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Media Releases

 
| Students

UPEI’s Business Case Competition Team took second place at the international Scotiabank Ethics in Actions Case Competition at Dalhousie University in Halifax earlier this month.

 
| Athletics

UPEI Athletics and Recreation selects talented athletes as UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. The Athletes of the Week for November 23–29 are Marie-Soleil Deschenes, Women’s Hockey, and Marcus Power, Men’s Hockey. 

 
| University

One year after UPEI announced the launch of the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, the association for professional engineers on PEI recognized President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz with the prestigious “Friend of the Profession Award” at its annual awards banquet.

 
| Athletics

After a successful, albeit grueling five game road test, the UPEI Panthers are back home for a Friday night rematch against the St. Thomas Tommies.

During the two-week road stretch, the Panthers captured seven points while posting a 3-1-1 record, including a 5-4 win over the Tommies Wednesday night.

 
| Athletics

The UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for November 16–22 are Jane McLaughlin, from Women’s Basketball, and Bradley States, from Men’s Basketball. UPEI Athletics and Recreation selects talented athletes each week to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 

 
| Athletics

Rebounding woes are a cause for concern for the UPEI Women’s Basketball Panthers, who look to return to the win column this weekend against the Cape Breton University Capers.

 
| Research

UPEI’s Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research (CHBMR) is piloting a new web-based addictions treatment program at sites across the province. 

 
| Research

There’s nothing like the weather as a conversation starter. “Some Weather We’re having!”, the 2016 Prince Edward Island weather trivia calendar, will help that banter.

 
 
| Students

Master of Arts in Island Studies scholarship-winners were announced at the second annual Island Studies Open House on Friday, October 30.

 

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

Dr. Dan Hurnik, professor of swine health management at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), has been honoured by the P.E.I. Veterinary Medical Association (PEIVMA) with the 2015 Prince Edward Island Veterinary Leadership Award.