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Media Releases

 
| Events

The Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) and UPEI will host a special day of events as part of International Development Week 2019. 

 
| Research

A research team at the University of Prince Edward Island is seeking clinical study participants for a study of the effects of sedentary behaviour and moderate exercise on glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity.

 
| People

The UPEI Health and Wellness Centre has recently expanded its hours of operation and will be open five days per week on a year-round basis. The Centre is also providing care to faculty, staff, and immediate family (spouse, partner, and children). 

 
| University
 
UPEI’s Mental Health Week Committee has unveiled its jam-packed, five-day schedule for UPEI Mental Health Week 2019, January 28 to February 1.
 
| Special Event

Representatives from Grant Thornton’s PEI office, Kathy O’Rourke, Managing Partner; Chris Gallant, Partner; and Ryan Innis, Principal, joined UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Dean of Business Jurgen Krause, faculty, and several students recently to officially open the Grant Thornton Entrepreneurial Playground.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

Get a taste of veterinary medicine at the 2019 Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp! The deadline to apply is March 15.

 
| Music

The UPEI Department of Music presents the finals of the annual Dr. Frances Gray Music Competition on Friday, February 1 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

Dr. Cora Gilroy, associate professor of clinical pathology at AVC, was presented with UPEI’s 2018 Janet Pottie Murray Award for Educational Leadership on December 13, 2018. 

 
| Athletics

Congratulations to Kimeshia Henry and Milorad Sedlarevic, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for January 14 to 20!

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

The SJDAWC is calling for applications from potential graduate students for the 2019 Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Graduate Scholarship. The scholarship will support the training of researchers at the master’s or doctoral level to pursue animal welfare research at the University of Prince Edward Island.