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Dr. James Taylor, of the University of Waterloo, will give a public seminar called What is dark matter? And why should we care? in the KC Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104, at ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ on Friday, March 20, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Taylor is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include dark matter, cosmological structure...

Imagine spending four weeks this summer in Cairo, Egypt. Imagine visiting the Pyramids, riding a camel, and exploring some of the world's most renowned sites, while earning credits towards your degree. Misr International University (MIU) in Cairo is offering a number of $5,000 scholarships to ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ students for its Middle East Studies Program, an interdisciplinary program consisting of a...

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Aboriginal Student Association, in partnership with the Native Council of PEI, will hold an event called Cultural Connections: Building Our Future Through Education on Friday, March 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the W. A Murphy Student Centre on campus. During the event, members of the local First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities will share their cultures through dancing,...

Graham Watts, a fourth -year student in the School of Business at the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, has won a prestigious Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business. A native of Montague, Watts is one of only six university students in Atlantic Canada to receive this honour. Other winners are from the University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's...

William E. "Bill" Andrew, a 1973 Engineering graduate of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´, has been reappointed as the Chancellor of the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ (ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´) for the next four years. Andrew was first installed as the university's seventh Chancellor on March 6, 2005, replacing philanthropist and journalist Norman Webster who served as Chancellor from 1996 to 2004. Andrew's...

A team of engineering students from the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ is off to the Canadian Engineering Competition from March 5 to 8 after placing second in the junior design division of the recent Atlantic Engineering Competition. This marks the fifth year in a row that ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ students have won the right to compete at the national engineering competition. Katie Hughes, Mandy McKenna...

ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´'s Island Studies program will present a public lecture by Bjarne Lindstrom, director of the Statistical Agency of the Aland Islands, on Wednesday, March 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Atlantic Veterinary College's (AVC) faculty lounge. Located on AVC's fourth floor, the lounge may be accessed via the elevators on the right at the far end of the college's main...

'Tomorrow is going to be amazing' is the theme of the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Business Society's 32nd annual business luncheon on March 13, starting with a reception at 11 a.m., in the Delta Prince Edward Hotel ballroom in Charlottetown For the first time ever, the event will feature a professional motivational speaker. Born and raised in Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Joe Sherren is an...

Two representatives from the Nunavut Department of Education visited ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ recently to develop plans for a unique Convocation ceremony to take place in Iqaluit on Canada Day. Twenty-one Inuit educators from nine communities scattered across all three regions will receive the first graduate degrees ever offered in their home territory. The degree is a Master of Education in Leadership in...

Internationally renowned Canadian singer Anne Murray, C.C., O.N.S., is one of four outstanding people who will receive honorary degrees from the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ at its convocation ceremonies on May 9, 2009. The convocation ceremonies will take place on Saturday, May 9, in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre, at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Murray will receive her degree and address...