The University of Prince Edward Island held its fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders ceremony today to acknowledge those who have contributed to the University in an exceptional way. This year's ceremony also featured a dedication and unveiling of the MacLauchlan Plaza to honour UPEI's fifth president from 1999-2011, President Emeritus H. Wade MacLauchlan. The 2013 founders...

UPEI's Winter's Tales Reading Series has always boasted a fantastic lineup of poets and fiction authors, and this year looks to be no different. To kick off the 2013 season, the talented Susan Glickman and Julie Bruck will give a combined reading on Thursday, September 26, at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, UPEI Main Building. These Montreal-raised poets have been working on and...

Panther fans are invited to come out this weekend to watch exciting university sport action. In addition to hosting the first Atlantic University Field Hockey Tournament this season on the UPEI Turf Field, the UPEI Panthers are at home for exhibition Women's Hockey play (versus University Ontario Institute of Technology) and regular league action in Women's Rugby (versus St....

In a statement issued today to campus, University of Prince Edward Island President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz announced that Dr. Miles Turnbull, Dean of Education has accepted the role of Vice-Principal Academic at Bishop's University, effective January 1, 2014. Turnbull will be the fifth person at the Lennoxville, Quebec university to hold this position. Dean Turnbull has agreed...

The University of Prince Edward Island will host approximately 750 Canadian Student Leadership Conference (CSLC) delegates and 250 advisors on Friday, September 20 from 12:30-2:00 pm for a campus tour, UPEI's 'Amazing Race,' and an evening concert at 7:00 pm by local musician Tim Chaisson. 'UPEI is thrilled to take part in this event and we look forward to...

The fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders Ceremony and the MacLauchlan Plaza Dedication will take place Wednesday, September 25 at 12:30 pm in front of UPEI's Health Sciences Building. The Prince Edward Island community is invited to take part in a ceremony to honour UPEI's rich heritage and traditions by acknowledging people who have contributed to the University in an...

The UPEI women's basketball team will host a fundraising golf tournament on Thursday, September 19 at the Rustico Golf & Tennis Resort. The first annual 'Hoops & Greens' Golf Classic will begin with check-in at 9:00 am and a shotgun start at 10:00 am. Teams of four can register for $400 per team which includes their green fee, post-round barbecue, on course...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation announces that former Women's Rugby All-Star Jaclyn (Coady) Carr will be recognized at Saturday's UPEI Women's Rugby home opener versus Saint Thomas University on MacAdam Field at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place. The special ceremony begins at 1:50 pm with kickoff at 2:00 pm. Each year one former rugby Panther is honoured and remembered because of...

The University of Prince Edward Island and the Georgetown Conference organizing committee have partnered to provide a set of free online learning modules on rural economic change. This learning community will provide background on some of the major issues on rural economic change in Atlantic Canada and set the stage for the conference, and stimulate online dialogue on rural economic change...

The horn of plenty will be very much in evidence when David Parker stars as the featured performer in the second UPEI concert of the season entitled 'A Cornucopia of Music.' Works for horn and piano by Saint-Saëns, Strauss, Dukas and Poulenc, and a solo for horn entitled Appel interstellaire by Messiaen will form part of the program. Pianist Frances Gray will perform solo in an...