UPEI's Lucy Maud Montgomery Institute (LMMI)'s 11th biennial conference-'L.M. Montgomery and War'-will take place June 25-29 in Charlottetown. The conference will include open discussions on war, conflict, the Canadian Home Front, gender roles, and more. Keynote speakers include distinguished historian Jonathan Vance; Montgomery scholar, LMMI founder, and...

UPEI sends its congratulations to editor Dr. Richard Lemm for the PEI Book Award for Riptides: New Island Fiction. The collection of 23 short stories, published by Acorn Press, took home the honour at the Atlantic Book Awards Gala in Charlottetown on Wednesday, May 21. Dr. Lemm is a professor of English at UPEI. Among the authors in the collection are several writers from the UPEI...

UPEI's Department of Education would like to extend special congratulations to its 84 Bachelor of Education Kindergarten graduates who crossed the stage on May 10. In 2010, kindergarten moved from private governance into the PEI public school system. Educators working in kindergarten at that time were given a unique opportunity to pursue a modified Bachelor of Education degree specialized...

The Honourable Gail Shea, Canada's Minister for Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Hon. Ed Holder, Minister of State for Science and Technology, formally announced today the awarding of a new Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Young Lives in Global & Local Contexts at the University of Prince Edward Island. The chair was awarded by the CRC Secretariat and Social Sciences and Humanities...

Join us for the launch of 'Some weather we're having! 2015 PEI Weather Trivia Calendar' written by Don Jardine and Dr. Adam Fenech and published by UPEI's Climate Research Lab. The launch takes place from 7-9 pm, May 20 at the Carriage House Beaconsfield Historic House in Charlottetown. Prince Edward Island history comes to life in this first-ever PEI weather trivia...

The University of Prince Edward Island conferred degrees, diplomas, and certificates on a record 1,006 graduates as they crossed the stage at convocation ceremonies on Saturday, May 10. The Class of 2014 and their proud families and friends gathered to celebrate in the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre for two ceremonies-the first beginning at 10:00 am and the second at 2:30 pm. Newly installed...

On Friday, May 2 UPEI hosted a brand new science camp-'Girls Get WISE' (Women in Science and Engineering) which aimed at exposing participants to hands-on science activities and career information, and attracting female students to science, engineering, and technology fields. The camp saw 52 students from grades 7-9 in attendance from schools all across Prince Edward Island....

UPEI Men's Basketball Head Coach Tim Kendrick is pleased to announce that six-foot-seven Milorad 'Miki' Sedlarevic will join the Panther Family for the 2014-15 season. Sedlarevic has played in the top European level for Union Olimpija Ljubljana U19 Euro league team, and was a finalist in the Slovenian All-Star Slam Dunk Competition in December 2013. He is now enrolled in the...

The annual Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)/UPEI Math Camp was another great success. The 12th annual event held May 2-4 is a national initiative that sponsors over 20 regional camps across the country. Math Camp is the Department of Mathematics and Statistics' major outreach initiative for interested students in grades 10 and 11 in PEI high schools. This year's event...

The University of Prince Edward Island's Board of Governors recently accepted the recommendation of the search committee for the Dean of the School of Business. Interim Dean and current faculty member Dr. Juergen Krause was the successful candidate and appointed as the Dean of the School of Business. 'I look forward to working with Juergen to continue to develop a number of...