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Media Releases

 
| University

UPEI is rallying behind members of the Muslim community both on campus and across the country.

The University lowered the flags yesterday in front of Kelley Memorial Building to half-mast in honour of the victims of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque on Sunday, January 29.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre will hold its 2017 AVC Winter Webinar series, entitled "New Approaches to Old Diseases," in late February and early March.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

A team of AVC researchers, led by Dr. Javier Sanchez, associate professor of epidemiology, is investigating antibiotic resistance in cows at the genetic level.

 
| Seminar/Conference

Difficult Dialogues is a biannual student academic conference, that highlights issues that may be considered difficult to have conversations around. 

 
| Students

Two teams from UPEI’s School of Business had excellent showings at the recent Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. 

 
| Athletics

Congratulations to Kiera Rigby (Women’s Basketball) and Dut Dut (Men’s Basketball), the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the week for January 23-29!

 
| University

The University of Prince Edward Island supports the concerns expressed by Universities Canada and is troubled with the United States government’s executive order issued Friday, January 27, 2017 and its impacts. This action may affect students, faculty and staff at UPEI from several countries as it prevents them from entering the United States for 90 days.

 
| International

The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) will hold the 27th annual International Development Week (IDW) February 6-11. UPEI is a proud member of the ACIC and will host two events for IDW.

 
| Athletics

Both of UPEI’s basketball teams have a two-game home stand this weekend in the UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. 

 
| Athletics

Wednesday, January 25 is a big night for the UPEI Men’s Hockey team. The Panthers take on Université de Moncton at 7 pm in MacLauchlan Arena and participate in the #PanthersBeKind challenge as part of Bell Let’s Talk Day.