Media Advisory: Minister to Announce Investments in Research and Development
The Honourable Susan Sullivan, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, will announce the creation of a new directed research program, as well as funding for projects aimed at geoscience research and development in Newfoundland and Labrador tomorrow (Thursday, June 9) at 2:00 p.m.. The announcement will take place in the atrium of the Alexander Murray (Earth Sciences) Building on Memorial University of Newfoundland’s St. John’s campus.
Minister Sullivan will be joined by Glenn Janes, Chief Executive Officer, Research & Development Corporation; Dr. Christopher Loomis, Vice-President (Research), Memorial University; and Dr. Mark Abrahams, Dean, Faculty of Science, Memorial University.
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Media contacts:
Scott Barfoot Director of Communications Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development 709-729-4570, 690-6290 scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca |
2011 06 08 1:05 p.m.