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Media Releases

| Research

UPEI has awarded Internal Research Grants (IRG) to six outstanding members of the research community.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

A project to develop an early warning system for identifying complex gill disease on salmon farms, led by Dr. Mark Fast, professor of fish health and immunology, Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, has received $4.7 million in funding through Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP).

| Research

The School of Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI will host a series of free webinars on climate change.

| Career/Postgraduate

The UPEI Experiential Education Department and UPEI Career Services are hosting the annual Career Fair for students and alumni on Wednesday, March 10.

| Research

A research project by Dr. Marya Ahmed, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Prince Edward Island, is being supported by the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers of Research Fund (NFRF).

| Athletics

When Mike Peterson agreed to return as UPEI’s cross country head coach in the summer of 2019, his first order of business was to retain Prince Edward Island’s best talent.

| University

The University of Prince Edward Island updated students, faculty, and staff following the March 3 announcement by the PEI Chief Public Health Office (PEI-CPHO) regarding COVID-19 measures.

| Research

The province of Prince Edward Island announced the recipients of its Climate Challenge Fund on Thursday, February 25.

| University

The University issued an urgent update to students on Sunday, February 28, 2021, outlining new COVID-19 measures that were implemented in response to the Province of PEI moving to a modified red alert level for 72 hours.

| Athletics

UPEI was well represented in the list of winners at the 47th annual Sport PEI Amateur Sport Awards ceremony.