The Dr. Frances Gray Music Performance Competition 2015 Finals concert will be held Thursday, January 22nd at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI at 7:30 pm. This annual competition was recently renamed in honour of Dr. Gray's retirement from the UPEI Music Department. The six students chosen from the preliminary round to perform in the finals are: Rebecca Apps, soprano; Jillian Clow, mezzo...

The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of January 12-18 are Terrilyn Herrick, Women's Basketball; and Ellis Ffrench, Men's Basketball. UPEI Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. UPEI Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity...

The Premier of Prince Edward Island, along with the premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, announced on January 19, 2015 that they have signed a ten-year interprovincial funding agreement for the Atlantic Veterinary College. The Atlantic provinces have agreed to share in the funding for the ongoing operating and maintenance costs of educating students at the AVC....

The UPEI Human Performance lab seeks volunteers for a study on the protective effects of Curcumin (an ingredient in some curry spices) against muscle fatigue. Volunteers must be healthy, relatively fit, and between the ages of 18 and 45. The team is examining the effect of Curcumin and inflammation-inducing exercise on recovery after repeated bouts of downhill running. Participants must be able...

Congratulations to Island Studies Press and author Katherine Dewar for her book, Those Splendid Girls: The Heroic Service of Prince Edward Island Nurses in the Great War, making into Indigo's top picks for non-fiction! In Those Splendid Girls, Katherine Dewar tells the story of the more that 115 women from PEI who served as nurses in the First World War. They were full-blooded, complex...

This weekend will mark the fourth swimming competition for the UPEI Panthers this season. The meet will be hosted by UPEI at the CARI Complex Aquatics Facility, January 17-18. Teams from Dalhousie, Memorial, Acadia, UNB, and Mount Allison Universities will descend on Charlottetown for the two-day swim competition. The meet is an opportunity for AUS swimmers to test their preparation leading...

On Friday, January 16 at 7:30 pm, the UPEI Music Department Recital Series continues with the women's choral ensemble "Sirens" with Songs of the Sea. Songs of the Sea includes repertoire that combines themes of loss, remembrance, purification, mythology, and folklore. During the first half of the program, "Sirens" will guide its audience through the loss of a loved one at sea...

The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of January 5-11 are Anne Kiberd, Women's Basketball; and Tyler Scott, Men's Basketball. UPEI Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. UPEI Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity...

Linden MacIntyre, distinguished Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and novelist, will read from his new novel, 'Punishment,' on Monday, January 19, at 7:30 pm in the chapel of The Mount on Mt. Edward Road in Charlottetown. 'Punishment' is a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a...