Students from UPEI's psychology honours program are working alongside Dr. Annabel J. Cohen, Professor, and AIRS (Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing) to conduct two research studies and are seeking assistance from the community. 'The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills' study is looking for approximately 150 participants, over the age of five, with no singing...

Since mid-November, more than 140 UPEI students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members have been collaboratively engaged in the Reflections & Future Directions visioning exercise. The UPEI community is invited to learn more about the progress of this campus initiative during a Campus Conversation on: Thursday, March 8 from 2:30 to 4:00 pm in The...

UPEI's women's hockey team claimed their first ever AUS hockey banner on March 4 during the AUS Championships in Halifax, NS. The team shocked fans and even themselves, when they downed the Mount Allison Mounties 3-0 to claim the AUS banner. Ranked fourth heading into the championship weekend, the Panthers fate came down to the semi-final game on Saturday, March 3, against the...

UPEI head coaches, Tim Kendrick, of the men's basketball team and Bruce Donaldson, of the women's hockey team were awarded AUS coaches of the year this week. AUS Coach of the Year: Tim Kendrick, men's basketball Kendrick, in his first year at the helm of the UPEI program, becomes the first Panthers men's basketball coach to be named AUS coach of the year since...

Trent Henry, UPEI Alumnus and current Canadian chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young LLP, delivered the keynote address during UPEI's 35th annual Business Society Luncheon on March 2. Henry intrigued the audience of students, community leaders, and the Island business community, as he mentioned the changing economy and today's trends, as well as his pride in UPEI and its alumni...

March is national colorectal cancer month, so help students from the University 100 program raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Come out to the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on Sunday, March 4 anytime between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm for "Brunch, Bids, and Butts." Get your fill at our Sunday brunch while perusing the lovely selection of goods available for you to win at our silent...

UPEI's executive MBA program offers a high-quality learning experience for working business professionals. Starting September 2012, classes will be offered bi-weekly on Fridays and Saturdays, with the option to complete the program in 20 months. Specialized streams of study are offered in Innovative Management and Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship. To learn more about the...

He has often been called Canada's finest living English-language poet. No, not Leonard Cohen. And you won't spot Don McKay garbed in urban black; rather, in a parka, watch cap or khaki fedora, and hiking boots on a headland trail on the Newfoundland coast. But Don McKay's poetic music, imagery, and metaphors are every bit as luxuriant, unique, and memorable as Cohen's, and...

The UPEI hockey teams and men's basketball team are competing in playoffs this week and will face some tough competition, but they're up for the challenge. The men's hockey team will once again face the top ranked reigning national champions, the UNB Varsity Reds, on Wednesday, February 29 at 7 pm at the MacLauchlan Arena. If the Panthers can come out with a win, they will...

Here's your chance to prove your spelling prowess. The UPEI Writing Centre is hosting its 2nd Annual Spelling Bee Smackdown on Tuesday, March 6, in the W.A. Murphy Centre's McMillan Hall. If you can spell "tchotchke" in 10 seconds or less, get your team together for some good old fashioned competition. We'd like to bring faculty, staff, and students together for an afternoon...