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Media Releases

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and on the road. 

| Music

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and Holland College have formalized a music transfer agreement providing a degree pathway for graduates of the Holland College School of Performing Arts (SoPA). Students will study two years at Holland College and two years at UPEI, earning a Bachelor of Music. 

| Upcoming Events

The Robertson Library at UPEI will host a public lecture titled “The Other Island Diaspora: PEI Books Abroad” by the Reverend Edward Rix, collector of Island books, on Thursday, November 6, at 7 pm.

| Research

Two researchers from UPEI are working with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Neurodyn Life Sciences Inc. to develop a novel therapy to slow, or potentially functionally stabilize, the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

| Special Event

The UPEI Department of Philosophy has rented Tivoli Cinema, 155 Kent Street, Charlottetown, for a private showing of Edward Yang’s film, Yi Yi (A One and a Two), on Friday, November 7, at 1:00 pm.

| Athletics

Field Hockey Canada, in partnership with U SPORTS, recently announced the 2025 University Championship, to be hosted by the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) from October 30 to November 2, 2025.

| University

A collaboration between UPEI’s Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) and Bait Masters, a growing Prince Edward Island company, has resulted in a creative, cost-effective, and sustainable solution that is helping the company expand its lobster storage capacity threefold.

| Athletics

The UPEI Panther Source for Sports Athletes of the Week for October 20–26 are Kierra St. Peter (women’s hockey) and Colby Huggan (men’s hockey).

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and on the road. The Field Hockey Canada U SPORTS Invitational Championship takes place from October 30 to November 2 at UPEI. 

| People

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share your stories and celebrate your colleagues. It is inspiring to see our community come together to shine a spotlight on the people who go above and beyond every day.