By: Dr. John VanLeeuwen, Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI

The 2017 Farmers Helping Farmers-AVC three-week senior veterinary student course in Kenya was a resounding success. Over 500 smallholder dairy farmers received education and services in cattle health management; over 650 animals were given individual treatments or health management interventions; and another 130 animals were treated for identified health concerns.

Dr. Alfonso López, professor emeritus, and Dr. Shannon Martinson, assistant professor, AVC’s Department of Pathology and Microbiology, are authors of a chapter in the recently published sixth edition of Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease.

Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, President and Vice-Chancellor of UPEI, joined Premier H. Wade MacLauchlan's mission to China. 

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS) at UPEI recently held its fourth annual Pi Day event. 

Newpy, a social networking app created by fourth-year UPEI Business student Erin O’Halloran and her sister Alana, won the top national prize at the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) Breakthru competition.

The UPEI Wind Symphony presents its final performance of the 2016-2017 academic year featuring a diverse set of pieces designed to showcase the colour of the modern wind band.

UPEI’s Faculty of Business sent two teams to the Alberta Not-For-Profit Association (ANPA) Case Competition, and one came home with second-place honours. 

UPEI’s Department of Athletics and Recreation invites you and your family to an open house to celebrate the grand opening of new fitness studios in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre! 

UPEI President and Vice Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz joined Universities Canada and colleagues from across the country in commenting on the federal budget tabled by the Honourable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, in the House of Commons on March 22, 2017.

Four faculties at the University of Prince Edward Island have announced a joint initiative that will support efforts to indigenize the curriculum. This is another step being undertaken by the University to honour its commitment to the recommendations and calls to action in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report.

The Faculty of Education, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, and School of Nursing will create The Sisters’ Teaching and Knowledge Garden, a place where ancient seeds of knowledge are planted and where new knowledge is sown and grown.