UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced this week the extension of women's basketball head coach Greg Gould to an additional three-year contract, through to the end of the 2015-16 season. Gould joins men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick as the second coach this year to sign a three-year extension at UPEI. 'Having Greg sign for a longer term to lead the women...

They are as connected to the Prince Edward Island identity as red pigtails and sandy beaches-lupine flowers burst into colourful blossoms just as the Island summer hits its peak. A UPEI research project is looking for input from the public to help answer questions about the genetics of this iconic flower. 'We're accustomed to seeing big patches of lupines along the roads...

UPEI men's hockey head coach Forbes MacPherson is pleased to announce the addition of right winger Cody McNaughton, who scored 81 career goals with the Ontario Hockey League's Guelph Storm. McNaughton, a 5'10,' 180-lb native of Pembroke, Ontario, is the Storm's career leader in games played. His high-energy and feisty style made him a fan favourite in Guelph...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced Scott MacDonald will join the men's basketball program as an assistant coach, effective immediately. The position opened recently when former assistant coach Pat Havard was selected as Crandall University men's basketball head coach. MacDonald brings with him plenty of coaching experience at various PEI levels-ten years in the PEISAA at...

On Thursday, June 27, the UPEI Campus Art Committee and the Aboriginal Survivors for Healing (A.S.H.) Inc. unveiled a memorial cabinet display that will be housed in UPEI's Robertson Library. The display pays tribute to the Shubenacadie residential school survivors living on PEI and memorializes former students who have since passed on. 'As part of our commemoration...

As June comes to a close, Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino completes his 10-year appointment as the Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. Dr. Baldacchino becomes the first scholar at UPEI to complete the maximum two terms as a Canada Research Chair. His legacy in this position is one that will last for years to come. Dr. Baldacchino's 10 years at UPEI has...

UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced this week the contract signing of men's basketball head coach Tim Kendrick to a three-year extension through to the end of the 2015-16 season. 'We're very excited to make this announcement,' said UPEI Athletics and Recreation Director Bill Schurman. 'Tim has done a great job turning the program around to take annual...

UPEI women's rugby head coach Shannon Atkins will be an assistant coach with the newly formed Team Atlantic senior rugby team competing in this weekend's National Women's League Championships in Vancouver. 'This has been a large commitment as the team is based out of Halifax and there have been trial and training weekends leading up to this event,' said Atkins....

UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced today that field hockey head coach Sheila Bell has requested a leave of absence from the 2013 season due to sustaining a workplace concussion in November of last year. During her time as head coach for the past four seasons, Bell guided the Panthers to a Maritime Field Hockey Championship, as well as three second-place finishes. 'Concussions need time...

UPEI clarinet professor Karem J. Simon will collaborate with organist Leo Marchildon in performance on Tuesday, June 25 at 1:00 pm at St. Dunstan's Basilica in Charlottetown. The program will feature several works for clarinet alone, a solo organ piece, and a transcription of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto. Admission is by donation. For more information, contact ksimon@upei.ca...