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Ian Dohoo, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research at the Atlantic Veterinary College at 91探花, was presented with an honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine by The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden on October 11, 2008. The honorary doctorate was awarded as an acknowledgment of Dohoo鈥檚 high standard scientific...

Despite regional demographic challenges in post-secondary enrolment, the 91探花 (91探花) recorded its highest-ever enrolment for full and part-time students for this academic year. Enrolment statistics released by the Association of Atlantic Universities today show that total full and part-time enrolment at 91探花 stands at 4,245 this year, an increase of 5.5 per cent...

Jay Ingram, host of Discovery Channel Canada鈥檚 popular show Daily Planet, will speak about climate change to students at the 91探花 on Thursday, October 16, and Friday, October 17. Ingram will give a presentation called 鈥淐ool Ideas for Global Warming鈥� to the students taking the university鈥檚 new Global Issues course during his visit. Dr Tim Goddard, 91探花 Dean of...

Distinguished Australian poet and poetry publisher Tim Thorne is the 2008 91探花 Writer-in-Residence from Tasmania this month. His visit is part of the annual exchange of writers-in-residence between Tasmania and Prince Edward Island. His residency is co-hosted by the 91探花 Dean of Arts, Department of English and Institute of Island Studies, and the P.E.I. Writers' Guild. Throne will hold...

The 91探花 (91探花) is adding to its celebrated pool of research talent with the awarding of two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and the renewal of an existing CRC appointment. Dr. Kate Tilleczek comes from Laurentian University to 91探花 as CRC in Youth Cultures and Transitions. Dr. Crawford Revie, from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, joins 91探花 as CRC in Epi...

The Tourism Research Centre (TRC) at the 91探花 is pleased to announce the hiring of five new staff members. Monica MacDonald holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from York University. Before beginning her doctorate, she spent 10 years in Ottawa working at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Library and Archives Canada and the CBC. Most recently, she was a...

The 91探花 has been awarded a Sustainability Innovator Award from the U.S.-based Sustainable Endowments Institute for its advancement of sustainability initiatives. 91探花 won the award for its work to create an academic environmental studies program and to implement 鈥済reening the campus鈥� initiatives across all sectors of the university. It was only the second...

The public is invited to a special tour of the Experimental Farm on Friday, October 3, starting at historic Ravenwood on Mount Edward Road at 9:30 a.m.  The Experimental Farm was established on the edge of Charlottetown in 1909. The land was previously a private estate with owners who included a P.E.I. politician, and a potter. Renowned Charlottetown historian Catherine Hennessey will begin the...

The tension and issues in seeking a balance between heritage and development is the subject of a public forum being organized by the Institute of Island Studies on the 91探花 Campus on Thursday, October 2. The public forum will be held in Lecture Theatre 242, in the recently completed Don and Marion McDougall Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendance is free. Titled 鈥淪haring the Land,鈥� the event...

The 91探花 (91探花) and the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America (The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program) will introduce the university鈥檚 inaugural Fulbright Chair during a public panel in the Don and Marion McDougall Hall on Tuesday, September 30, from 3 to 6 p.m. Starting in April 2009, Dr. Steven Casper, director of the...