Moose matter

Fighting climate change in N.L.’s boreal forests and the inherent value of large herbivores

December 10, 2024

Graduate research continuity

Science grant program supports student research, faculty on parental leave

October 11, 2024

SciQuest success

Summer camp’s inaugural year teaches children about the magic of science

October 3, 2024

Great minds

Memorial University experts tackling global issues thanks to more than $3.3-million federal investment

September 26, 2024

Save our spuds

Memorial microbiologist working to get to bottom of 'common' potato disease

August 29, 2024

Saving salmon

Memorial researchers examine Exploits River salmon populations

August 6, 2024

Modelling masters

The math behind pandemics and public health policies

June 26, 2024

Breakthroughs and answers

Memorial University researchers awarded more than $9.1-million federal investment

June 19, 2024

High five!

A quintet of next-generation Memorial researchers just earned prestigious federal grants

June 14, 2024

Academic excellence

Faculty of Medicine learners recognized with top convocation awards

June 4, 2024

Turn, turn, turn

One spring graduate’s journey from molecular biology to musicology

May 31, 2024

Getting the hint

Learning the Queen Elizabeth II Library one 'clue' at a time

January 26, 2024

A Blue Whale’s Tale

You're invited: experience Memorial's blue whale interpretive exhibit

November 22, 2023

Top tier

Science students, staff and faculty honoured at Dean's List ceremony

October 25, 2023

A Coast Lines conversation

A Q&A with Coast Lines featured author Holly Hogan

October 5, 2023

Dietary strategies

Combatting diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver and cardiovascular diseases

September 21, 2023

Understanding our world

Memorial researchers receive $11.5 million in federal funding to explore diverse ideas

September 8, 2023

Little souls

Tackling worldwide insect decline with local efforts

August 28, 2023

Two-year journey

Students progress from top 5 in international competition to published authors

June 21, 2023

Hyper-local brew

Bonne Bay, biology and beer: community partnership exploring marine yeasts

June 14, 2023

Animal personality and conservation

Science student group publishes article in leading journal

December 21, 2022

New equipment, new breakthroughs

Federal grants of $533,091 open doors to discoveries, collaborations and training

November 30, 2022

Summer adventure

Science field courses return to Newfoundland's West Coast

October 24, 2022

Dean’s Awards

Students, staff and faculty honoured at Faculty of Science awards

October 4, 2022

Hands-on STEM

Memorial graduate students create programming for entire northern school

June 24, 2022

Cutting-edge innovation

Nearly $8 million invested to accelerate diverse research discoveries

June 23, 2022

Finding heroes

Thinking about underrepresented scientists and cultural contributions to science

June 16, 2022

Knowledge winners

Biology students rank high in international medical case competition

June 14, 2022

Student-faculty collaboration

New unit offers clinical, social and health psychology research opportunities

June 7, 2022

Knowledge and networks

Faculty of Science holds interdisciplinary research conference

April 20, 2022

Inspiring and impactful

Trio from Memorial saluted for making positive contributions

April 1, 2022

Teaching excellence

Educators honoured for making positive impact on students

March 15, 2022

‘Strength in numbers’

Efforts underway to grow scientific cancer research community

March 10, 2022

Top-notch recipients

Exceptional researchers awarded prestigious institutional honours

March 7, 2022

Promising talent

$1.9 million in federal support for multidisciplinary graduate student researchers

January 18, 2022

Better with age

Science researcher finds fish do not age like mammals and birds

January 13, 2022

A whale of an ale

Faculty of Science, Landwash Brewery partner on unique new beer

November 18, 2021

Dean’s Awards

Students, staff and faculty honoured at Faculty of Science awards

October 27, 2021

Diverse strengths

More than $1.3-million provincial investment enhances Memorial’s dynamic research capacity

October 4, 2021

Excellence, potential, leadership

Trio of emerging researchers funded $450,000 in Vanier scholarships

September 3, 2021

Forefront of innovation

Nearly $1-million infrastructure investment big boost for cutting edge research

August 11, 2021

The big move

Core Science Facility to provide modern and collaborative teaching, research spaces

July 6, 2021

Culture change

Measuring success: Increasing quantitative literacy in Biology

April 16, 2021

‘Vulnerable’ state

Study shows climate change affecting future health of Arctic fish

January 12, 2021

Listening to the ocean

Grenfell professor's blue whale artwork to be exhibited at The Rooms

January 8, 2021

Financial relief

Medical students receive help from national association

November 15, 2020

Nature’s road to recovery

New approach needed to reverse unprecedented biodiversity loss: scientists

October 23, 2020

‘Whole new field’

Memorial graduate student receives 'life-changing' Rothermere Fellowship

July 20, 2020

‘Still in existence’

