For the North

Memorial University officially announces Labrador Campus

January 20, 2022

Promising talent

$1.9 million in federal support for multidisciplinary graduate student researchers

January 18, 2022

Research in review ‘21

Renewed vision, high honours and critical investments round out another ‘successful’ year

December 20, 2021

The rock whisperer

Retired employee maps geological origins through art

December 10, 2021

Her story

Encaustic painting exhibit celebrates Inuit elder’s past and future

November 2, 2021

Concrete action

Memorial geographer and Inuit-led project lauded for ‘exceptional’ climate change solution

October 15, 2021

‘Homecoming of sorts’

Dr. Pam Hall's Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge exhibited in library

October 13, 2021

Excellence, potential, leadership

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

September 3, 2021

‘Vast depth’

More than $3 million in federal funding to propel science and research

June 17, 2021

Home hub

Canada Ocean Lecture Series to be based at Memorial

June 15, 2021

What the Oceans Remember

Author Sonja Boon latest Coast Lines book club selection

June 10, 2021

Rekindling the spark

SPARKS Literary Festival returns online for 2021

January 26, 2021

Listening to the ocean

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

January 8, 2021

Fostering innovation

More than $1.6-million provincial investment to strengthen research expertise

November 26, 2020

Funding for the future

PhD researchers secure $360,000 for complex societal studies

November 18, 2020

Academy + community

Public Engagement post-doctoral program creates learning opportunities

November 2, 2020

Coast Lines

Michael Crummey’s The Innocents to launch alumni book club

October 8, 2020

‘Deeply connected’

Labrador researchers, leaders among global voices in climate change documentary

October 7, 2020

‘Energy and joy’

Choral professor celebrated by RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant awards

September 15, 2020

Well-earned results

Leading and emerging social scientists awarded more than $1 million for insightful research

July 14, 2020

All hands

Calling all N.L. would-be Wikipedia editors on deck

June 11, 2020

Help wanted

Newfoundland Quarterly seeking contributions from emerging artists

January 30, 2020

The Rhodes experience

Where are they now? Revisiting Memorial's Rhodes Scholars

January 29, 2020

A decade of milestones

Increasing Indigenous engagement, connections and representation

January 9, 2020

Valuable resources

World Fisheries Day: Highlighting sustainability and equity

November 20, 2019

The first step

'Rewarding to see others succeed and grow,' says award winner

November 14, 2019

‘Powerful’ narrative

Play inspired by stories unearthed in provincial breast cancer research

November 1, 2019

Spooky stories

Folklore graduate student tells tales of N.L. paranormal

October 30, 2019

Mind the Gap(s)

Wiki edit-a-thon to boost N.L. arts and culture on Wikipedia

October 22, 2019

Rural renaissance

Championing social enterprise models during times of ‘unprecedented challenges’

September 30, 2019

Insight and talent

More than $2 million federal investment creating new knowledge at Memorial

July 25, 2019

Celebrating difference

Trudeau fellow uses poetic lens to challenge the status quo

June 25, 2019

Motivating minds

Funding will engage youth in modern science, marine science projects

May 8, 2019

‘Environment of excellence’

Ethnomusicologist honoured for ethical research leadership

March 29, 2019

Remarkable leaders

Saluting new and established researchers for exceptional contributions

March 29, 2019

Artistic achievement

Music professor receives international recognition for creative excellence

March 27, 2019

Inaugural residency

Leading Indigenous artist helping create new music studies curriculum

March 7, 2019

Sex talk

A Q&A with Henrietta Harvey lecturer Dr. Kim TallBear

March 5, 2019

Bold and bright

Next generation of social scientists and humanities researchers secure federal funding

February 4, 2019

Prestigious posts

Canada Research Chair appointments amplify Memorial’s cutting-edge research reputation

November 13, 2018

#BASuccess

Where ambition finds direction: Arts career expo on Nov. 15

November 13, 2018

Giving them voice

New book tells the stories and songs of the woods workers

September 12, 2018

‘Inform and shape’

World-renowned Indigenous musicians to explore improvisation as model for change

June 21, 2018

Come home year

Choral festival lures trio of conductors home to N.L.

