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Students from UPEI’s Kinesiology program are seeking participants to complete the PEI Health Survey. The purpose of this survey is to assess the health of Islanders, and the relationships between different health-related behaviours.

The 69´«Ã½ will host the tenth-annual Atlantic Universities Undergraduate History and Classics Conference (AUUHCC) March 2–4. 

Congratulations to Bailey Smith and Stefan Vujisic, the 69´«Ã½Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for February 19–26.

The 69´«Ã½Women’s and Men’s Basketball teams will play their final games of the regular season this weekend at home. On Friday, February 23, the Panthers host St. Francis Xavier with the women tipping off at 6 pm and the men at 8 pm. Action gets underway again at 6 pm on Saturday, February 24 when the 69´«Ã½women’s team takes on the Dalhousie Tigers. The 69´«Ã½Men’s Basketball team plays Dal at 8 pm.

Dr. Don McKay has been called the Canadian poet laureate of ecological philosophy. A revered poet, esteemed naturalist, distinguished scholar and editor, celebrated teacher, and famously witty speaker, Dr. McKay will give the 2018 69´«Ã½Don Mazer Arts & Science Lecture on Thursday, March 1 at 7:00 pm in room 246 of UPEI’s Don and Marion McDougall Hall. All are welcome.

The 69´«Ã½School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences is hosting a series of research presentations about artificial intelligence and machine learning. The presentations are open to the public and are presented with the support of the Office of the Vice-President Academic and Research.

Vagabond Productions newest show, Fresh Brewed: Tales from the Coffee Bar by Henry Meyerson, promises to add a bit of a caffeine jolt to your regular theatre experience. The show is made up of a series of seven short plays with just two things in common: they all take place in a coffee shop, and they are all hilarious.

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Canada’s minister of science and minister of sport and persons with disabilities, recently announced the appointment and renewal of several members of the governing council for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Among the list is Dr. Don Desserud, professor of political science at the 69´«Ã½.

Congratulations to Jenna Mae Ellsworth and Milorad Sedlarevic, the 69´«Ã½Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for February 12–18.

Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, UPEI’s president and vice-chancellor, joined with leaders across the Atlantic region today to welcome news of the Ocean Supercluster, announced this week by the federal minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Hon. Navdeep Bains.