Winners of 2024 UPEI Student Program for Research Engagement and Excellence poster competition announced

Undergraduate and graduate students who participated in the 2024 UPEI Student Program for Research Engagement and Excellence (SPREE) poster competition presented their posters on August 22 in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

The participants in the 11-week program included 31 undergraduate and 29 graduate students from 16 programs. Of the 60, 36 chose to enter the optional poster competition.

SEASON PREVIEW: UPEI Cross Country Panthers eye breakthrough year

The UPEI Cross Country Panthers are confident that 2024 could be their breakthrough year as they look to establish themselves among the top programs in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference. They will compete at the Acadia University Invitational in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, on September 7 to kick off their season. The women’s team competes at 12:00 pm and the men’s at 1:00 pm.

CCCE Board Game Bonanza

Visit the Catherine Callbeck Centre for Entrepreneurship on Friday, September 20, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, to experience a fun way of learning about entrepreneurship and innovation using the Playing Lean 2 board game! Playing Lean 2 positions players as rival startups in the same sector, and participants must work their way through market discovery, product development, and sales to become the Nike, Apple, or Amazon of their industry!

SDU Board of Governors makes significant donation to UPEI’s Robertson Library revitalization campaign

The University of Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce that the Saint Dunstan’s University (SDU) Board of Governors has donated $1,050,000 to the Robertson Library’s $15-million “Love Our Library” revitalization campaign.

In recognition of this generous donation, the high-traffic foyer within the Library will be named in honour of SDU, a predecessor to UPEI.

UPEI’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Open House

UPEI’s Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation (CCCCA) in St. Peter’s Bay will host a public Open House on September 13, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

Members of the public are invited to tour the 45,000-square-foot facility, which houses the UPEI School of Climate Change and Adaptation, the UPEI Climate Lab, and state-of-the-art research centres of excellence, including the Centre of Excellence in Food Security and Sustainability.