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| Athletics
Basketball action: The women's basketball team will head to Queen's University for the Tindall Invitational Tournament, October 4-6. Their first game will take place on Friday, October 4 against Queen's at 7:00 PM AST. Their second game of the tournament is against Concordia on Saturday, October 5 at 3:00 pm AST. The women's team will take on Lethbridge in their final game of the tournament...
 
| Music
Bass-baritone Nathan Keoughan returns to perform at his alma mater on Saturday, October 5 at 7:30 pm in the Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI. Nathan got his start in the performing world as Roy Gardner in the Prince Edward Island production of Anne & Gilbert. While spending his summers working in theatre, he studied voice at the University of Prince Edward Island under the direction of Stephen...
 
| Athletics
Panther fans are invited to come out this weekend to watch exciting university sport action. In addition to home games, our women's rugby team will take on StFX in Nova Scotia but fans can watch live on AUStv! Friday, September 27 7:30 pm (M) Hockey vs DAL (Exhibition) Saturday, September 28 2:00 pm (W) Soccer vs DAL 4:15 pm (M) Soccer vs DAL Sunday, September 29 1:00 pm (...
 
| Athletics
UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced this week that Josh Corkum will lead the Women's Volleyball Club as Head Coach. Corkum has an extensive background in volleyball-the former AUS Men's Volleyball student-athlete with the UNB Reds also played in the Volleyball Nova Scotia Provincial Program. His coaching background includes Volleyball PEI U16, PEI Canada Games, Volleyball...
 
| Athletics
UPEI Athletics and Recreation announced the UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for the week of September 16-22. UPEI Athletics and Recreation showcases these talented athletes to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports throughout the seasons. UPEI Athletes of the Week are also nominated to Atlantic University Sport and Canadian Interuniversity Sport for possible...
 
| Research
At the first Research on Tap of the season, join us for a discussion about where our concepts of good and bad come from. The discussion, 'Morality is a Myth,' begins at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 1 in The Pourhouse, above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown. The discussion will be led by Dr. Malcolm Murray, professor of philosophy at UPEI. 'Morality is an...
 
| News
The University of Prince Edward Island held its fourteenth annual Recognition of Founders ceremony today to acknowledge those who have contributed to the University in an exceptional way. This year's ceremony also featured a dedication and unveiling of the MacLauchlan Plaza to honour UPEI's fifth president from 1999-2011, President Emeritus H. Wade MacLauchlan. The 2013 founders...
 
| News
UPEI's Winter's Tales Reading Series has always boasted a fantastic lineup of poets and fiction authors, and this year looks to be no different. To kick off the 2013 season, the talented Susan Glickman and Julie Bruck will give a combined reading on Thursday, September 26, at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, UPEI Main Building. These Montreal-raised poets have been working on and...
 
| Athletics
Panther fans are invited to come out this weekend to watch exciting university sport action. In addition to hosting the first Atlantic University Field Hockey Tournament this season on the UPEI Turf Field, the UPEI Panthers are at home for exhibition Women's Hockey play (versus University Ontario Institute of Technology) and regular league action in Women's Rugby (versus St....
 
| People
In a statement issued today to campus, University of Prince Edward Island President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz announced that Dr. Miles Turnbull, Dean of Education has accepted the role of Vice-Principal Academic at Bishop's University, effective January 1, 2014. Turnbull will be the fifth person at the Lennoxville, Quebec university to hold this position. Dean Turnbull has agreed...