In this message from Interim UPEI President Greg Keefe to faculty, staff, and students, he calls on members of the campus community to work together to create and support a respectful, safe environment.

Nishel Alexander, a fourth-year honours student in physics at UPEI, won second place in the poster competition in the association’s Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology at the 2023 Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress held at the University of New Brunswick in June. 

Dr. Edward MacDonald, professor of history at UPEI, recently won the Canadian Catholic Historical Association’s (CCHA) 2023 Paul Bator Memorial Prize for the best article published over the past four years in the association’s journal, Historical Studies. 

Daniel Cousins, a third-year UPEI student in the Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program, is planning PEI’s first TEDx event, tentatively set for October 13, 2023, and is looking for ideas from faculty, students, and alumni. 

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at UPEI is geared up to host the wildly popular Dr. Tim Ogilvie AVC Vet Camp, introducing junior and senior high school students to the exciting world of veterinary medicine. The program, which includes four one-week camps, begins July 10. 

The UPEI Women’s Soccer Panthers have secured a commitment from rookie defender Olivia James for the 2023–24 season.

Twenty UPEI business students spent 12 days in Costa Rica in May, learning about various sustainable tourism development practices and business models, through a Maymester program developed by the University’s Faculty of Business and its Office of Study Abroad and International Partnerships.

Dr. James Moran, UPEI history professor, and Dr. Christian Lacroix, UPEI biology professor, partnered with the University’s Office of Study Abroad and International Partnerships to take 19 students to Italy from May 19–29, 2023, through the Maymester program. This short-term excursion was a faculty-led multidisciplinary experience that provided students with the opportunity to study the history of western medicine. 

In this message to the campus community, interim President Greg Keefe thanked those who attended the first town hall and provided an update on additional opportunities for stakeholders to provide feedback and participate in the process to develop an action plan in response to the recent Rubin Thomlinson report.

The UPEI Men’s Hockey Panthers have secured a commitment from rookie netminder Joe Ranger for the 2023–24 season. This year’s roster will feature three goaltenders, including Ranger, who joins the Panthers after a strong Ontario Hockey League (OHL) career.