AVC's 2016 Open House on Saturday, September 24, was a great success, attracting about 2,800 people of all ages. 

The welfare of sheep is the focus of the Atlantic Veterinary College’s 2016 Animal Welfare in Practice conference from September 30 to October 1. 

UPEI Student Affairs and the International Relations Office are hosting a public panel discussion to help address the issue of drink tampering and what to do if you suspect your or your friends’ drinks have been drugged. The event will take place on Tuesday, October 4 from 6–8 pm at McMillan Hall in the W. A. Murphy Student Centre.

Dr. Michael van den Heuvel, an environmental scientist based at the University of Prince Edward Island, is playing a lead role within the internationally acclaimed Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI), which, in the lead up to World Rivers Day on September 25, is releasing a report highlighting its first 15 years of achievements. 

The Panther men’s and women’s soccer teams play their “second” home-openers of the season this Saturday against Dalhousie. 

UPEI’s Dr. Shannon Murray was part of a delegation to the British House of Lords for the official launch of the International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (IFNTF). 

Dr. Gina Mercer, a celebrated poet, creative writing mentor, magazine editor, and scholar from Tasmania will be the UPEI Writer in Residence for the month of October. She will give a writing workshop and a public reading. Dr. Mercer’s reading will be on Tuesday, October 4, at 7:30 pm in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building on the University of Prince Edward Island campus.

This gifted storyteller will read from her new work in a Winter’s Tales presentation on Tuesday, October 11, at 7:30 pm in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building. 

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. Congratulations to Jeremy Thompson (Cross Country) and Holly Jones (Women’s Rugby), the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the week for September 12-18!

UPEI’s UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability and the UPEI Climate Research Lab will co-host a public forum on climate change adaptations and islands.