June 15, 2018

Musical feast

Memorial to host not one, but two national music conferences

June 8, 2018

Top brass

Spring music graduate discovers passion for trumpet performance

June 1, 2018

Class acts

Researchers and musicians collect East Coast Music Awards

May 18, 2018

Research residencies

Fogo Island fellowships allow faculty to complete projects

April 16, 2018

Singing for harmony

Choral director's Atlantic Boy Choir 100 members strong

April 12, 2018

Cultures of sound

MMaP a partner of unique, cross-sector and international collaboration

April 5, 2018

The Medium

The School of Music presents Menotti's tragic opera

March 23, 2018

Unique in the world

Giving voice to a centuries-old Inuit tradition

March 2, 2018

Running with the Hare

Alumnus Rex Brown on Atlantic Canada's largest poetry festival and why 2018 marks the final curtain call

February 22, 2018

Leadership shift

Community-focused research to remain at centre of Tradition and Transition partnership

February 6, 2018

Finding harmony

From the darkness of the Second World War to a legacy of music and fellowship

January 31, 2018

Word spree

SPARKS Literary Festival 2018 shines a light in January

January 18, 2018

Two for one

St. John’s literary couple to share residency during winter semester

January 16, 2018

Research in review

Big thinkers, big ideas at the core of another successful research year

December 19, 2017

Play it with feeling

Music and engineering collaboration gives voice to biorhythms-based instrument

December 7, 2017

Oxford bound

Performance and musicology student named N.L.'s 2018 Rhodes Scholar

November 29, 2017

Moby mashup

Moby Dick Rehearsed to be performed Dec. 1-2

November 27, 2017

Culture of excellence

Nearly $2 million in federal funding for social sciences and humanities research at Memorial

November 16, 2017

Celebrating a pioneer

University gathering in honour of Dr. Patrick O’Flaherty

October 30, 2017

World leader

Memorial-led SmartICE project receives high honour from United Nations

October 25, 2017

Breaking new ground

Conflict resolution in Ethiopian Indigenous communities focus of award-winning doctoral dissertation

October 4, 2017

Geological inspiration

First Space Gallery exhibit: All Roads Lead to Here

September 7, 2017

Mural restoration

Repairs to artwork and Education building to wrap up late September

September 1, 2017

Musically inclined

School of Music offers courses and ensembles for everyone

July 25, 2017

Southwest spectacle

Theatre festival hopes to attract tourists to Isle aux Morts

June 30, 2017

‘Powerful and vibrant’

French Port-au-Port fable first opera commission based on N.L. history

June 14, 2017

What a time!

Research Centre for Music, Media and Place partners on 'Fancy' album

June 13, 2017

Glorious and free

Bringing N.L. youth and cultures together in celebration of Canada 150

June 12, 2017

Stage presence

New music graduate sets sights on singing for his supper

June 1, 2017

Instrumental experience

Spring graduate establishes first Memorial Aboriginal Music Award

May 30, 2017

‘Special win’

Music duo take home ECMA for Classical Recording of the Year

May 15, 2017

HSS authors recognized

Faculty and staff shortlisted for several book awards

April 13, 2017

Power poets

Students awarded honours during Gregory J. Power poetry contest

April 10, 2017

Best of both worlds

The Newfoundland Quarterly connects online and in print

March 31, 2017

‘Indspiring’ youth

A Q&A with alumnus and Indspire Youth Laureate Thomas Dymond

March 29, 2017

Open studio, open hearts

Creative partnership forms 'hive' of healing for refugee students

March 28, 2017

Come From Away

A Q&A with alumnus Romano Di Nillo

February 21, 2017

Island cultures

International small island conference coming to Memorial this summer

January 31, 2017

Research pioneers

Composer, chemist named 2016 Terra Nova Young Innovators

January 12, 2017

In tune

Research centre devoted to celebrating rich choral music traditions

December 30, 2016

SPARKS fly

Eighth edition of Memorial's literary festival to take place in January

December 19, 2016

Rock star

$1.4 million for new Canada Research Chair in ethnomusicology

December 2, 2016

Northern ambassador

Memorial-led research shortlisted for $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize

November 8, 2016

Big questions

Examining economic sustainability in a post oil-dependent N.L.

