News

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Media Releases

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

“ISO-17025 accreditation demonstrates to the world that we are operating under globally recognized standards,” says Elizabeth Dobbin, director of AVC Diagnostic Services. 

 
| Students
T3 Trius Transit has added a one-time bus service on Sunday, April 19 to assist students writing exams at the University of Prince Edward Island. University Avenue Express route (#1), that travels between the Confederation Centre of the Arts and the Charlottetown Mall, will operate from 8:00 am to 10:30 pm, following the Saturday schedule. Buses will leave the Confederation Centre every half hour...
 
| People
Over the next several weeks, a number of candidates for tenure-track positions in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering will be visiting campus. The School encourages members of the campus community to attend the public presentations scheduled for each candidate as per the following schedule: Dongbing Li - Monday, April 20, 2:45-3:45 pm, McDougall Hall, Room 246 "Process and...
 
| News
Engineers PEI, the association of professional engineers on Prince Edward Island, announced the addition of two scholarships and the creation of a new endowment to support students enrolled in UPEI's new School of Sustainable Design Engineering. This brings the total number awards that Engineers PEI funds from six to nine. Justin Dunn, President of Engineers PEI, made the announcement at...
 
| Athletics
On March 30, CBC's The National aired an emotional feature story on McGuigan family who lost father and husband, Brendon McGuigan, in a double homicide last summer. Last November, the Men's Hockey Panthers held a benefit game for the family in Montague and were so touched by seven-year-old Kayden that they connected the family with New York Islander defenceman Travis Hamonic. Hamonic...
 
| Research
UPEI'S Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research (CHBMR) is running the first instance in Canada of a web-based addictions treatment program known as CBT4CBT. The pilot program will be run in Lennox Island and Abegweit First Nations communities. CBT4CBT is an award-winning Cognitive Behavioural Therapy developed at the Yale School of Medicine by Dr. Kathleen Carroll. In PEI,...
 
| News
Dedicated to making UPEI ‘destination of choice' for higher learning The University of Prince Edward Island's Board of Governors announced today that Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz has been reappointed to the position of President and Vice-Chancellor of the University for a second five-year term. 'Since joining UPEI, Alaa has worked tirelessly with the University community to...
 
| News
UPEI's Robertson Library and the Canadian Museum of History are proud to announce that the launch of a new website, bowingdownhome.ca, will take place at a series of events across the province in early April. The website is devoted to Prince Edward Island fiddling traditions. The launch parties, fittingly being held at community halls, will include presentations about the website,...
 
| Athletics
Gough, MacMillan, and Scott named Athletes of the Year UPEI's Department of Athletics and Recreation celebrated the 2014-15 season at the 46th annual UPEI Athletic Awards Gala on Saturday, March 28, recognizing outstanding student athletes who have excelled in sport, the classroom, and serving the community. The UPEI Alumni Association's Outstanding Athlete of the Year awards...
 
| Research
National Phase 3 clinical trials have begun for the most promising new stroke treatment in decades. Paramedics at five hospitals across the country are testing NA-1: a drug that had some of its most important early testing right here at UPEI by a team including Dr. Tracy Doucette, Dr. Catherine Ryan (Psychology), and Dr. Andrew Tasker (Biomedical Sciences). NA-1, which The Globe and Mail calls...