News

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

Media Releases

| Athletics

The Bunny Hop has been a popular PEI road-running race in early spring for years.

| People

Dietitians of Canada (DC) has named Dr. Debbie MacLellan the recipient of the Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Award.

| Research

As cold-water islands with a shared history, Newfoundland and Labrador and Iceland are often compared.

| University

In an email message issued to the campus community on behalf of the UPEI Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Steering Committee on Tuesday, March 16, Dr. Kathy Gottschall-Pass, Vice-President Academic and Research, and Ms. Jackie Podger, Vice-President Administration and Finance, released the first campus-wide UPEI EDI Strategy.

| Students

Join us on Wednesday, March 24, from 7-8:30 pm as six student entrepreneur teams compete for a portion of $45,000 in the first ever UPEI Panther Pitch.

| Research

UPEI has awarded Internal Research Grants (IRG) to six outstanding members of the research community.

| Atlantic Veterinary College

A project to develop an early warning system for identifying complex gill disease on salmon farms, led by Dr. Mark Fast, professor of fish health and immunology, Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, has received $4.7 million in funding through Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP).

| Research

The School of Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI will host a series of free webinars on climate change.

| Career/Postgraduate

The UPEI Experiential Education Department and UPEI Career Services are hosting the annual Career Fair for students and alumni on Wednesday, March 10.

| Research

A research project by Dr. Marya Ahmed, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Prince Edward Island, is being supported by the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers of Research Fund (NFRF).