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Media Releases

 
| Music

The 2016 Dr. Frances Gray Performance Competition finals were recently held at the UPEI Department of Music. The judges for the final competition, Alan Reesor, Kelsea McLean, Kirsten MacLaine, Natalie Williams-Calhoun, and David MacDonald, are all well-known musicians and educators in PEI.

 
| Research

The Institute of Island Studies Lecture Series continues Tuesday, February 23, with a talk by Dr. Tiber F.M. Falzett, research associate at the Institute. His public lecture, 鈥Mar bhl脿th an fhe貌ir鈥 (鈥渓ike the flowering grass鈥), focuses on the oral and written interfaces in local Scottish Gaelic song composition on Prince Edward Island. The lecture takes place in UPEI鈥檚 SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge at 7 pm.

 
| People

The UPEI English Department is thrilled to announce that Children's literature and creative writing professor Deirdre Kessler has been named PEI's Poet Laureate.

 
| Atlantic Veterinary College

AVC鈥檚 Diagnostic Services Unit has received funding from Agriculture and Agri-Food to develop new diagnostic tests that are more effective, more sensitive, and less expensive for detecting bovine and swine viruses.

 
| Students

UPEI is accepting nominations until Friday, February 12 for the inaugural . The Diamond Awards celebrate students鈥 personal development and achievement outside the classroom by recognizing positive contributions to campus life and the external community. 

 
| Athletics

The UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of February 1-7 are Sam Sweet, Women鈥檚 Hockey, and Nelson Armstrong, Men鈥檚 Hockey. On a weekly basis, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes these talented student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 

 
| Athletics

With only four games remaining in the regular season, the UPEI Men鈥檚 Hockey Panthers face a tough test this weekend, as they look to solidify their playoff positioning. Having clinched postseason berths already, the Acadia Axemen (17-5-2) and the Saint Mary鈥檚 Huskies (15-7-2) travel to the Island鈥檚 capital with hopes of spoiling UPEI鈥檚 chances to compete for an AUS title.

 
 
| International

UPEI President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz signed two memorandums of understanding so far this week, with Chitkara University and Punjab Agricultural University, as part of an Ontario-PEI trade mission to India.

 
| People

The 91福利在线你懂的 extends its condolences on the passing of UPEI Founder John Joseph 鈥淛oe鈥 Revell after learning of his death yesterday after a brief illness. He was 80 years old.

 
| Athletics

UPEI Director of Athletics and Recreation Chris Huggan welcomed Marc MacDonald last week as the new operator of Panther Sports Medicine. The entire UPEI community was rocked last year when the Panthers beloved chief physiotherapist Ralph Manning passed away suddenly.