The University of Prince Edward Island has been awarded a Sustainability Innovator Award from the U.S.-based Sustainable Endowments Institute for its advancement of sustainability initiatives. UPEI won the award for its work to create an academic environmental studies program and to implement “greening the campus” initiatives across all sectors of the university. It was only the second...

The public is invited to a special tour of the Experimental Farm on Friday, October 3, starting at historic Ravenwood on Mount Edward Road at 9:30 a.m.  The Experimental Farm was established on the edge of Charlottetown in 1909. The land was previously a private estate with owners who included a P.E.I. politician, and a potter. Renowned Charlottetown historian Catherine Hennessey will begin the...

The tension and issues in seeking a balance between heritage and development is the subject of a public forum being organized by the Institute of Island Studies on the UPEI Campus on Thursday, October 2. The public forum will be held in Lecture Theatre 242, in the recently completed Don and Marion McDougall Hall from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendance is free. Titled “Sharing the Land,” the event...

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America (The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program) will introduce the university’s inaugural Fulbright Chair during a public panel in the Don and Marion McDougall Hall on Tuesday, September 30, from 3 to 6 p.m. Starting in April 2009, Dr. Steven Casper, director of the...

The UPEI Alumni Association has issued a challenge to its members to raise $500,000 to name the 2009 Canada Games venue now being constructed on the UPEI campus. The association’s board unanimously accepted the challenge to raise the funds at its annual general meeting held today during UPEI’s second annual Homecoming Weekend. “The 2009 Canada Games venue will have a strong presence on campus...

The Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island is hosting the Constance MacFarlane Seaplant Symposium, from September 24 to 27, at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Named in honour of famous Island marine botanist Dr. Constance MacFarlane (1904 to 2000), the symposium will look at Prince Edward Island’s Irish moss industry, report on regional research and consider...

As part of its annual Homecoming Week, the University of Prince Edward Island will host its ninth annual Founders’ Day ceremonies on Friday, September 26, focusing on the heritage and evolution of the historic campus and some of the people who have played key roles in that process. “Founders’ Day is a great opportunity for alumni and the general public to see the many wonderful enhancements...

The Director of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) will visit the UPEI campus on September 23 to speak about the challenges of bringing new pharmaceuticals to market. Entitled “Perspectives on the Drug Development Process: Current Challenges for the Research-Based Industry,” the talk by Dr. Kenneth I. Kaitin runs from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the New Residence, Room 142. “In...

The UPEI Alumni Association hosted its 18th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards luncheon on Thursday, September 25, in Room 142 of the New Residence. This year, the Association honoured sports enthusiast Billy Mulligan (PWC’65), veterinarian Emery Leger (DVM’94), pentathlon Olympian athlete Kara Grant (B.Sc.’02) and engineer Ted Tam (SDU’69). The Distinguished Alumni Award was created in 1990;...

Dr. Benet Davetian, chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department, talks about civility in To Hell With Manners! The Decline of Civility, a documentary presented by CTV’s W-FIVE on Saturday, September 20, starting at 7 p.m. AT. A news release issued by CTV describes the documentary: Have we lost all respect for our fellow citizens, or should we blame it on our sped-up and chaotic lives? In...