News

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Media Releases

| Research

Dr. Marya Ahmed, an assistant professor of chemistry at UPEI, has been named one of 15 Emerging Scholars by the Canadian Cancer Society for her research to develop a dual-targeting strategy for the treatment of breast cancer.

| Athletics

Join us on Friday, June 25, for a fun day of golf and activities at the 2021 UPEI Panther Golf Classic, presented by Stewart McKelvey.

| Community

Flags on the UPEI campus will be flown at half-mast until sunset on June 8 to honour and grieve the lives of the 215 First Nation children whose remains were found in unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC.  

| University

The University of Prince Edward Island conferred degrees, diplomas, and certificates to more than 950 graduates as part of Convocation 2021 celebrations.

 

| University

UPEI will host six Convocation celebrations this week to honour the graduates of 2021 and 2020.

| Community

The PEI Symphony Orchestra is presenting a special concert event on June 6 in Charlottetown and on June 13 in Summerside, featuring music for organ and a brass ensemble led by retired UPEI brass professor Dr. Gregory Irvine.

| Research

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded an Idea to Innovation (I2I) grant to UPEI’s Dr. Ali Ahmadi.

| Research

Dr. Josh MacFadyen, UPEI’s Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities, has been named a co-executive editor of Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History.

| Department Updates

The Health-Centred Research Clinic at UPEI is offering a chronic disease self-management program for any UPEI staff or faculty member who has been diagnosed with a chronic condition for at least one year or longer.

| Students

Every year, UPEI Co-operative Education recognizes its exceptional students and employers with the UPEI Co-op Awards.