Research shows Beothuk, Maritime Archaic peoples have modern relatives

July 6, 2020

Virtual science

Laboratory instructors get creative to teach remotely

July 6, 2020

Op-ed: Dr. Yolanda Wiersma

The Island of Newfoundland needs more protected areas, says advisory council

June 19, 2020

$8-million investment

Critical funding empowers researchers to take risks and make big discoveries

June 18, 2020

Remote possibilities

School of Graduate Studies checks in with Kelly MacDonald

June 3, 2020

Can’t quit, won’t quit

Spring biology graduate achieves academic goal – eight years later

May 22, 2020

Evolution of practice

MD-PhD spring graduate integrating genetics and family medicine

May 21, 2020

Flattening the curve

Science research creates app to explain math behind social distancing

March 23, 2020

‘Essential role’

Memorial researcher named science advisor to Fisheries and Oceans Canada

February 28, 2020

‘Effective leadership’

Director of innovation and entrepreneurship appointed

February 5, 2020

Removing barriers

Blundon Centre: Accessible education at Memorial a shared responsibility

December 13, 2019

Tale of the tail

Biologist identifies new bird species by tail sounds and calls

December 3, 2019

‘Go for it’

Award recognition ‘exhilarating and humbling,’ says geneticist

November 13, 2019

First animals

Science researchers featured on The Nature of Things on Oct. 25

October 25, 2019

Tracking trash

Citizen science app expanded to include N.L.-specific debris

October 22, 2019

Remembering Judy

Thirty-nine years since tragedy on the parkway

October 18, 2019

Story of a robe

Eighty-year-old convocation gown worn by fourth generation graduate

October 11, 2019

Dean’s awards

Students, staff and faculty honoured at Faculty of Science awards

September 23, 2019

Critical research

More than $5.5 million in federal funding to focus on enhancing oil spill response measures

September 10, 2019

Eye-opening experience

York vision program 'totally reshapes' students' career planning

August 20, 2019

Evolution or time travel?

Speaking out against Romanian research minister's anti-science stance

July 12, 2019

Evolution of AI

Combining biology and algorithms to solve complex medical challenges

June 18, 2019

Wild thing

Biology student recognized for sharing knowledge with focus on youth

June 6, 2019

Heading north

Improving fisheries monitoring, bycatch policies for emerging Arctic fisheries

June 4, 2019

Hands-on science

Unique field trip opportunities for N.L. junior high schools

June 4, 2019

Solid foundation

More than $8 million in federal investment energizes discovery-based research

May 22, 2019

Science rendezvous

Memorial to host fun-filled day of science promotion

May 8, 2019

Chemical danger

Capelin at risk from dispersants used to treat oil spills

May 7, 2019

WWF-approved

Biology students create first-of-its-kind provincial biodiversity report

April 17, 2019

Get ‘buzz’-y

Seeking citizen mosquito collectors in N.L. and St. Pierre and Miquelon

March 12, 2019

Fighting the resistance

'From MDs to basic chemists': Researchers tackle antimicrobial concern

March 11, 2019

‘Lichen’-minded

Rethinking the conservation value of old-growth forests

March 6, 2019

Investing right here

Provincial Parkinson Society supports research into degenerative disorder

February 20, 2019

Michelle Saunders

Q&A with the Labrador Institute’s 2019 International Indigenous Intern

February 4, 2019

Research in review ‘18

Accomplishments and achievements round out another positive year

December 20, 2018

Role models

Memorial honours exceptional faculty and staff at special ceremony

December 14, 2018

Separate and distinct

Genetic analysis gives insight into island caribou population

December 13, 2018

Wild impact

Biologist publishes research on animal influence on the carbon cycle

December 10, 2018

A marvelous, terrible place

Montevecchi featured on Funk Island research and education website

November 21, 2018

Natural enthusiasm

Science students recognized for commitment to environment

November 14, 2018

Depth and breadth

OFI conference focuses on unlocking secrets of the North Atlantic

October 9, 2018

Dean’s awards

Students, staff and faculty honoured at Faculty of Science awards

October 3, 2018

Under the sea

Coral reefs losing ability to keep pace with rise in sea levels

July 3, 2018

Balancing act

Single parent, PhD student finds personal and professional support

June 12, 2018

‘A woman in wildlife’

Biology master's degree graduate mentors, inspires young women in science

May 28, 2018

Lichen love

Master’s student discovers lichen diversity in N.L.'s boreal forest

May 17, 2018

Rendezvous with science

Science Odyssey week kicks off with festival of events on May 12

May 8, 2018

Let’s study

Art and words welcome Indigenous students at QEII Library

May 3, 2018

Matching and hatching

Songbirds at the Botanical Garden spill their love secrets

April 19, 2018

‘Path to my dreams’

