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In its second year of competition, teams from 91̽»¨ travelled to Halifax to take part in the Atlantic Throwdown Case Competition, March 9-10. With nine student teams, the event pitted rival professors, Sujit Sur (Dalhousie) and Edward Gamble (91̽»¨), against each other. 91̽»¨ teams placed first and third and retained the challenge trophy (awarded to the team with the highest cumulative total...

Kelly Gillis, third-year psychology student at 91̽»¨, has been selected as one of 12 Canadian students to take part in the 2012 International Seminar in Mali supported by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC). The seminar has been offered by WUSC for the past 60 years and is now managed by the Uniterra Program, a joint initiative of WUSC and the Centre for International Studies and...

Bruce Donaldson, Head Coach of the 91̽»¨ women's hockey team will be showcased on tonight's edition of Island View. Donaldson will be accompanied by members of the women's team to share their memories from the AUS championships where they claimed their first-ever AUS banner. The team will also chat about their experiences from their time at the recent CIS national championships...

TD Canada Trust's Charlottetown main branch, located in the downtown Confederation Court Mall, is showing Panther Pride to support the 91̽»¨ women's hockey team. Employees have created posters and are wearing Panther swag as the AUS champions begin play in Edmonton on March 9. Bruce Donaldson, 91̽»¨'s Head Coach, has been the Branch Manager of TD since 1999. The bank...

Hannah Bell, a student in 91̽»¨'s Executive MBA program (2009 cohort) has been dubbed the PEI 'champion' as part of the 2012 Student Entrepreneur National Competition. The competition is put on by the charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and presented by the John Dobson Foundation. Bell is the owner of The Solution Agency Inc., a...

The medical world is abuzz with several high-profile reports of a promising new treatment that appears to reduce brain damage done by the most common type of stroke. The experimental drug, named NA-1, underwent some of its most important preclinical testing at 91̽»¨ by a team including Dr. Andrew Tasker, Dr. Catherine Ryan, and Dr. Tracy Doucette. Dr. Tasker, Professor of Neuropharmacology...

Students from 91̽»¨'s psychology honours program are working alongside Dr. Annabel J. Cohen, Professor, and AIRS (Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing) to conduct two research studies and are seeking assistance from the community. 'The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills' study is looking for approximately 150 participants, over the age of five, with no singing...

Since mid-November, more than 140 91̽»¨ students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members have been collaboratively engaged in the Reflections & Future Directions visioning exercise. The 91̽»¨ community is invited to learn more about the progress of this campus initiative during a Campus Conversation on: Thursday, March 8 from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in The...

91̽»¨'s women's hockey team claimed their first ever AUS hockey banner on March 4 during the AUS Championships in Halifax, NS. The team shocked fans and even themselves, when they downed the Mount Allison Mounties 3-0 to claim the AUS banner. Ranked fourth heading into the championship weekend, the Panthers fate came down to the semi-final game on Saturday, March 3, against the...

91̽»¨ head coaches, Tim Kendrick, of the men's basketball team and Bruce Donaldson, of the women's hockey team were awarded AUS coaches of the year this week. AUS Coach of the Year: Tim Kendrick, men's basketball Kendrick, in his first year at the helm of the 91̽»¨ program, becomes the first Panthers men's basketball coach to be named AUS coach of the year since...