Dr. Andrew Tasker, Professor of Neuropharmacology, and Director of the Atlantic Centre for Comparative Biomedical Research at UPEI's Atlantic Veterinary College, has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at a ceremony in Ottawa. Dr. Tasker's acceptance letter from the CAHS states, 'Fellows of the Academy are elected on the basis of their...

The 31st annual Deans' Academic Honours and Awards Nights will take place at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre at 7:00 pm on both October 4 and 5. On Monday, October 4, students in the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Education and School of Business will be honoured while Faculty of Science and School of Nursing students will be acknowledged on Tuesday, October 5. Students and...

First instalment of Winter's Tales Authors' Reading Series goes October 5 Steve McOrmond, winner of the 2007 Atlantic Poetry Award, and David Zieroth, the 2009 winner of the Governor General's Award for Poetry, will give a public reading on Tuesday, October 5, at 7:30 pm in the UPEI Faculty Lounge, Main Building. The evening will include the PEI launch of McOrmond's new...

The UPEI Men's Hockey team will help a family with long-time connections to the program when the current Panthers play a benefit game against the alumni Panthers on Tuesday, October 5 at MacLauchlan Arena. Game time is 5:30 pm. The Kristen Cameron Benefit Hockey Game is a fundraiser to assist the 25-year-old Islander as she recovers from a spinal cord injury suffered in early...

Many students at UPEI will see a five per cent increase in their pay cheques this month. UPEI recently approved a new basic hourly rate of $9.52 for student employees, effective October 1. UPEI employs students in a variety of roles - from dog walkers to lab assistants to graduate student researchers working on projects that help them develop new skills related to their studies. Students...

The UPEI Men's Hockey team will play its only Island pre-season game on Saturday when they take on the defending national champions Saint Mary's Huskies at Credit Union Place. Game time is 7 pm. It is the first game in Summerside for UPEI in a number of years. The Atlantic University Sport (AUS) hockey conference is the best in the country and there will be a number of familiar faces in both line...

Soccer goalkeeper Chanelle Roy of the UPEI Panthers is the BlackBerry Canadian Interuniversity Sport female athlete of the week for the period ending Sept. 26, 2010. Roy is a third-year science student from Bathurst, N.B., and recorded back-to-back shutouts over the weekend as the Panthers (3-0-3) remained undefeated in conference play with a 1-0 win over UNB (1-2-1) and a scoreless...

The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the Honourable Barbara A. Hagerman, presented UPEI's new coat of arms to a well-represented University community at the Founders' Day ceremony, September 24. 'It is with pride that I unveil, on behalf of Her Majesty and the Canadian Heraldic Authority, the coat of arms for the University of Prince Edward Island,' said Her...

UPEI Nursing students (Kenyan Internship) were recently presented the 2010 Farmers Helping Farmers Youth Award at the organization's annual meeting. The annual award recognizes individuals and youth groups who have made outstanding contributions to public awareness about Farmers Helping Farmers (FHF) and its work in Kenya. The nursing students included: Ashley Caulier, Marley Bruce, Rianne...

All twelve of Innovation PEI's 2010 Graduate and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program winners come from the University of Prince Edward Island and its Atlantic Veterinary College - including ten active students, and two applications to attract graduate and post-doctoral students. Now in its second year, the program is providing multi-year funding to 23 UPEI students in total. 'In...