Joyce Family Foundation bursary creating conditions for success

April 13, 2018

Corridors of power

Power line corridors and how they affect wolf-moose interactions

March 28, 2018

Public Pill Drop

Safely dispose of expired medications on March 11

March 7, 2018

Foundation for the future

School of Pharmacy releases strategic plan for 2018-22

March 6, 2018

Arctic change

Graduate student wins third prize at international Arctic research event

December 20, 2017

Clear vision

Lumpfish and the eye doctor: A Medicine and Science collaboration

December 13, 2017

Bridging the gaps

Online resources integrate active learning in large-size classes

December 4, 2017

Dean’s awards

Students, staff and faculty honoured at Faculty of Science awards

October 12, 2017

Ocean messengers

Montevecchi's 'eureka moment': Seabirds, fisheries and climate change

September 28, 2017

Best of the best

Science doctoral students recipients of prestigious scholarships

September 14, 2017

From robots to algae

NSERC funding empowers Memorial researchers to better the world

September 8, 2017

Animal lover

New chair of Animal Care Committee named

September 5, 2017

Tender awarded

Construction to begin on Animal Resource Centre

September 5, 2017

X-rays and environmental archaeology 

Funding allows researchers to change the world

August 15, 2017

Sesquicentennial voyage

Memorial community part of historic Canada 150th marine journey

July 6, 2017

‘Best ecosystem possible’

Balsam fir restoration treatments in 'spruce-moose' meadows

June 22, 2017

World Oceans Week

Free events foster respect for the world's oceans

June 2, 2017

Silent spring

Memorial study says songbirds being left behind by climate change

May 19, 2017

Digital education

Outreach aids students' exploration of ocean science and technology

May 17, 2017

Hear, hear

New spring graduate improving hearing test results for N.L.

May 16, 2017

What’s the buzz?

N.L. Beekeeping Association seeking research collaborators

May 3, 2017

Rendezvous with science

Memorial to participate in Canada-wide celebration of science

May 2, 2017

Awarding independence

Archaeology student recognized for self-directed learning

April 7, 2017

PhDs On the Go

Graduate Studies, CBC Radio bring doctoral research to public airwaves

March 22, 2017

Simultaneous studies

Joint degree in science, humanities and social sciences approved

March 8, 2017

‘Far-reaching impacts’

Federal funding empowers researchers, brings new equipment

February 28, 2017

Digital record

Biology professor breathing new life into Memorial's herbarium

February 21, 2017

Dr. Craig Purchase

A Q&A with fish expert and national committee volunteer

January 27, 2017

Gardens of the deep

GEO CENTRE exhibit deep-sea corals and sponges to light

December 20, 2016

Valuing and protecting

Faculty serving in voluntary capacity to establish N.L. nature reserves

November 29, 2016

Symbiotic relationship

Solving the mystery of 570-million-year-old Mistaken Point fossils

October 13, 2016

Making the list

Academics, research and service celebrated at annual science awards

October 3, 2016

The transformers

Ocean Frontier Institute-led research to change global aquaculture industry

October 3, 2016

Comprehensive connection

Ocean Frontier Institute providing critical mass to tackle larger problems

September 26, 2016

Excitement mounting

Memorial and province set to benefit from Ocean Frontier Institute

September 16, 2016

Advancing ocean exploration and discovery

Historic investment creates Ocean Frontier Institute

September 6, 2016

Cooing dinosaurs

Biology professor co-authors paper about bird and dinosaur vocalization

July 18, 2016

‘Scientific growth’

Science and art merge during annual BioMedicine symposium

July 13, 2016

One who lived

Bell Island soldier among first to receive facial reconstruction surgery during First World War

July 6, 2016

Predator of predators

Human impact on planet subject of upcoming public lecture

July 4, 2016

Exploration and discovery

Memorial researchers receive more than $6.7 million from NSERC

June 24, 2016

Non-native wildlife invasion

Understanding the terrestrial mammal food web of island of N.L.

May 31, 2016

Independent mind

Science student recognized with self-directed learning award

May 12, 2016

An open mind

Starting the conversation about mental illness leads to brighter days

May 12, 2016

Peering into the past

Using biology and chemistry of shells for archaeological interpretation

March 22, 2016

Strengthening capacity

Health and ocean sciences benefit from federal funding boost

March 15, 2016

‘Critical support’

Students receive awards to explore N.L.’s ocean industries

March 7, 2016

Lisa Walsh

Indigena founder taking natural skincare business to next level

January 25, 2016

What lies beneath

Memorial to host healthy oceans public lecture

January 19, 2016

‘Funding is essential’

Business prof wins two major national grants

December 1, 2015