The UPEI School of Business case competition team of Harrison Wood, Erin Devine, Bobby McIsaac, and Megan Martin has qualified to compete at the prestigious NIBS Worldwide Business Case Competition from February 28-March 2, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. The UPEI team is one of only three from Canada to qualify!

Congratulations to Ana Victoria Reyes! Her video, “International education isn’t just what you learn in class,” was selected as the runner up in the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s #IEW2015 photo and video contest.

Two veterinary epidemiologists from the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) recently received prestigious international awards from the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE).

The ISVEE presented Dr. Ian Dohoo, professor emeritus of epidemiology at AVC, with the inaugural Roger Morris ISVEE Award for extraordinary lifetime achievement and Dr. Charles Caraguel, a former graduate student at AVC, with the first ISVEE Emerging Scientist Award at its annual meeting in Mexico in November.

More than 65 delegates from a cross-section of groups from across the country gathered today at UPEI for The Consultation on Culture and Language Learning 2015: Perspective for the Future. The symposium was presented by UPEI and Canadian Parents for French PEI, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages.

An estimated 40,000 are in Paris for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, including UPEI’s Dr. Adam Fenech. 

Today marks the third annual GivingTuesday in Canada and the Island's Lieutenant Governor, accountants, along with Island charities, including UPEI, are collaborating for GivingTuesday on PEI - a day for giving back.

UPEI’s Business Case Competition Team took second place at the international Scotiabank Ethics in Actions Case Competition at Dalhousie University in Halifax earlier this month.

UPEI Athletics and Recreation selects talented athletes as UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week to recognize their hard work and dedication to their respective sports. The Athletes of the Week for November 23–29 are Marie-Soleil Deschenes, Women’s Hockey, and Marcus Power, Men’s Hockey. 

One year after UPEI announced the launch of the School of Sustainable Design Engineering, the association for professional engineers on PEI recognized President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz with the prestigious “Friend of the Profession Award” at its annual awards banquet.

After a successful, albeit grueling five game road test, the UPEI Panthers are back home for a Friday night rematch against the St. Thomas Tommies.

During the two-week road stretch, the Panthers captured seven points while posting a 3-1-1 record, including a 5-4 win over the Tommies Wednesday night.