Every year in February, UPEI celebrates Black History Month, an opportunity to reflect on the contributions, resilience, triumphs, and the legacy of Black Canadians who have shaped our society.

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Global Women’s (and Allies) breakfast (GWB) will be held at The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, on February 10, 2026, from 7:30–9:30 am.

Ten UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) teams, totalling 34 students, competed at the 2026 Atlantic Engineering Competition (AEC), held from January 17–19, 2026, at Dalhousie University’s Sexton Campus.

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and away. 

The UPEI Panther Source for Sports Athletes of the Week for January 19–25 are Grace Lancaster (women’s basketball) and Kyree Thompson (men’s basketball).

The clinical exam rooms in the UPEI Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Centre were designed to feel authentic, and AVC students using the rooms for the first time were blown away by the realism.

The University of Prince Edward Island has been named one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2026 by Forbes.

Two teams from the McDougall Faculty of Business Strategic Management course (BUS-3910), led by Dr. Jürgen Krause, recently presented their strategic solutions for meeting the 2040 net-zero electricity demand in PEI.

UPEI hosted a delegation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Environment Bureau and the Tokyo Climate Change Adaptation Center in Japan at its Charlottetown and St. Peter’s Bay campuses on January 21.

The 2026 theme for UPEI’s Data Privacy Week (January 26-30) is “Privacy is Everyone’s Business,” highlighting the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.