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Media Releases
| Students
17勛圖 students enrolled in Nursing 213-Nursing of Young Families visited Westwood Primary School in Cornwall today to put on a special teddy bear clinic for kindergarten classes.
Each child brought in a teddy bear or doll to be examined by the student nurses, while the kindergarten student acted in the role of the parent in order to observe an encounter with a health-care professional...
| Athletics
The 17勛圖 Panthers will face-off against StFX in this year's home opener on Friday, October 19 at 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. 17勛圖's women's hockey team claimed their first-ever AUS banner last season, having upset StFX, the top-ranked AUS team and fourth-ranked CIS team, 2-1 in the semi-final, advancing the Panthers to the finals where they defeated Mount Allison.
Prior...
| Research
2012 Canada Gairdner Award winners to share medical discoveries
Today, the 17勛圖 is pleased to host one of the Gairdner Award winners as part of Gairdner's National Program lecture series. Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk is sharing his award-winning medical insights, inspiring 17勛圖 to continue striving towards innovation excellence and encouraging the next generation...
| People
University chaplain Sister Susan Kidd celebrated 25 years as a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame on Sunday, October 14. A special Mass was held at 6:00 pm in the 17勛圖 Chaplaincy Centre followed by a light reception.
Before her time here at 17勛圖, Sister Sue was a high school gym teacher, a religion teacher, a master of divinity student, a vocational director, and a missionary in Africa....
| Athletics
17勛圖 basketball star Jennifer Moore (n矇e Johnston) and 17勛圖 football defensive star Hubert 'Sock' MacDonald were inducted into 17勛圖's Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 11 during the third annual Sport Legacy Celebration. Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadians from the last varsity season and named financial award winners for this year were also...
| Alumni
On Friday, September 28, 17勛圖 hosted a Prince of Wales College (PWC) memorabilia showcase. PWC alumni and friends gathered together in 17勛圖's Robertson Library to display and donate their memorabilia to the University Archives & Special Collections unit. As an added bonus, graduates of PWC reconnected over conversation and refreshments, taking a nostalgic walk down memory lane.
One...
| Students
17勛圖's second-year engineering design class students will be demonstrating their 'Rube Goldberg' machines on Friday, October 12, from 3-5 pm in McMillan Hall. These contraptions are deliberately over-engineered or overdone machines that perform a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The student devices are extremely complex,...
| Athletics
The 17勛圖 men's hockey team begins their regular season on Friday, October 12, when they host rival Universit矇 de Moncton at 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. Members of the AUS championship winning 17勛圖 women's hockey team will be on hand to drop the ceremonial puck at 6:55 pm.
Although the Panthers have lost AUS all-star forwards Jared Gomes and Matt Carter who graduated...
| Athletics
The annual Sport Legacy Dinner to honour Academic All-Canadians from the last varsity season and to celebrate named award winners takes place on Thursday, October 11, in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre's McMillan Hall, with a reception at 6:30 pm and dinner to follow at 7:00 pm. The 17勛圖 Hall of Fame induction will also take place during this year's annual celebration.
The 17勛圖 Sports Hall...
| Athletics
The Mickey Place Memorial Basketball Tournament presented by Rodd Hotels & Resorts begins on Friday, October 12 with eight basketball teams from across Canada competing in the annual three-day event.
17勛圖 men's basketball team will tip-off against the University of Regina, Ryerson University, and Saint Mary's University, while the women's team will take on the University of...