October

'Circle of conversation'

Memorial University and the Nunatsiavut Government are collaborating on a $7.4-million project to lead a five-year research initiative that will merge collaborative academic research with traditional knowledge for the protection, preservation and revitalization of Labrador Inuit culture and language.

November

Engineering student is Canada's Smartest Person

Fourth-year electrical engineering student Katy Warren beat out seven other finalists on the Nov. 22 finale of CBC Television’s Canada’s Smartest Person to claimed the show’s coveted title.

November

Memorial researcher invents first genetically modified animal approved as food in U.S.

The life’s work of a Memorial University researcher has taken a long road from an experiment in a laboratory to kitchen tables in the United States.

November

Nursing student takes national student-athlete award

Nursing student Jessie Noseworthy has become the second Memorial Sea-Hawk to win the national Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Student-Athlete Community Service award.

November

Memorial designates first gender-inclusive washrooms on the St. John’s campus

Memorial University officially designated the first gender-inclusive washrooms on the St. John’s campus last week. The two washrooms are located on the sixth floor of the University Centre.

December

Advancing Aboriginal education at Memorial University

A proposed new certificate program in Aboriginal and Indigenous studies is designed for anyone interested in learning about the history, cultures, languages, beliefs and experiences of Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples.

December

Spine biomechanic research arrives at Memorial

A leading researcher in spine biomechanics has joined the Memorial University research community as the inaugural Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation Professor in Spine Biomechanics, made possible by a generous $500,000 donation.

January

PhD candidate wins SSHRC doctoral scholarship

A PhD candidate in the Faculty of Business Administration has secured a prestigious doctoral scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

January

Strawberries in the North

Enactus Memorial has launched a hydroponics program in Labrador to enhance food security in Canada’s North.

February

Six universities, one mission

Nine Memorial University students travelled to Texas to collaborate with students from five other universities, including Cornell and Harvard, in billionaire-inventor Elon Musk’s SpaceX hyperloop pod competition.

February

Fabulous four

Memorial has hit a proverbial grand slam with the appointment of four professors as Canada Research Chairs (CRC), one of the country’s highest honours for research excellence.

March

Galactic potential

Recent Science graduate Bethany Downer’s childhood dream of blasting off into space is one step closer.

March

Protecting Canada’s resources

With a combined investment of more than $6.5 million from the federal and provincial governments, Memorial University is advancing critical research focused on Canada’s valuable natural resources

April

Mentoring milestone

A Memorial University alumnus has been named a 2016 Trudeau Mentor for his extensive professional achievements and experience mentoring students and business leaders.

April

Big Land, big funding

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has invested $1.6 million through the Innovative Communities Fund in support of the Labrador Institute’s research plan.

April

Building bridges

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency has announced $4.5 million in funding to support innovative technologies and network upgrades at Memorial’s Battery Facility.

April

‘Belles’ of the ball

The members of The Swinging Belles will have to find some more space on their mantles. The popular swing band for children took home a Juno Award for Children’s Album of the Year.

May

Rural medicine excellence

Dr. Mohamed Ravalia, assistant dean of the Faculty of Medicine’s Rural Medical Education Network, has received the Order of Canada.

May

Canadian champs

Enactus Memorial has won its ninth national championship, making it the most successful Enactus team in Canada.

May

International Indigenous internship

Three months in Norway, one in Finland and one in Labrador. One Indigenous graduate from Memorial University will have the opportunity to live and work abroad, gaining an international perspective on Indigenous affairs and bringing their experience back to Labrador.

June

Courage and sacrifice

The Grenfell Campus community will now have a powerful reminder of Newfoundland and Labrador’s First World War history. The Danger Tree commemorative statue was officially dedicated June 29 on Memorial’s West Coast campus.

June

Funding for exploration and discovery

Nearly $7-million in new federal funding will accelerate more than 50 individual research projects on three of Memorial’s campuses in areas ranging from resource management to ocean sciences to enhanced oil recovery.

June

Building the future

Memorial’s state-of-the-art Core Science Facility has received $125 million in joint federal-provincial funding, an unprecedented level of support that will significantly advance Memorial’s teaching, learning and research capacity across multiple disciplines.

July

Atlas honoured

Four members of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences were honoured by Gov. Gen. David Johnston recently for their work preserving the historic dialects of Newfoundland and Labrador and their overall contribution to Canada’s cultural knowledge.

July

Conditions for growth

The Fisheries and Marine Institute’s Holyrood Marine Base will benefit from a $3-million investment from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

July

Lifelong contribution

Three remarkable individuals with ties to Memorial University have been named members of the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston

August

From boots to business

A Memorial-based boot camp that delivers business skills training is offering former members of Canada’s military a chance at new careers as entrepreneurs.

August

Navigating the North

When the 820-foot-long, 13-deck luxury cruise ship Crystal Serenity traverses the historic Northwest Passage this month, Marine Institute researchers and students will accompany the vessel onboard its escort ship, the RRS Ernest Shackleton.