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In a campus message, President Keefe expressed condolences on behalf of the University to the family, friends, colleagues, and students of Dr. Benet Davetian, associate professor of Sociology, who passed away on June 25, 2022.

Three ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú faculty members have recently been awarded funding by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). 

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Women’s Basketball is bringing back a fan-favourite player. Guard Karla Yepez will rejoin the Panthers this fall after two years away from U SPORTS competition, hoping to recapture the magic of the team’s successful 2019–20 season.

In a message to the campus community, President Keefe announced that the Electoral Board for the Chancellor unanimously approved the reappointment of the Honourable Catherine Callbeck for an additional one-year term.

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú and the Prince Edward Island Humane Society (PEIHS) have partnered on a new study that will examine how early adoption age impacts kitten health and behaviour.

Over the past two years, researchers at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú have garnered more than $1.6 million in discovery and discovery development grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 
 

In an update that was emailed on July 19, 2022, faculty and staff were advised that University negotiating teams have been collective bargaining over the last ten weeks with the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Faculty Association (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿ÚFA), IBEW 1928, and CUPE 1870.

In his message to the campus community, President Keefe encouraged students, faculty, and staff to celebrate Pride by embracing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and all that makes each of us unique, including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. 

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú will hold its annual Summer Reunion Weekend in person from Thursday, July 28, to Saturday, July 30, after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The weekend will feature events for alumni from Saint Dunstan’s University, Prince of Wales College, and ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú.  

A red oak tree has been planted on the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú campus in memory of the late Daryl Guignion, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú Founder, long-time faculty member, and dedicated conservationist and biologist. The tree, planted by the PEI Wildlife Federation, was dedicated during a ceremony at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù·½Èë¿Ú on Wednesday, July 13.