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Media Releases

| Research

Eight researchers at the University of Prince Edward Island have been awarded over $1.6 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) 2023 discovery grant and research tools and instruments grant competitions.

| Events

Award-winning poet, nature and environmental author, conservation activist, and the 2023 UPEI writer-in-residence Harry Thurston will read from his new poetry collection, Ultramarine, on Wednesday, September 27, at 7:30 pm at the Gallery Coffee Shop and Bistro, 82 Great George Street, Charlottetown. This free event is sponsored by the UPEI Faculty of Science and Faculty of Arts and The Bookmark.        

| Atlantic Veterinary College

Dr. Megan Jones, of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), couldn’t believe she had a great white shark on her post-mortem table.

| Athletics

As they enter the 2023 season, the UPEI Women’s Soccer Panthers are optimistic that this year their playoff hopes and dreams will become reality.

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers women’s and men’s soccer teams are looking forward to its first homestand of the season this weekend at the UPEI Artificial Turf Field.

| Special Event

The inaugural Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy will take place at the UPEI Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday, September 5, at 4:00 pm.

| Athletics

With a fresh start and outlook, the UPEI Panthers are looking ahead to bigger and better things in 2023.

| Students

New Student Orientation (NSO) takes place at the University of Prince Edward Island from September 1– 9, 2023, at various campus locations. 

| Research

Students participating in the 2023 UPEI Student Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) presented their posters on August 23 in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering Building.

| Athletics

The UPEI Women’s Soccer Panthers have secured a commitment from Campbell River, British Columbia native Hannah Loeb for the 2023–24 season.