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| Alumni
Dr. Jason Pearson, an assistant professor of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science, has been awarded more than $40,000 by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) under its Leaders Opportunities Fund. Dr. Pearson's research specialty is in the area of quantum chemistry. He uses advanced computer modeling to simulate chemical reactions at the molecular and atomic level. 'This...
 
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Faculty, staff, and students are advised that if a decision is made at any time to close the UPEI campus, details will be made available as follows: Radio Stations: Announcements will be made on local radio stations by 7:00 a.m. if possible. Stations contacted will be: CFCY/Magic93, CBC Radio, Radio Canada, K-Rock, Ocean 100, and C102 (Summerside). ...
 
| Alumni
Dr. Joe Velaidum of the University of Prince Edward Island will grapple with the 'big' question--the meaning of life--during a provocative podcast on December 15. Entitled 'Attaining Spiritual Heights: The Meaning of Life and the Quest for Transcendence,' the podcast can be heard on December 15 at www.theglobeandmail.com/intellectual-muscle. UPEI is one of 25...
 
| Alumni
In the spirit of giving, business students at the University of Prince Edward Island recently donated over 600 non-perishable food items and $150 to the Upper Room Food Bank. In mid-November the UPEI Business Society issued a challenge to the undergraduate students in each year, the Master of Business Administration students and the faculty at the School of Business to a competition...
 
| Alumni
The Tourism Research Centre at UPEI has released a report that categorizes pleasure visitors based on the primary reasons for their trip to P.E.I. Based on results from the 2007/2008 exit survey, the report profiles visitors by six reasons for travel, including holidays/vacations; short getaways; visiting friends and/or relatives; visiting second home, cottage, condo; attending events,...
 
| Alumni
The public is invited to attend the launch of a documentary video and the opening of a photography exhibition about UPEI's Master of Education in Leadership in Learning program in Nunavut. The event takes place on Friday, December 4, at 4 p.m., in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium and Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. During a special Convocation in Iqaluit...
 
| Alumni
The cold wind blows. The long winter night creeps in. What better way to chase away the winter doldrums than an evening of ideas, discussion, and good cheer? When: Tuesday, December 1, 7 p.m. Where: Mavor's, Confederation Centre of the Arts Who: Dr. Joe Velaidum, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Director of the Centre for Christianity in Culture ...
 
| Alumni
The University of Prince Edward Island, through its community and institutional partnerships across PEI, throughout Atlantic Canada, and around the world, is building a strong foundation for a 21st-century success story. UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan delivered that message during his annual update, on November 26, to the campus community and members of the public. Through an...
 
| Alumni
The University of Prince Edward Island expanded its expertise in the areas of education and epidemiology with the addition of two Canada Research Chairs (CRC). Dr. Crawford Revie, CRC in Population Health: Epi-informatics, uses tools of informatics - hardware, software, databases, and other methods of storing large and complex sets of data - to help answer questions about how...
 
| Alumni
The public is invited to attend a research symposium about Prince Edward Island and the Chiloe Islands, off the coast of Chile, in the Main Building Faculty Lounge at UPEI on Monday, November 30, from 2-4:30 p.m. Entitled 'We are People of the Island,' the symposium is hosted by the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI. The featured speaker is anthropologist Manuel Munoz,...