News
A chronological list of UPEI media releases. Enter keywords in the "search" box to find applicable releases.
Media Releases
The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre (SJDAWC) at the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC), University of Prince Edward Island, is pleased to announce its 2022 Webinar Series.
President Greg Keefe participated in a Government of PEI announcement outlining investment to create a Clean Tech industry-led sector cluster on PEI. UPEI is collaborating with Holland College on the Clean Tech Academy and will deliver a master's degree in Cleantech Leadership.
As a partner of the 2023 Canada Winter Games, UPEI is excited along with the Canada Winter Games Host Society to participate in 2023 Canada Games Spirit Day.
The University of Prince Edward Island congratulates the 113 student-athletes who earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian status for the 2020–2021 season.
UPEI Women's Soccer has added midfielder Heather Williams to the squad. The Cambridge, Ontario native joins the Panthers after most recently playing with CMS Elite.
In this news release, the Atlantic University Sport conference releases its revised regular season schedule for winter 2022, including the schedules for the UPEI Men's Hockey, UPEI Women's Hockey, UPEI Men's Basketball, and UPEI Women's Basketball teams.
Dr. Patrick Murphy, an assistant professor in the UPEI Department of Biology, has received a $300,000 grant through the Canadian Cancer Society’s 2021 Atlantic Cancer Research (ACR) Grants competition for research into breast cancer.
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.
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.
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).