News

A chronological list of UPEI media releases. Enter keywords in the "search" box to find applicable releases.

Media Releases

| Research

A team led by Dr. William Montelpare, Margaret and Wallace McCain Chair in Human Development and Health at UPEI, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the federal government’s Immunization Partnership Fund (IPF) Program for a project to develop and implement a vaccine support program for Prince Edward Island.

| University

Every year in February, Black History Month is observed in Canada. Read more about the month and how the Robertson Library at UPEI is celebrating Black History Month with a variety of initiatives and activities.

| Research

Thanks to a graduate scholarship from the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (BHCRI), a UPEI graduate student will be pursuing research on breast cancer. Olivier Philips, an MSc student with Dr. Patrick Murphy in UPEI’s Department of Biology, is the first UPEI recipient of a graduate scholarship of $29,750 through BHCRI’s Cancer Research Training Program (CRTP).  
 

| Research

Irrigation Management Pro, a company co-owned by Stephanie Arnold, a PhD candidate at UPEI and a researcher with the School of Climate Change and Adaptation, has received a $25,000 grant from Innovation PEI.

| Athletics

UPEI Women's Soccer has recruited midfielder Lydia Hamill, a Searletown, PEI native, to join the Panther family.

| Research

The UPEI Healthy Aging Research Committee is conducting a survey titled “The Senior’s Survey,” which is open to any residents of PEI aged 65 and older who are living in the community.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

Christine Gordon Manley knew something was seriously wrong with her 2.5-year-old guinea pig Waffles when he wouldn’t eat and appeared ‘flat’ in his cage.

| Students

UPEI is participating in the Canadian University Survey Consortium's 2022 Survey of First-Year Students to learn more about students' experiences. 

| Athletics

Read this inspiring feature interview with UPEI student-athlete Camille "Schugs" Scherger who has turned her struggle with mental illness into a partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association PEI division to raise funds and awareness about mental health.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to congratulate Drs. Fred Kibenge and Jason Stull on being appointed to the inaugural Associate Editor Board for the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) and the American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR).