The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to congratulate Dr. Étienne Côté on being invested as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Sarah Freeburn, a fourth-year student in UPEI’s Diversity and Social Justice Studies program, has been awarded a 2022 3M National Student Fellowship Award by STLHE (Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education).

In a message to the campus community, President Keefe provides an update on the activities of the Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies.

AVC surgical and cardiology teams performed AVC’s first ever atriotomy under inflow occlusion - a technique used for open-heart surgery in which all venous flow to the heart is temporarily interrupted.

Three UPEI research projects have received funding through the Government of PEI’s Climate Change Challenge Fund.
 

UPEI will observe the National Day of Mourning by flying the flags near Kelley Memorial Building and at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place at half-mast. 

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to announce that Dr. Gary Conboy, professor emeritus, has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Atlantic Award of Excellence in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care.

UPEI Cross Country announces that 18-year-old Benji Dueck from Morden, Manitoba will join the team this fall and study kinesiology.

The following is a media release issued by the City of Charlottetown on April 20, 2022:

The City of Charlottetown, in partnership with the Town of Stratford and the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), has launched Climate Trackers—a new citizen-science based sustainability initiative. 

A multidisciplinary team at the University of Prince Edward Island made up of experts in climate change, gene sequencing, agriculture diseases, and precision agriculture has received $20,000 in funding from Genome Atlantic for a research project titled “Identification of Climate-Resilient and Wart-Resistant Potato Varieties for PEI.”