October 26, 2016

Comic focus

International conference to put Canadian comic research on the map

October 13, 2016

Taking centre stage

Memorial, Nunatsiavut highlight Inuit traditions over four days

October 5, 2016

Artistic genius

Q&A with Tribute Award recipient Morgan MacDonald

September 20, 2016

Wonder writer

Sara Tilley named Memorial's 2016 writer-in-residence

September 19, 2016

Critical thinkers

$2.1 million empowers social sciences, humanities researchers

September 16, 2016

‘Big thrill’

Memorial musicians, engineer elected to Royal Society of Canada

September 14, 2016

Cultural connections

Memorial, Nunatsiavut Government to host Inuit Studies Conference

September 9, 2016

Road stories

A conversation about community sustainability, Canada-wide

August 31, 2016

Island castaway

Education professor finds creative inspiration in splendid isolation

August 18, 2016

Sad loss

Co-editor of Dictionary of Newfoundland English dead at 91

August 12, 2016

Research jackpot

Fogo retreats bring academic insights into rural community

August 2, 2016

Music of the heart

Researchers explore social, expressive and cultural benefits of community music therapy

July 26, 2016

Creative solutions

Using art to improve HIV/AIDS education, prevention programming

July 25, 2016

Unearthing a mystery

Undergraduate archaeology student studying ancient forms of cancer

July 12, 2016

Flower power

Tiny forget-me-not pins represent transformative learning experience

July 8, 2016

‘Value of rural life’

Researcher focuses on writing, public engagement during Fogo retreat

July 7, 2016

Effecting change

The First World War and the evolution of social work in N.L.

July 7, 2016

Lifelong contribution

Honorary degree recipients, English professor named to Order of Canada

July 4, 2016

No slacker

Letter collection an invaluable record of one woman's war experience

June 22, 2016

Fellows on Fogo

Unique research partnership on Fogo Island proves productive

June 21, 2016

‘Such a learning experience’

Archival research fosters BA graduate's love of N.L. history

June 3, 2016

Partnership promotion

New website focuses on Labrador Inuit cultural research

May 19, 2016

Celebrating Shakespeare

Workshop honoured one of the world's greatest writers

April 26, 2016

Telling Stories

Professor of history of the book gives 2016 George Story Lecture

April 26, 2016

Power poets

Annual Gregory Power Poetry Prize awarded to Andreae Callanan

April 7, 2016

Op-ed: Dr. Carrie Dyck and Amos Key

Canadians have obligation to support Indigenous languages

March 29, 2016

Cultural renaissance

New generation of Aboriginal Peoples reclaiming identities

March 23, 2016

Peering into the past

Using biology and chemistry of shells for archaeological interpretation

March 22, 2016

Accidental educator

'Think before asking me to share my culture,' says Aboriginal student

March 21, 2016

‘Dehumanizing spectacle’

Dark experience of Labrador Inuit family focus of upcoming event

March 17, 2016

Truth and Reconciliation

Aboriginal Peoples Week sessions seek to inform and educate

March 17, 2016

‘Legacy is the learning’

Field notebook on battlefield flora becomes fodder for WW100 Project

March 2, 2016

Cinematic history

Lost Expo '67 medical film classic rediscovered, on-campus screening

February 29, 2016

SPARKS a smash

Faculty of Arts' literary festival a winter highlight

February 8, 2016

In the spotlight

Memorial artists and alumni collect ECMA nominations

February 4, 2016

‘Circle of conversation’

Memorial-led partnership yields Inuit symposium in Labrador

January 28, 2016

Boardwalk record

Labrador community builds world's longest wooden boardwalk

January 27, 2016

‘Turn up the heat’

Seventh SPARKS to light up January

January 25, 2016

Around the world in three days

International students visit Labrador with Culture-to-Community Program

December 22, 2015

Creating a ‘Racket’

From creative writing class to published authors

December 15, 2015