On Tuesday, March 7, the Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre will hold the final webinar in its 2017 winter webinar series, New Approaches to Old Diseases, from 1:00–2:00 pm AST.

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, visited the University of Prince Edward Island campus on Monday, as part of a whirlwind tour through the Maritime Provinces.

Congratulations to Bailey Smith (Track and Field) and Dut Dut (Men’s Basketball), the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the week for February 21-26!

The next presentation in the University 100 Vern Smitheram and Andy Robb Leadership Development Series 2017 features Elyse Cottrell. 

The 2017 UPEI Don Mazer Arts and Science Lecture by Dr. Catherine Morley, cancelled on February 10 because of a snowstorm, has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 2, 7:00 pm, in the Dining Room (third floor, room 301) of the UPEI Health Sciences Building, located next to the Student Union Building and Sports Centre.

A generous donation from TD Bank Group’s Time Treasure and Talent event is supporting mental health initiatives across UPEI’s campus, including Mental Health Week. 

“Putting a Price on Carbon: A PEI Perspective” runs Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (room 242) of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall.

Eden Robinson will bring her sense of humour and her visceral, impassioned, and deeply empathic new novel, Son of a Trickster, to the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown on Monday, March 13 at 7:30 pm.

UPEI has joined the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s (CBIE) Learning Beyond Borders initiative to get more Canadian students to take advantage of learning experiences in other countries. 

The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation (PEI MHF) recently honoured Dr. Edward MacDonald with its Award of Honour.