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Media Releases
| Athletics
UPEI soccer teams will take on the Acadia Axemen on Friday, October 19 with the women's kickoff at 4:00 pm, followed by the men's game at 6:15 pm. The teams will then compete in their last home games on Saturday, October 20 against the Cape Breton Capers at 2:00 pm and 4:15 pm, with a special ceremony to recognize graduating players in between games.
Alyson Seviour, Kayla Balderston,...
| Students
The following was distributed by Timeless Technologies:
A team of UPEI students and Timeless Technologies announced the launch of an exciting new smartphone application this week aimed at solving the problem of managing a wallet full of loyalty cards. Quipin is a mobile loyalty app that instantly offers customers a new way to store their loyalty cards, collect points at participating businesses...
| Research
New agreement would also see UPEI and SI co-host international symposia on climate change, biodiversity, and islands
The University of Prince Edward Island signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) today with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), a unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The MOU will see the two groups work together on publications; organize seminars,...
| Students
UPEI students enrolled in Nursing 213-Nursing of Young Families visited Westwood Primary School in Cornwall today to put on a special teddy bear clinic for kindergarten classes.
Each child brought in a teddy bear or doll to be examined by the student nurses, while the kindergarten student acted in the role of the parent in order to observe an encounter with a health-care professional...
| Athletics
The UPEI Panthers will face-off against StFX in this year's home opener on Friday, October 19 at 7:00 pm at MacLauchlan Arena. UPEI's women's hockey team claimed their first-ever AUS banner last season, having upset StFX, the top-ranked AUS team and fourth-ranked CIS team, 2-1 in the semi-final, advancing the Panthers to the finals where they defeated Mount Allison.
Prior...
| Research
2012 Canada Gairdner Award winners to share medical discoveries
Today, the University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to host one of the Gairdner Award winners as part of Gairdner's National Program lecture series. Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk is sharing his award-winning medical insights, inspiring UPEI to continue striving towards innovation excellence and encouraging the next generation...
| People
University chaplain Sister Susan Kidd celebrated 25 years as a sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame on Sunday, October 14. A special Mass was held at 6:00 pm in the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre followed by a light reception.
Before her time here at UPEI, Sister Sue was a high school gym teacher, a religion teacher, a master of divinity student, a vocational director, and a missionary in Africa....
| Athletics
UPEI basketball star Jennifer Moore (née Johnston) and UPEI football defensive star Hubert 'Sock' MacDonald were inducted into UPEI's Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 11 during the third annual Sport Legacy Celebration. Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadians from the last varsity season and named financial award winners for this year were also...
| Alumni
On Friday, September 28, UPEI hosted a Prince of Wales College (PWC) memorabilia showcase. PWC alumni and friends gathered together in UPEI's Robertson Library to display and donate their memorabilia to the University Archives & Special Collections unit. As an added bonus, graduates of PWC reconnected over conversation and refreshments, taking a nostalgic walk down memory lane.
One...
| Students
UPEI's second-year engineering design class students will be demonstrating their 'Rube Goldberg' machines on Friday, October 12, from 3-5 pm in McMillan Hall. These contraptions are deliberately over-engineered or overdone machines that perform a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The student devices are extremely complex,...