Research News and Events
Read about upcoming and past 17吃瓜 Research news and events!
Dr. D茅sir茅e Seib, assistant professor in the 17吃瓜 biology department, has been awarded the Jeanne and J.-Louis L茅vesque Research Chair in Human Health at the University, effective April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2028.
Dr. Xander Wang, Professor in the 17吃瓜 School of Climate Change and Adaptation and Director of the Climate Smart Lab at the 17吃瓜 Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, received a University Research Excellence Award on May 29.
Lucy Li, a Master of Environmental Sciences student at 17吃瓜 and a member of the 17吃瓜 Climate Smart Lab, is seeking participants for a survey study about the mental health impacts of coastal erosion.
17吃瓜 has awarded internal research grants totalling $83,964 in 2025 to 12 faculty members.
Dr. Ling Li, a post-doctoral fellow in the 17吃瓜 Faculty of Education, was awarded a Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship for a study to evaluate the 鈥淧yramid to Retention: Supporting Educators to Enhance Social and Emotional Competencies in Infants and Young Children.鈥�
The 17吃瓜 Department of Religious Studies will present Theology on Tap on March 4, 2025, at 7:00 pm, at the Salvador Dali Cafe, The Arts Hotel, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown.
The 17吃瓜 Office of Commercialization, Industry, and Innovation (OCII) held a successful research networking day on Thursday, October 17, in the Performing Arts Centre and Residence.
Four 17吃瓜 researchers have received funding from PEI鈥檚 2024 Climate Challenge Fund: Dr. Kuljeet Grewal, Dr. Stephanie Shaw, and Dr. Yulin Hu, all of the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering, and Dr. Xander Wang, School of Climate Change and Adaptation.
Dr. Margie Burns, an assistant professor in the 17吃瓜 Faculty of Nursing, is leading a research study about the experiences of Two-Spirit, transgender, gender-diverse, and non-binary (2STGD+) people seeking and accessing gender-affirming health care on PEI/Epekwitk.
Seventeen 17吃瓜 researchers are included in the latest edition of the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% of Scientists List, which provides a nuanced picture of scholarly influence, measuring both career-long achievements and single-year impacts.
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