Dr. Désirée Seib, assistant professor in the UPEI biology department, has been awarded the Jeanne and J.-Louis Lévesque Research Chair in Human Health at the University, effective April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2028.

President Wendy Rodgers will resume her town hall series for members of the UPEI campus community with an August Check-In and Update on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.

Tyler Gallant, a sessional instructor in the Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE), received a University Award for Support of Student Success at UPEI's annual Celebration of Colleagues on May 29, 2025.

The fifth annual UPEI “Music and the Mind Maritimes: Access to Music Education” conference will take place on Wednesday, August 6, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm in Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142. 

Dr. Trevor Jain, director of UPEI’s Bachelor of Applied Health in Paramedicine program, was among 25 individuals presented with the Order of St. John at a ceremony held in the Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
 

Dr. Xander Wang, Professor in the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation and Director of the Climate Smart Lab at the UPEI Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, received a University Research Excellence Award on May 29.

President Wendy Rodgers, on behalf of the UPEI Strategic Planning Steering Committee, issued a message to the campus community that links to the draft framework of UPEI's new strategic plan, inviting feedback from all stakeholders through an online form.

The University of Prince Edward Island will host Atlantic Canada’s Inaugural Sustainable Agriculture Conference on August 5 and 6, 2025.

The Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island is proud to share that Dr. Kathleen MacMillan, equine ambulatory veterinarian and Associate Professor, has been named president-elect of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association.

The University of Prince Edward Island is saddened by the recent passing of Dr. Peter Meincke, President Emeritus. Dr. Meincke was the second president of UPEI, serving from 1978 to 1985.