Memorial University's Daily News System http://today.mun.ca/ http://today.mun.ca/images/portal_muntoday2.gif http://today.mun.ca/ http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7040 Students interested in the Memorial Ambassador Program have an extra week to apply. The deadline has been extended to Friday, Feb. 17. The program provides Memorial volunteers with an opportunity to represent the university at a wide range of activities and events. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7036 If social media gives everyone a voice, then Prof. Lyle Wetsch is emerging as a voice of authority on social media – recommended by two recent international rankings as a business professor to follow on Twitter. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7038 Memorial University has taken the precautionary measure of temporarily closing the Reid Theatre in the Arts and Administration Building.  http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7032 Memorial’s Botanical Garden has been nominated for the Great Places in Canada contest, an annual event which recognizes the special places Canadians love most. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7031 Memorial University professor, Dr. Lesley James, has been appointed as the inaugural Chevron Chair in Petroleum Engineering. In late 2010, Chevron Canada Limited, the Research & Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador (RDC) and Memorial University announced a five-year, $1-million dollar partnership to create a chair. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7028 MUNMed's Relay for Life team, named MUN Medicine Lemon-aids, raised $6,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society and took home two awards for the event. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7029 The School of Nursing has just released its latest, and third, issue of Front Lines. There are articles about students, alumni, faculty and staff, and as well as updates about the future of the school. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7026 A new study by researchers in Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine presents evidence that dietary intake of calcium, vitamin D, vitamin C, riboflavin and folate are associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7025 Retired emeritus history professor Dr. James Hiller became the most recent recipient of the Newfoundland Historical Society’s Heritage Award at a ceremony at Government House in October 2011. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7009 New research from Memorial’s Faculty of Business Administration shows that nearly 50 per cent of workers do not have access to employer-sponsored training. They say it is often low-skilled workers with poor prospects in today’s economy who are excluded from training opportunities -- trends with worrying implications for Canada’s long-term competitiveness. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7021 Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, has a new associate vice-president on the academic side of the house. The executive committee of Memorial University’s Board of Regents appointed Dr. David Peddle to the position of associate vice-president (Grenfell Campus) academic on Friday, Jan. 27. http://today.mun.ca/news.php?news_id=7013 In the aftermath of the recent Costa Concordia cruise ship tragedy off the Italian coast, Dr. Ross Klein, professor with Memorial’s School of Social Work, was inundated with interview requests from journalists from around the globe.