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The PEI Food Security Network (with campus members Leo Cheverie and Jennifer Taylor) is hosting a "Kitchen Table Talk" on Tuesday, October 26 beginning at 4 pm in the Dalton Hall Dining Room in association with World Food Day. World Food Day is observed across Canada and is an initiative of the Peoples Food Policy Project. The PEI Food Security...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ has launched a private company to service and complement technology developed by the Robertson Library. DiscoveryGarden Inc. will provide service for Islandora-open-source software for the long-term management and archiving of digital information. 'Over the past two years the Islandora software has evolved into a leading open-source digital...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ will host the best female student-soccer athletes in the country when the 2010 CIS Women's Soccer Championship takes place November 11-14 in Charlottetown. Ron Annear, Athletics director at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ, says, 'We are thrilled to be welcoming the top soccer players in the country to our world-class facilities at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ for what will be a very...

Via Canada NewsWire Duncan Shaw earns top spot as Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Ernst & Young recognizes innovative Canadian entrepreneurial leaders HALIFAX, October 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Duncan Shaw of Cogsdale has been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 for the Atlantic region. "The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Atlantic Canada, as our...

The ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ was named number one today in two major categories in Re$earch Infosource's annual report on research activity at Canadian Universities. The report, which included a special look back on the past decade of research, named ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ the top university in Research Income Growth from 1999 to 2009 and for Research Intensity Growth over the same period. ...

In light of the recent deaths of gay youth in the United States due to bullying, the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Diversity Office, the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Rainbow Alliance, the PEI Abegweit Rainbow Collective, and AIDS-PEI are hosting an open Candlelight Vigil on Wednesday, October 20 at 7:00 pm in front of Main Building (the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Quad). This event is part of the "Day of Purple", inspired by the recent suicide of...

The portraits of ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ's first four presidents were unveiled in chronological order of the presidents' service and leadership at a well-attended ceremony on Thursday, October 14 in the Robertson Library: Dr. Ronald J. Baker, 1969-1978 Dr. Peter P.M. Meincke, 1978-1985 Dr. C. W. J. Eliot, 1985-1995 Dr. Elizabeth R. Epperly, 1995-1998 Painted by Saint John,...

Canadian journalist and author Gwynne Dyer will speak at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ on Tuesday, October 19 as part of his cross-Canada university and college tour. The event will take place in the Learning Commons at the Atlantic Veterinary College starting at 7 pm. Sponsored by the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Faculty of Arts, Dyer's lecture will focus on his new book, out this fall, 'Crawling from the Wreckage'...

Charlottetown, PEI (October 14, 2010)- ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ Men's Hockey coach Forbie MacPherson will have a chance to see how his team responds when the Panthers host their season opener October 15 against the UNB Varsity Reds-the number one-ranked university team in Canada by Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). Game time is 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. 'UNB is the best CIS team in...

Charlottetown, PEI (October 14, 2010) - Enrolment has hit an all-time high at the ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ (ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ), following a number of years of steady increases. The latest report from the Registrar's Office indicates that there are 4,600 full-time and part-time students at the Island's only university, compared to 4,435 last year and representing a 3.7 per cent...