As the University of Prince Edward Island continues to build its reputation for research excellence, it is also expanding its portfolio of graduate degree programs. UPEI has just reached a significant milestone in graduate studies development with the introduction of a new PhD program in the Faculty of Education. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Educational Studies is a new...

The second biannual International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry will be held in Charlottetown from October 15 to 18. The three-day symposium, called 'Poetry as a Way of Knowing,' brings together international poets and scholars from different disciplines and countries. Over 35 presenters from the United Kingdom, Tasmania, Japan, United States and throughout Canada will explore...

The University of Prince Edward Island has opened a new state-of-the-art Language Lab as well as a multimedia computer lab, known as the Collaboratory, in the Robertson Library for use by the university and Island communities 'The Language Lab uses the latest computing and learning resources to help with language training and the development of compelling learning materials,'...

The Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI celebrated the re-opening of its expanded and renovated Veterinary Teaching Hospital today marking a new era of veterinary health care for Atlantic Canada. 'The Atlantic Veterinary College's Veterinary Teaching Hospital is the only full service veterinary referral hospital in Atlantic Canada,' said Dr. Donald L. Reynolds, Dean of...

Jean-Marc Hachey, a leading authority on international careers, will give a presentation about working and studying overseas on Tuesday, October 13, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142, at UPEI. A best-selling writer, Hachey has shared his international employment strategies with thousands as author of The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas and as the...

The UPEI women's soccer program has received a $5,000 award from the national True Sport Community Fund for leadership in community sports development work. UPEI women's soccer team captain Mandy Lise McKenna will be presented with a certificate of the award prior to the start of the team's home game against Cape Breton University on Saturday, October 3, at 3 p.m. ...

The Tourism Research Centre at the University of PEI is pleased to release a new report on visitors to P.E.I. Using the visitor exit survey from July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, visitors were profiled based on how much they spent while in P.E.I. 'Low-spending travel parties tended to be Maritime baby boomer couples who made P.E.I. their primary destination,' said Dr. Paul...

Dr. Stephen Scherer, Director of The Centre for Applied Genomics at The Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto, will give the 2009 Gairdner Faculty Lecture at UPEI on Thursday, October 1. His talk, entitled 'What you are and who you are in the era of genome projects,' will take place in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre's lecture theatre from 3 to 4...

A group of fourth-year UPEI nursing students who worked in Kenya this summer will hold a fundraising event on Friday, October 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre's McMillan Hall on the campus. Rianne Carragher, Marley Bruce, Ashley Caulier and Cheryl Edmunds travelled to Kenya as part of the Canadian International Development Agency's Students for...

The Honourable Thomas Cromwell, of the Supreme Court of Canada, will be the guest lecturer at the Chief Justice Thane A. Campbell Lectureship in Law at the University of Prince Edward Island on Monday, October 5. Cromwell will give a lecture entitled 'Atlantic Canada's Contributions to the Supreme Court of Canada' in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (Room 242), Don and Marion...