The Guardians of Confederation-Leaders of Tomorrow project, a UPEI-led initiative, offers a unique opportunity to link PEI high school students with their peers from across Canada in the context of Confederation. The project's organizing committee is launching a contest in March to select student participants from across the country. 'We're holding the contest to select...

Hometown fans were out in droves to support the sixth-seeded UPEI Panthers as they took on third-seeded Cape Breton Capers on Friday, March 7 in Subway AUS Women's Basketball Championship action. Early in the contest, the Panthers took over the lead and never looked back. Leading 15-11 after one quarter, thanks in part to Danielle MacDonald's ability to attack the basket, UPEI continued to roll...

UPEI women's basketball player Jenna Jones was named the 2013-14 Atlantic University Sport recipient of the Tracy MacLeod Award at tonight's Subway AUS Women's Basketball Championship awards banquet at the Rodd Charlottetown Hotel. Championship play gets underway on Friday, March 6 at UPEI's Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Championship Website A fourth-year kinesiology...

The University of Prince Edward Island is inviting high school students to attend UPEI classes on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19 during their March Break. UPEI Vice-President Academic Christian Lacroix sent invitations to students earlier this month via high school principals, and said, 'This is a great opportunity to experience UPEI in the company of friends and classmates. We...

The 2013-14 AUS men's and women's major awards and all-stars were announced yesterday following regular season play. On the men's side, fourth-year defence Reggie Traccitto was honoured as a first team all-star, while UPEI goaltender Wayne Savage and forward Chris Desousa were named as second team all-stars. Traccitto, Savage, and Desousa are studying arts at UPEI. On the women's side, UPEI arts...

UPEI business student Alex Davidson has been named PEI's 2014 Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion and will represent the Island at Enactus Canada's Regional Exposition, March 6-7 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The exposition brings together student, academic, and industry leaders to celebrate the achievements of Canada's future leaders and entrepreneurs. Davidson's...

A short conference entitled 'My Island, My Heart' will take place March 14, 1:00-3:00 pm, at UPEI's Chaplaincy Centre. The conference, led by UPEI arts student Faith Robinson, focuses on three themes-island fragility, island sustainability, and island community. Special guest speakers include: Deirdre Kessler, writer and UPEI professor; Laurie Brinklow, accomplished poet...

Last December, Douglas Gibson, Alice Munro's editor and publisher, was in Norway observing the presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Alice Munro, the first Canadian to receive the award. On Thursday, March 6 at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Gibson will tell stories about the experience of editing Alice Munro and numerous other famous Canadian authors,...

UPEI is once again inviting first- and fourth-year students to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). NSSE helps universities understand what students experience in and out of the classroom through a confidential, voluntary survey. UPEI uses the survey information to guide future decisions that will benefit students. Approximately 1700 students have been...

At the next Research on Tap, join us for a discussion about science versus fear. Many companies bank on the popularity of 'all things natural' by advertising their products as being chemical free. Dr. Brian Wagner, professor of chemistry at UPEI, will lead a discussion entitled 'The myth of the chemical-free beer.' The event begins at 7 pm, Tuesday, March 4 at The...