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On Thursday, April 3, 17³Ô¹Ï's annual Engineering Expo participants educated attendees, including approximately 200 junior high and high school students on their innovative designs, and on the exciting field of engineering. The event was open to the public, with students from the PEI Science Fair also attending for special tours of the event, and to learn more about engineering at 17³Ô¹Ï. First...

17³Ô¹Ï Athletics and Recreation celebrated its 45th year by recognizing outstanding student athletes at the annual 17³Ô¹Ï Athletics Awards ceremony held at the PEI Brewing Company in Charlottetown. The 17³Ô¹Ï Alumni Association's Outstanding Athletes of the Year awards went to women's soccer star Sarah Stanley and men's hockey standout Reggie Traccitto. In her fourth year, Stanley, a...

On Thursday, April 3, more than 200 young scientists from 30 schools across the Island will come together in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre on the 17³Ô¹Ï campus to participate in the 2014 PEI Science Fair. The theme of this year's fair is 'Science Matters.' For some students, this will be their first science fair experience, but for many, it will be a return engagement. Students...

UPDATE: Please note this event has been postponed due to weather. The discussion will be held Tuesday, April 8 at 7 pm at the Pourhouse, above the Old Triangle Irish Alehouse. At the next Research on Tap, join us for a discussion about the bloody history of free blood in Canada. Dr. Sarah Glassford, assistant professor of history at 17³Ô¹Ï, will lead a discussion entitled 'Blood: It's...

The 17³Ô¹Ï installed its eighth Chancellor, Dr. Don McDougall, during a ceremony today at McMillan Hall in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. McDougall was unanimously selected and replaces 17³Ô¹Ï's seventh Chancellor William E. 'Bill' Andrew who served from 2005-2013. As Chancellor, McDougall will become the University's voluntary titular head...

The Enactus (Entrepreneurial Action Us) 17³Ô¹Ï team travelled to Halifax earlier this month to compete in the 2014 Enactus Canada Regional Exposition. The team received second place in the Scotiabank EcoLiving Challenge for its ‘Treeternity' project, which focuses on education and the development of tree planting. 17³Ô¹Ï students Brandon Higginbotham and Josh Mohan presented the team...

The 17³Ô¹Ï Wind Symphony will perform its final recital of the academic year on Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 pm at 17³Ô¹Ï's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. This has been a particularly busy and musically rewarding year for the Wind Symphony with highly successful performances throughout the fall and winter. This recital will feature contemporary works for the modern wind band, the centerpiece of which...

The University of Prince Edward extends its condolences to the family and friends of Dr. David McKenna, member of the 17³Ô¹Ï Board of Governors, alumnus, and well-respected Island optometrist, who passed away suddenly this week while travelling in New Zealand. Dr. McKenna served as Chair of the Board of Governors Appeals Committee as well as on a number of other Board committees. 'On behalf...

The University of Prince Edward Jazz Ensemble will present its end of semester concert on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in 17³Ô¹Ï's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. The "Big Band" sound of Count Basie will be featured on jazz standards including "Shiny Stockings," "April in Paris," and "The Spirit is Willing." The Jazz Ensemble has again invited 17³Ô¹Ï voice students...

The PEI Urban Red Fox Research Project recently hit a major crowd-sourcing milestone when it received its 2500th fox sighting to its website upei.ca/redfox. Since the fall of 2012, Islanders have been logging on to upei.ca/redfox to report their sightings of red foxes. These reports provide researchers with an important source of data that helps them better understand the fox population and how...