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This Saturday, April 22, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will be hosting a public reception to showcase the success of its Engineering students. The reception will take place at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel from 6:30 to 8:00pm. The event will begin with recognition of ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ's team of second-year students who won both the Atlantic and National engineering design competitions this spring. Caleb Curtis, Gabriel Landry, Daniel...

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ (ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ) was recently awarded $6 million in research funding through ACOA's Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). The two highly innovative research and development projects that received funding and#150; the Maritime Quality Milk project and the creation of the Atlantic Centre for Bioproducts Valuation and#150; further...

Internationally acclaimed novelist Catherine Bush will give a public reading from her fiction on Wednesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ. A book-signing and reception will follow. Her reading is co-sponsored by the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ English Department and the PEI Writers' Guild. Bush's second novel, The Rules of Engagement (2000), was a New York Times Notable Book, and a...

A team of students from the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ School of Business has carried off fifth place in EXCALIBUR, the Canadian University Tournament in Human Resources (HR). Students from 24 universities competed over two days recently to determine the top teams in Canada. Maritime universities submitted six teams but ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ was the only team to place in the finals. Conducted by the Human Resource Association of...

This summer, seven of ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ's thirty physics majors are heading to British Columbia to take job placements in two high-profile research labs. Three will be employed by the TRIUMF particle accelerator facility, one of only three such facilities at this level in the world. Four students will work at the National Research Council - Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA). The Institute manages...

Between January 2007 and May 2008, nine students from the Faculty of Arts at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will have the opportunity to study for a semester each at universities in Italy, Greece and Malta. Simultaneously, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will receive a complementary number of students from the Mediterranean universities. Funding for this opportunity has been awarded through the EU/Canada Cooperation Programme in Higher Education...

The 2nd Annual Lieutenant Governor's Award in Animal Care and Veterinary Medicine was presented during a gala dinner April 7 by Her Honour, The Honourable Myra A. Freeman, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. This year's award, which is sponsored by the Atlantic Veterinary College at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, was presented to Dr. Bob Curtis before a gathering of approximately 200 veterinarians, veterinary industry...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ and the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Faculty Association have reached an agreement that will see students return to classes on Thursday, April 6 following a two-week faculty strike. "We welcome this new five-year agreement as a platform for ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ's continued success," said ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ President Wade MacLauchlan. "The crucial factor in this success, and in this agreement, is a talented...

Aboriginal students attending ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ have access to a new award this year. The J. Elmer Hynes Aboriginal Student Achievement Award has been established by Elise Hynes in memory of her late husband to honour his deep commitment to the advancement of Aboriginal people. It will recognize students who distinguish themselves through leadership and academic accomplishment. A maximum of two awards of $...

The Prince Edward Island Population Secretariat, along with Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, released today a report on Recent Immigrants to Prince Edward Island (PEI). Dr. Baldacchino (himself an immigrant from Malta) compiled information from 320 individuals who settled on Prince Edward Island between 1998 to 2003 and who have, so far, stayed on the...