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ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ is glad to share the news that Dr. Sobia Ali-Faisal has been appointed as the new Director of EDI and Human Rights for the University, effective May 21, 2024, and that Patti Wheatley has been appointed as the new Human Rights Counsel for ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, effective June 3, 2024. 

In this message to the campus community, Board of Governors Chair Shannon MacDonald gives an update on the external review of board governance at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ.

Dr. Angelina Weenie, from Sweetgrass Nation, Saskatchewan, has been appointed dean of the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies (IKERAS) for a five-year term effective July 1, 2024.

On Wednesday, April 10, six ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ student teams pitched their business concepts in front of a live audience for a share of $62,000 in prize money during the annual MacLauchlan Panther Pitch Competition. The competition for entrepreneurial undergraduate and graduate students is coordinated each year by ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Student Entrepreneurship Hub and is part of the Harry W. MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program.

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Panthers Cheer Team ended their season on a high note, becoming national champions for the third consecutive year after competing at the Collegiate Median National Championship division of the CheerExpo National Cheerleading Championship 2024. The event took place from April 5 to 7 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ awarded research grants totalling $62,788 to 13 faculty members in 2024. Five received internal research grants (IRG), six Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Explore research grants (SERG), and two Lévesque human health internal research grants.

Ant-inspired robots, the experiences of temporary foreign workers on PEI, and modelling for energy efficiency cost savings for property owners were the focus of prize-winning 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) presentations by ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ graduate students on April 11, 2024.

University students from across Atlantic Canada learned about environmental research taking place in the region during the 2024 Science Atlantic Environment conference hosted by ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Environmental Studies program last month.

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Department of Alumni and Engagement hosted a social night on Tuesday, April 9 at the Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The event was held to help welcome the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Class of 2024 to the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ alumni family and was open to all 2024 graduates and ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, Saint Dunstan’s University, and Prince of Wales College alumni.

In February 2024, the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Engineering Brigades Club traveled to Honduras where they designed a water system for the rural community of La Brea.