Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador

Memorial University researchers are advancing innovative approaches to carbon capture, environmental monitoring and subsurface analysis through a series of newly funded research initiatives – thanks to a $7.4-million investment. Throughout 2024 and 2025, the Hebron Project contributed $6.24 million and the Hibernia Project contributed $1.16 million in four major projects.

Memorial University’s Board of Regents acknowledges the resignations of two faculty representatives, Dr. Ashrafee Hossain and Ms. Nathalie Pender. At a special meeting of the Board of Regents held on June 3, the Board met to discuss the resignations and approved the following statement: On behalf of the university, the Board of Regents extends their thanks for the contributions and service provided by Ash and Nathalie over the past three years.

From practising clinical skills to learning from real health‑care professionals, Templeton Academy student Madison Brake says she explored medicine in an interactive and meaningful way during Memorial’s recent MedQuest program. The first MedQuest West participants. For more than 35 years, the Faculty of Medicine has been bringing Newfoundland and Labrador high school students to the capital city for MedQuest, a hands-on summer outreach program. For the first time, this year MedQuest went to them.

Tian Qin PhD oral defence Monday, June 8, 1-4 p.m. Online; IIC-2014, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation Faculty of Medicine; titled:  Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Regulation of Basolateral Amygdala-Piriform Cortex Circuits in Olfactory Threat Learning https://mun.webex.com/mun/j.php?MTID=me39660719cabf08c67676e5066c76147 Presented by School of Graduate Studies

It began as a fortuitous observation in a seawater tank. A small piece of sea cucumber left behind from a laboratory experiment should have begun degrading within days. Instead, weeks passed, then months, and eventually years. The tissue was not only still present. It was alive.

A Memorial University outreach project is using one of the world’s most popular video games to spark interest in geophysics and geology among high school students. A Minecraft world containing a bedrock geology map and landmarks of Newfoundland. Drs.

First Space Gallery Faculty and Staff Show 2026 Friday, June 5, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Queen Elizabeth II Library The First Space Gallery in the QEII Library will be exhibiting the 2026 Faculty and Staff Show from May 28-Aug 28, 2026. The opening will be taking place on June 5, from 5:30-6:30 in the First Space Gallery of the QEII Library. Light refreshments will be served and parking is available in Lot 18. Presented by Memorial University Libraries

On June 2, 2026, talks to reach new collective agreements with the first of Memorial’s employee unions will begin. “Collective bargaining is an important process and Memorial is ready to engage in meaningful discussion with our employee unions,” said President Janet Morrison.

From a close-knit town to a close-knit program. Spring graduate Ciara Cheeks says the constant assistance and support from her mentors Drs. Andrew Staniland and Clark Ross pushed her to create something professional and representative of herself as an artist. Growing up in Gander, N.L., Ciara Cheeks learned the value of a tight-knit supportive community. It’s what made her feel right at home at Memorial University’s School of Music.

Sydney Wells believes that supporting individuals through life’s challenges by offering a safe, compassionate space can be deeply meaningful work. Since the age of 13, Mrs. Wells has had the long-term goal of working in the mental health field.