Memorial University's Faculty of Medicine has transferred ownership of its Hyperbaric Unit to Eastern Health.

The Board of Regents of Memorial University of Newfoundland announced today the appointment of internationally-renowned academic and scholar Dr. Gary Kachanoski as the next president and vice-chancellor of Newfoundland and Labrador’s only university. The announcement was made on behalf of the Board by Robert Simmonds, chair of the Board and chair of the university’s Presidential Search Committee.

Two figures of financial acuity will speak on the range of influences currently affecting this province’s economic future next week. The Globe and Mail’s national affairs columnist, Jeffrey Simpson, and Memorial University’s professor of economics, Dr. Wade Locke, will present a special learning event.

Recent analysis shows that Memorial University’s Faculty of Business Administration leads Atlantic Canadian universities in the number of articles published in the most influential management research journals.

When the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University of Newfoundland hosts its Autumn Presentation of Scholarships and Awards on Nov. 18, Jackie St. Croix will most certainly be one of the many people in attendance.

Dr Ronald Rompkey, University Research Professor in the Department of English, was made a member of the Ordre de la Pléiade at the rank of chevalier in a ceremony in Ottawa on Nov. 5. Prime Minister Stephen Harper also received a medal at the same ceremony.