As a part of the graduate student orientation week, we invite new and current graduate students to a BBQ in the quad on Sept 20 from 12-1 pm. Graduate students are encouraged to come out as early as possible as food will be limited.

As a part of graduate student orientation week, we invite new and current graduate students and UPEI faculty members to attend a student and faculty mixer at Upstreet Brewery (41 Allen St) on Sept 19 from 7:00-10:00 pm.

New and current graduate students are encouraged to attend the Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) 2017 on Sept 19 from 12:00-2:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge (SDU Main Building). There will be a free lunch!

 New and current graduate students are welcome to attend a visit to Arlington Orchards for Open Farm Day. There will be u-pick apples, wagon rides, and a play area for kids.  Carpooling is available! If you wish to sign up, email gsa@upei.ca

The Environmental Sciences and Human Biology (ESC-HUB) seminar series for the new academic year begins on Friday, September 15, 2017.  Katie Donahoe, MSc student in the Department of Applied Human Sciences, will present a talk entitled: “The Effects of a Topical Creatine Cream on Muscle Power Output and Fatigue Following Acute Application and Short-Term Loading” Date: Friday, September 15, 2017 Time: 12:30 pm Room: DSC 204 All are welcome!

Join us as UPEI officially announces the new Chair in LMM Studies, Communication, and Culture. For a full schedule of Homecoming Weekend 2017 events, click here.

Drop by and check out the new fitness studios or look in on our Panther Athletes preparing for the upcoming season. Everyone who attends will be entered in a contest to win an All-Access Season Pass. Go Panthers Go! View the full Homecoming 2017 Schedule of Events

The Faculty of Education cordially invites you to attend the PhD Proposal Presentation of Brittany Jakubiec entitled "Exploring sexual and gender minority youth identities in Prince Edward Island." All are welcome to attend the presentation and public discussion on Monday, September 18 at 1:15 pm.

It will be civil war on the court as UPEI Basketball hosts itself in an exciting preseason event UPEI Athletics and Recreation is calling Green vs. White. The women’s and men’s basketball teams will be split in half for a pair of intersquad games Saturday, September 23. The women hit the court at 6 pm. The men play at 8 pm. The event is sponsored by the UPEI Bookstore. “Playing an intersquad game in front of fans will be a great opportunity for the coaches to see the girls in a game atmosphere, as well as give their fans a glimpse of what this years team will look like,” said Greg Gould, coach of UPEI Women’s Basketball. “Twelve players are returning for this season, including all five starters from last year’s team. The team has been practicing hard with the goal of improving on our fourth-place AUS finish.” “I am excited about the year ahead,” said Darrell Glenn, coach of UPEI Men’s Basketball. “There are several strong returning players and a talented and athletic group of recruits. We are only two weeks in, but I am really pleased with their work ethic. This game will be a great way to showcase the new team to all Panthers and Panther fans.” The teams will be sorted over the next week by daily flips of a Panther coin. Follow the Panthers social media for sorting updates! Admission is free, but those who bring a donation of food or money for the UPEI Campus Food Bank will receive a green or white T-shirt so you can cheer on your favourite squad in style! The winning team from each game will receive a pizza party. The stakes are high! Don’t forget to buy your Panther Package! For just $75, the package includes admission to every home game for UPEI Women’s and Men’s Soccer, UPEI Women’s and Men’s Rugby, UPEI Women’s and Men’s Basketball, and UPEI Women’s Hockey. Head to gopanthersgo.ca and click on ‘tickets’! And don’t forget, UPEI students can attend Panther home games for free. Let’s fill the stands and make 2017–18 the best season ever!

With so much in the news these days about monster hurricanes and other unusually severe weather events, people are becoming more and more concerned about the long-term impact of climate change. Living on a small, low land-mass as we do, Islanders feel immediately vulnerable to sea-level rise. And so we ask ourselves what can be done about it; and also, how can we, on our own island, provide a model of positive action for elsewhere? One possibility would be for us to make a concerted attempt to set an example for others – in Canada and beyond – by becoming Canada’s first carbon-neutral province. How this might be done will be the topic of a public symposium to be held at UPEI’s MacKinnon Auditorium, Room 242, McDougall Hall, on Thursday, October 26, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. This event is sponsored by UPEI’s Institute of Island Studies, in conjunction with UPEI Research Services and the UPEI Climate Lab. The title of the Symposium is “Making the Case for Prince Edward Island to be Canada’s First Carbon-Neutral Province.”       The principal speaker will be Dr. Catherine Potvin, a professor at McGill University and associate staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. In the wake of the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference on Confederation, Dr. Potvin was selected as one of 23 women visionaries for the future of Canada. She leads the group Sustainable Canada Dialogues, a voluntary initiative that mobilizes over 80 researchers from every province, with sustainability being at the heart of their research programs. The objective of Sustainable Canada Dialogues is to identify actions designed to have large, viable impacts to help Canadian governments at all levels to make thoughtful and ambitious commitments to greenhouse-gas emission reductions. Though the scale of the global challenge is enormous, more and more individuals, communities, industries and governments are stepping up to the task. Members of the public are cordially invited to attend. Admission is free. Following the presentations, there will be ample time for discussion and questions from the floor.