Spotlights

UPEI is a place built on stories, from student success, to faculty and staff honours, to ground-breaking research. In UPEI Spotlights, you can read and watch videos about the important things that make UPEI unique.

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Jan 3, 2018 | Success Story

First-year students in UPEI's School of Sustainable Design Engineering recently designed and developed gravity-powered cars for a class assignment.

Erica
Dec 21, 2017 | Success Story

Erica Buchanan started her postsecondary education at a university with more than 30,000 other students. But after four years of undergraduate training, she wanted something different for her nursing degree, and she found that at UPEI.

Rocky's Chilli
Dec 11, 2017 | Scholarships, Campus Spotlight

For 15 years, the man preparing free meals for students during exams was Rocky Paquet.

Alexia Riche
Nov 28, 2017 | Students

Second-year student Alexia Riche came to UPEI with a dream of becoming a lawyer. Now, the new Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program is helping her clear a path towards achieving her goal.

Jeremy on the court
Nov 24, 2017 | Student

Jeremy Thompson recently combined his passions for sport and computer science, conducting research analyzing athletic movements.