The UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for November 16–22 are Jane McLaughlin, from Women’s Basketball, and Bradley States, from Men’s Basketball. UPEI Athletics and Recreation selects talented athletes each week to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 

Rebounding woes are a cause for concern for the UPEI Women’s Basketball Panthers, who look to return to the win column this weekend against the Cape Breton University Capers.

UPEI’s Centre for Health and Biotech Management Research (CHBMR) is piloting a new web-based addictions treatment program at sites across the province. 

There’s nothing like the weather as a conversation starter. “Some Weather We’re having!”, the 2016 Prince Edward Island weather trivia calendar, will help that banter.

Master of Arts in Island Studies scholarship-winners were announced at the second annual Island Studies Open House on Friday, October 30.

Dr. Dan Hurnik, professor of swine health management at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), has been honoured by the P.E.I. Veterinary Medical Association (PEIVMA) with the 2015 Prince Edward Island Veterinary Leadership Award.

The UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for the week of November 9–15 are Katelynn Donahoe, Women’s Basketball and Mavric Parks, Men’s Hockey. UPEI’s Department of Athletics and Recreation recognizes the outstanding play of a talented male and female student-athlete each week, showcasing their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. 

A two-metre tall Afghan war soldier’s memorial created by Canadian troops will be on display at the Nichola Goddard Annual Fundraising Dinner, taking place Saturday, November 14 at the APM Centre, in Cornwall, PEI. Colin and John-Angus MacDonald of The Trews will also be performing at the sold-out event that raises funds for the Nichola Goddard Foundation.

Dr. Heather Gunn-McQuillan, Director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, will give a community workshop titled “The Dollars and Sense of Pet Ownership” on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 7:00 pm in AVC’s Lecture Theatre A.

Below is a message from President Abd-El-Aziz that was issued to the campus community.

Dear students and members of the campus community,

As our days gradually get shorter, and with the announcement of Prime Minister Trudeau’s cabinet last week, we continue to reflect on the longest election campaign in modern Canadian history.