Dr. Wendy Rodgers was officially installed as the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Prince Edward Island during a ceremony held at the UPEI Performing Arts Centre on Friday, October 11, 2024.

The University of Prince Edward Island held a celebration on September 26, 2024, at Alumni Hall to recognize the recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards and the 2024 Inspiring Young Alumni Awards.

Dr. Jo-Ann MacDonald, a professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Prince Edward Island, was presented with the Association of Atlantic Universities’ (AAU) 2024 Anne Marie MacKinnon Educational Leadership Award at the AAU’s fall meeting held at UPEI on September 19.

UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 26: Due to the rain expected Friday, September 27, the TRC Mawi’omi, which was scheduled for the afternoon to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is postponed. The event will be rescheduled on a date in October. The new date will be communicated to the campus community when it has been determined.

The UPEI Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies (IKERAS) recently hosted its first-ever Indigenous traditional knowledge sharing and learning day, Mawi-lukutimk, which means “gathering and working together.” The event took place on September 3, two years after the Faculty of IKERAS began delivering UPEI’s mandated IKE 1040: Indigenous Teachings course and offering a Minor in Indigenous Studies. It is considered a historic milestone by everyone involved.

Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Professor and Associate Dean of the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, has been named one of 56 new Members of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. 

A team of researchers from across Canada, led by Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, professor and interim associate dean of the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, has received $6.93 million in federal funding to develop precision agriculture techniques to ensure food security and mitigate climate change. 

The following message was emailed to UPEI students, faculty, and staff on August 21, 2024. The message was updated on August 26 with a Teams Town Hall link so members of the UPEI community can join virtually.

Dear UPEI Community,

As the old expression says, “time flies.” As we approach the beginning of the fall semester, you may recall that on July 18, I sent a message that included several themes that emerged from town halls held earlier in the month. At the time, I indicated we would have many more opportunities to move our discussions along.

The UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) congratulates Lilly O'Rielly for winning the prestigious C.D. Howe Scholarship Endowment Fund National Engineering Scholarship. She is one of two undergraduate engineering students in Canada to receive the renewable scholarship valued at $7,500 per year.

The following message was issued by email to UPEI students, faculty, and staff on July 31, 2024.

Dear Members of the UPEI Community,