17吃瓜

The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the 17吃瓜, is pleased to announce its 2024 Webinar Series.

On March 14 at 3 pm, the campus community is invited to MacLauchlan Arena (Rink A) at the Bell Aliant Centre to watch faculty and staff take on the 17吃瓜 Women's Hockey Panthers in a fun fundraising game.

Duy Anh Nguyen, a Master of Science student in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering under the supervision of Dr. Trung Dung Ngo, professor of robotics and intelligent systems, received the Best Student Paper Award during the 16th IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration.

Dr. Marya Ahmed, associate professor of chemistry at 17吃瓜, has received a total of $180,000 for a project to improve the prolonged storage of human tissues and genetic material.

Vagabond Productions will present Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory from March 13鈥�16, 2024, in the theatre in the 17吃瓜 Performing Arts Centre. The doors open at 7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm curtain. Admission is 鈥減ay-what-you-can.鈥�

Tara MacLean, renowned PEI singer-songwriter and author of the best-selling memoir, Song of the Sparrow, will give a talk and read from her memoir in conversation with Dr. Richard Lemm, professor of English, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 7:00 pm in the 17吃瓜 Performing Arts Centre. She will also lead a memoir writing workshop, 鈥淲riting with Ghosts鈥擜 Guide to Excavating Memories,鈥� on Saturday, March 30, 2024, from 9:30 am鈥�1:30 pm in SDU Main Building, Room 213, on the 17吃瓜 campus.

In a message to the campus community, Dr. Greg Keefe, Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, expresses his concern about the impact of the federal government's cap on international students on the University and its students.

The 17吃瓜 Department of Music will celebrate Canadian women composers at a faculty recital on International Women鈥檚 Day鈥擬arch 8鈥攁t 7:30 pm on the SDU Stage, Dr. Steel Recital Hall. 

17吃瓜 has a unique opportunity and duty as the provincial university to be part of the long-term solution to improve the current health-care system. Twenty undergraduate medical learners will begin their studies at 17吃瓜 in August 2025 as part of a regional campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine. The timeline for this initiative mirrors that of other regional campuses being developed across the country.

In a message issued on March 5, Shannon MacDonald, chair of the 17吃瓜 Board of Governors, invited the campus community to attend upcoming fireside chats with the finalist candidates for the 17吃瓜 presidential search.