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Media Releases

| Community

During UPEI Welcome Week from September 1–5, 2025, students will take part in a collaborative initiative titled “Becoming Sustainable Panthers.” 

| People

Read about UPEI's new recognition program, "Recognizing Remarkable Colleagues." Let’s celebrate the big and small wins that make our campus shine! 

| Athletics

UPEI’s Department of Athletics and Recreation raised over $19,000 on Friday, August 15, at the second annual “Women Leaders of Today Supporting Women Leaders of Tomorrow” Nine-Hole Golf Social at Fox Meadow Golf Course in Stratford. The funds raised will directly benefit UPEI’s eight female varsity teams.

| People

Inge Dorsey, recently retired coordinator of both the Bachelor of Integrated Studies and the University 100 programs, received a University Award for Exemplary Service at UPEI's annual Celebration of Colleagues on May 29, 2025.

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Climate-smart technology and policy are the main themes of Climate Forum 2025, hosted by UPEI’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation from August 18 to 20. 

| Research

Dr. Désirée Seib, assistant professor in the UPEI biology department, has been awarded the Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Chair in Human Health at the University, effective April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2028.

| University

President Wendy Rodgers will resume her town hall series for members of the UPEI campus community with an August Check-In and Update on Wedneday, August 20, 2025.

| People

Tyler Gallant, a sessional instructor in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE), received a University Award for Support of Student Success at UPEI's annual Celebration of Colleagues on May 29, 2025.

| Seminar/Conference

The fifth annual UPEI “Music and the Mind Maritimes: Access to Music Education” conference will take place on Wednesday, August 6, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142. 

| People

Dr. Trevor Jain, director of UPEI’s Bachelor of Applied Health in Paramedicine program, was among 25 individuals presented with the Order of St. John at a ceremony held in the Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, on Saturday, June 21, 2025.