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"Fast Optimization of the Radiation Therapy of Tumours- the Impossible Possible" is the title of a presentation by Dr. Pedro Goldman taking place at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ on Thursday, November 9, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm in the Duffy Amphitheatre. Interested members of the public are welcome to attend. Dr. Goldman is Director of the Graduate Program in Biomedical Physics and Chair of the Physics Department at...

ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Mathematics students brought home three of four top prizes from the Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences (APICS) 30th annual Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Conference hosted recently by Cape Breton University. The annual APICS conference brings together top Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science students from Atlantic universities to present their own research to...

This year ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ is celebrating 50 years of international students. In 1956, four students from Hong Kong came to PEI to study. International students have been an integral part of ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ's campus life and the PEI community. With a large group of new international students entering ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ this year, there is an opportunity for the PEI community to actively welcome and support these students from around...

PEI will now be home to a one-stop resource for tourism information and market intelligence thanks to the creation of a new Tourism Research Centre. The Tourism Research Centre will increase Prince Edward Island's tourism research capacity and help industry stakeholders take full advantage of tourism research findings. The centre will operate as an independent agency located within the University...

The Government of Canada today announced $2 million in funding as a capital contribution toward the development of the National Research Council Institute for Nutrisciences and Health (NRC-INH) on the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ (ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ) campus. Within the facility, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists and technicians will collaborate with ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ and NRC scientists to identify...

A new study led by Dr. Eric Richards of the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Department of Psychology is challenging some of our stereotypes about the capacity of older people to change. His research team has found that although our ability to carry out several activities at the same may diminish with age, multi-tasking can actually be re-learned through practice. The findings were published this week in the online edition...

A new Bachelor of Education Degree in Human Resource Development offered jointly by Holland College and the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will prepare students to teach in the field of Adult Education. The degree is unique, in that the skills and resources of both institutions have been blended to develop the curriculum and to deliver the program. The BEd (HRD) program, which starts this...

The much anticipated book, Chinese Islanders: Making a Home in the New World, by Hung-Min Chiang will be launched on Saturday, September 30 at Memorial Hall in the Confederation Centre of the Arts, from 7 to 9 pm. Dr. Hung-Min Chiang, originally from Taiwan, came to Prince Edward Island with his family in 1967. A student of world renowned 20th century psychologist Abraham Maslow, Dr. Chiang...

Neuroscience researchers may be one step closer to solving the mysteries of the devastating disease of epilepsy, thanks to a new development at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ. Epilepsy is a debilitating neurological disorder that affects over 50 million people worldwide It is characterized by abnormal electrical signalling in the brain that is thought to be due to inappropriate physical...

Third-year psychology student Sarah Simpson and political studies student Jason Arsenault are two of a growing number of ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ undergraduates who are enjoying opportunities to study and work in countries around the world. The students left ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ this week to begin three-month internships in South Africa that they will never forget. Working in conjunction with the University of KwaZulu-Natal in...