New agreement would also see UPEI and SI co-host international symposia on climate change, biodiversity, and islands The University of Prince Edward Island signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), a unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The MOU will see the two groups work together on publications; organize seminars,...

UPEI students enrolled in Nursing 213-Nursing of Young Families visited Westwood Primary School in Cornwall today to put on a special teddy bear clinic for kindergarten classes. Each child brought in a teddy bear or doll to be examined by the student nurses, while the kindergarten student acted in the role of the parent in order to observe an encounter with a health-care professional...

The UPEI Panthers will face-off against StFX in this year's home opener on Friday, October 19 at 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. UPEI's women's hockey team claimed their first-ever AUS banner last season, having upset StFX, the top-ranked AUS team and fourth-ranked CIS team, 2-1 in the semi-final, advancing the Panthers to the finals where they defeated Mount Allison. Prior...

2012 Canada Gairdner Award winners to share medical discoveries Today, the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to host one of the Gairdner Award winners as part of Gairdner's National Program lecture series. Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk is sharing his award-winning medical insights, inspiring UPEI to continue striving towards innovation excellence and encouraging the next generation...

University chaplain Sister Susan Kidd celebrated 25 years as a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame on Sunday, October 14. A special Mass was held at 6:00 pm in the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre followed by a light reception. Before her time here at UPEI, Sister Sue was a high school gym teacher, a religion teacher, a master of divinity student, a vocational director, and a missionary in Africa....

UPEI basketball star Jennifer Moore (née Johnston) and UPEI football defensive star Hubert 'Sock' MacDonald were inducted into UPEI's Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 11 during the third annual Sport Legacy Celebration. Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadians from the last varsity season and named financial award winners for this year were also...

On Friday, September 28, UPEI hosted a Prince of Wales College (PWC) memorabilia showcase. PWC alumni and friends gathered together in UPEI's Robertson Library to display and donate their memorabilia to the University Archives & Special Collections unit. As an added bonus, graduates of PWC reconnected over conversation and refreshments, taking a nostalgic walk down memory lane. One...

UPEI's second-year engineering design class students will be demonstrating their 'Rube Goldberg' machines on Friday, October 12, from 3-5 pm in McMillan Hall. These contraptions are deliberately over-engineered or overdone machines that perform a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The student devices are extremely complex,...

The UPEI men's hockey team begins their regular season on Friday, October 12, when they host rival Université de Moncton at 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. Members of the AUS championship winning UPEI women's hockey team will be on hand to drop the ceremonial puck at 6:55 pm. Although the Panthers have lost AUS all-star forwards Jared Gomes and Matt Carter who graduated...

The annual Sport Legacy Dinner to honour Academic All-Canadians from the last varsity season and to celebrate named award winners takes place on Thursday, October 11, in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre's McMillan Hall, with a reception at 6:30 pm and dinner to follow at 7:00 pm. The UPEI Hall of Fame induction will also take place during this year's annual celebration. The UPEI Sports Hall...