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Media Releases

 
| Students

Students at the new School of Sustainable Design Engineering recently competed in an international, intercollegiate racing competition held in Rochester, New York. 

 
| Athletics

UPEI Athletics and Recreation is proud to introduce the Panther Academy After-School Program, coming this fall in the Chi-Wan Young Sport Centre.

 
| Research

Dr. Robert Gilmour, Vice-President Academic and Research at the University of Prince Edward Island, today announced a new UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability

 
| Research

Singing impacts lives in positive ways from birth until senior years. It also impacts communities. A workshop entitled “Singing, Song, and Community” will take place Friday, July 22, from 1 pm—4:15 pm in UPEI’s SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge.

 
| Alumni

Relive “the good old days” at the Barn Reunion, August 6, from 9 pm—12:30 am at UPEI’s W. A. Murphy Student Centre. 

 
| Seminar/Conference

Two prominent Canadian aboriginal women will be the keynote and plenary speakers of the second annual UPEI Multidisciplinary Graduate Research Conference (UMGRC) held from August 11-13 at UPEI.

 
| People

Two distinguished members of the UPEI community were among the recipients of The Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers, awarded yesterday by David Johnson, Governor General of Canada.

 
| Athletics

University of Prince Edward Island Women’s Hockey Head Coach Bruce Donaldson is pleased to announce that Montreal, Quebec native Caroline Daoust has committed to the Panthers for the upcoming 2016-17 season.

For the past three seasons, Daoust was a student-athlete for CEGEP Saint Laurent Patriotes. In 21 games last season, the defenceman scored one goal and added five assists for six points.

 
| International

The Wekimün School Project, a collaboration of UPEI and the Williche Council of  Chiefs of Chiloé, is entering its fifth year of improving the quality of life of Williche indigenous youth of the Los Lagos region of Chile. 

 
| Research

UPEI hosted the first international workshop on a new proposed technology called “dew computing.”