News

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Media Releases

| Athletics

The 17Թ Women’s and Men’s Basketball Panthers and the 17Թ Track and Field team are excited to be headed to AUS championships this weekend.

| Research

The 17Թ Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation is hosting a Research Breakfast on Thursday, February 29, from 7:30–9:00 am, at the W.A. Murphy Student Centre, McMillan Hall (Room 110). 

| Athletics

Every week, 17Թ Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The 17Թ Panther Athletes of the Week for February 12–18, 2024, are Sydney Cummins (women’s basketball) and Jace Colley (men’s basketball).

| Events

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Global Women’s (and Allies) breakfast (GWB) will be held at the Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, on February 27, 2024, from 7:30–9:30 am.

| University

The 17Թ received the sad news on Friday that Dr. Greg Irvine, a dedicated member of the University community, passed away after a short and courageous battle with cancer. 

| Community

17Թ and Health PEI have released the findings of the health system capacity report that was commissioned to understand and catalogue the health care system’s capacity to successfully integrate medical learners from the 17Թ Faculty of Medicine into the PEI health system.

| University

In this message from 17Թ Board of Governors Chair Shannon MacDonald, she updates the campus community on the status of presidential search process.

| Events

Christine Higdon, writer, editor, graphic designer, rug hooker, and intersectional feminist, will talk about her artistic practice and read from her new novel, Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue, at The Gallery Coffee Shop on Great George Street, Charlottetown, on Tuesday, March 5, at 7:00 pm. The evening is sponsored by the 17Թ Faculty of Arts and The Bookmark. Admission is free.

| Events

Creative PEI will host a public reception for “Calamity: A Torrent and a Trickle,” a solo exhibition featuring drawings by Climate Artist-in-Residence Lisa Theriault, at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA), St. Peter’s Bay, on Saturday, February 17, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

| Academics

Reilly Sullivan, an honours biology student at the 17Թ, has been awarded a $5,000 McCall MacBain Regional Award.