In their first-ever season, the UPEI Panthers ringette team didn’t just compete—they dominated. Storming through the Atlantic University Challenge Cup with an undefeated 8-0 record, the UPEI club team racked up 56 goals while allowing only 13, capping off their historic debut with a resounding 8-2 championship win over the St. Francis Xavier University X-Women.

UPEI is set to welcome twenty Island residents who will be receiving acceptance letters from Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine as inaugural students at its new regional campus located within UPEI’s Faculty of Medicine and Interprofessional Health Education facility.

Luciana Quiroa Paredes, a third-year Bachelor of Business Administration student at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), has won a prestigious 2025 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies valued at $45,000.

Economic and community development professional Audrey Keating will give a lecture titled “The Magdalen Islands: A Living Lab for Territorial Innovation” on Tuesday, April 15, at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building, UPEI.

The University of Prince Edward Island Co-operative Education Program is pleased to announce that 13 Co-operative Education bachelor programs at UPEI have been accredited by Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL Canada) for six years, ending December 2030.

Dr. Jin Y. Park, chair and professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, American University, Washington D.C., will give a seminar on April 3 from 2:15–4:00 pm, in the Faculty Lounge (Room 201), SDU Main Building. 

UPEI has awarded internal research grants totaling $83,964 in 2025 to 12 faculty members.

UPEI’s Department of Athletics and Recreation celebrated the 2024–25 season at the annual UPEI Panther Celebration – Athletic Awards Gala on Friday, March 28, recognizing outstanding student-athletes who have excelled in sport, the classroom, and the community.

The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative-Atlantic Region presented with the Heritage Recognition Award from the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation.

AVC Alumnus, Dr. Anil Kalupahana, has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, in Sri Lanka.