Charlottetown, PEI (October 14, 2010)- UPEI Men's Hockey coach Forbie MacPherson will have a chance to see how his team responds when the Panthers host their season opener October 15 against the UNB Varsity Reds-the number one-ranked university team in Canada by Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). Game time is 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. 'UNB is the best CIS team in...

Charlottetown, PEI (October 14, 2010) - Enrolment has hit an all-time high at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), following a number of years of steady increases. The latest report from the Registrar's Office indicates that there are 4,600 full-time and part-time students at the Island's only university, compared to 4,435 last year and representing a 3.7 per cent...

Panther Basketball is pleased to bring back the Mickey Place Memorial Basketball Tournament and with it, an added women's division. After a two-year hiatus, the event has been given new life through the support of the UPEI Panther Basketball program. Being held at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre October 15 to 17, the tournament features twelve games over the three days and includes nine...

UPEI is pleased to be the academic partner for CBC's upcoming 2010 Massey Lecture, on October 19, by celebrated Canadian author and artist, Douglas Coupland. It takes place in the Confederation Centre of the Arts, beginning at 8:00 pm. President Wade MacLauchlan will introduce Douglas Coupland. A cultural commentator with international impact, Coupland presents this year's lectures...

Fred Hyndman, Chair of UPEI's Board of Governors and UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan invite everyone to attend the unveiling of a series of portraits of our past-presidents to acknowledge our University's rich history of leadership: Dr. Ronald J. Baker Dr. Peter P.M. Meincke Dr. C.W.J. Eliot Dr. Elizabeth R. Epperly The event will take placeThursday, October 14 at 4:...

Dr. Ronald Baker, President Emeritus UPEI, invites the UPEI community and the general public to an event celebrating the life of his late wife, Dr. Frances M. Frazer Baker, on Saturday, October 16 at 3:00 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on the UPEI campus. Dr. Frances Frazer Baker was an original faculty member of UPEI and retired in 1992. Fran served as the Chair of the Department of English...

The Centre for Christianity and Culture at UPEI will host well-known Globe and Mail contributor and University of Toronto political science professor, Clifford Orwin as the first installment of its 'Christianity in the Modern World' Lecture Series. Orwin will present Princess Diana and Mother Teresa: Compassion vs Christian Charity on Friday, October 8 at 4 pm at Don and Marion McDougall Hall,...

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...