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The 69´«Ã½Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of February 3-9 are Keirstin Visser, Women's Hockey; and Zachary Laustsen, Swimming. 69´«Ã½Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes in order to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports throughout the season. 69´«Ã½Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian...

The 69´«Ã½Department of Athletics and Recreation is excited to confirm that Lewis Page is returning for his 15th year as head coach for 69´«Ã½Men's Soccer as the University gets set to host the 2014 CIS Men's Soccer Championship from November 6 to 9. During the 2013-14 season, Page led both the men's and women's programs in a combined role as full-time head coach and...

The 69´«Ã½, along with the PEI Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the PEI Department of Health and Wellness, released today the results of the 2012-13 School Health Action Planning and Evaluation System (SHAPES-PEI) Provincial Student Health Profile. SHAPES-PEI gathers information from students in grades 5 through 12 about healthy eating,...

A new geovisualization tool created by researchers at the 69´«Ã½ (UPEI) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) demonstrates the effects of erosion and sea-level rise on Prince Edward Island's coastline and the potential vulnerable areas in the future. The tool, Coastal Impact Visualization Environment, or CLIVE, is a collaborative research initiative connecting UPEI...

The 69´«Ã½ is pleased to announce that the Senate and Board of Governors have recently endorsed "69´«Ã½Strategic Plan 2013-18," a document that will guide the University's endeavours over the next five years. UPEI's commitment to its students and to the University's long-term sustainability is clearly outlined in the plan which is the culmination of...

69´«Ã½Athletics and Recreation announced the details today regarding tickets for the 2014 Atlantic University Sport men's hockey playoffs that begin during the week of February 17. The 69´«Ã½Panthers are officially guaranteed a return to the playoffs, beginning with a quarter-final, 'best of three' series. The semi-finals and finals are both 'best of five' series. UPEI...

69´«Ã½Panther Suzanne Nicholson was awarded the prestigious 2013-14 Atlantic University Sport Student-Athlete Community Service Award at the 2014 Subway AUS swimming championshp banquet tonight in St. John's, NL. The Atlantic University Sport student-athlete community service awards recognize achievement in athletics, academics and community involvement. Nicholson, from Bedford, NS, is a fourth-...

The 69´«Ã½Panther basketball and hockey teams are partnering to proudly support the 69´«Ã½women's basketball ‘Shoot for the Cure' fundraiser. The seventh annual event takes place on Saturday, February 8 as the women's basketball team hosts CIS number two-ranked Saint Mary's Huskies at 3:00 pm. ‘Shoot for the Cure' is a national fundraising initiative by the...

Don Gayton, ecologist and award-winning nature and science writer, is writer-in-residence at 69´«Ã½during the week of February 3-8. He is being hosted by the English Department and Environmental Studies Program, with funding from The Canada Council for the Arts. He will give a public reading from his recent writings on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Public...

The 69´«Ã½Music Department is pleased to present the trio, Diomira, in performance on Tuesday, February 11 at 7:30 pm in UPEI's Dr. Steel Recital Hall as part of Debut Atlantic's Encore tour. Performing works composed by their founder Dinuk Wijeratne, Diomira's music explores Dinuk's hugely diverse cultural influences-from the Persian poetry of Omar Khayyam and the...