News

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

Media Releases

| Events

Join us for a workshop on “Talking to the Media” with Bruce Rainnie, president and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in Halifax and former host of CBC PEI’s supper-hour news program, Compass.

| Students

Recent UPEI grad Timara Uhlig won Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation in the Physical, Theoretical, and Computational Chemistry Division of the 2019 Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, held this summer in Quebec City.

| Events

The Engineers Without Borders UPEI chapter is hosting a Sustainable Future Conference on October 26.

| University

The UPEI community is saddened by the death of retired professor of physics Earl LePage Wonnacott who passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019.

| Students

More than 120 student-athletes from the University of Prince Edward Island pitched in to help with the 2019 PEI Marathon.

| Music

UPEI’s Department of Music and Debut Atlantic are hosting Bev & Marc for a super-energy, dynamic performance with eclectic programming.

| Athletics

Congratulations to Braylan MacEachern and Ignacio “Nacho” Sanchez, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for October 14 to 20.

| Athletics

Congratulations to Janel MacKay and Simon Hofley, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for September 30 to October 6 October 7 to 14.

| Speakers

Dr. Malinda S. Smith, professor of political science, and a Provost Fellow EDI Policy, University of Alberta, will give a public talk called “Equity, Diversity, and Decolonization in Higher Education: An Agenda for Change,” on Wednesday, October 23, 4 pm, in Lecture Theatre A, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. She will talk about her recent research and offer a critical assessment of the status of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) programs and initiatives in Canadian higher education.
 

| University

Dr. Kathy Gottschall-Pass, Interim Vice-President Academic and Research, and Jackie Podger, Vice-President Administration and Finance, are pleased to announce that Patti Wheatley will assume the role of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Officer for UPEI.