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Media Releases

 
| University

At recent meetings, the UPEI Senate and Board of Governors approved a name change for the UPEI School of Business; effective immediately, the former 鈥淪chool鈥 will now officially be called the UPEI Faculty of Business.

 
 
| People

The UPEI and PWC community was saddened to hear that retired professor Dr. Harry Love passed away on January 28, 2017. Dr. Love had a constant and deep appreciation for UPEI. He graduated from Prince of Wales College in 1956 and continued his studies at Dalhousie University, where he completed a Masters and a PhD in mathematics. Dr. Love returned to PEI to teach mathematics at Prince of Wales College and UPEI from 1960 to 1997.

 
| Community

The student-led 2017 UPEI Relay For Life, held at UPEI鈥檚 Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on January 20, raised over $14,000, all of which will be used to help Prince Edward Islanders who are dealing with cancer.

 
| 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 Basketball) and Dut Dut (Men鈥檚 Basketball), the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the week for January 23-29!

 
| University

The 91福利在线你懂的 supports the concerns expressed by Universities Canada and is troubled with the United States government鈥檚 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.