News

A chronological list of ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® media releases. Enter keywords in the "search" box to find applicable releases.

Media Releases

| University

In the 2024–2025 operating budget, the University is making substantial investments in employees, particularly those involved with providing frontline services to students, staff, and faculty.

| University

Read the message from Interim President Keefe about ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®'s 2024–2025 operating budget that was emailed to students, staff, and faculty on April 2, 2024. 

| Atlantic Veterinary College

Faculty and staff of the biomedical sciences department at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) ladled out generosity and conversation to hundreds of hungry students at the ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® (¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®) in February. 

| University

The ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Office of Health, Safety, and Environment has provided information to the campus community about viewing the upcoming total solar eclipse safely. 

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Dr. Brent MacLaine will launch a new poetry book called A Skeptic in Springtime on April 24, 2024, at 7 pm, in the Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building, ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®.

| Students

Samuel Harding, a third-year Bachelor of Business Administration student at the ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®, has won a prestigious Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies valued at $45,000.

| University

The ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® Board of Governors approved the  at a special meeting of the Board on March 27, 2024.

| Academics

Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities, recently received a 2024 PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation Award for his book, Time Flies: A History of Prince Edward Island from the Air.

| People

¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® is saddened by the passing of Dr. Theresa Bernardo, the first graduate student at the University, on March 13, 2024. 

| Special Event

The ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ® community is invited to the installation ceremony on April 5, 2024, for ¾«Í¯ÓûÅ®'s next Chancellor, the Honourable Diane F. Griffin.