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Media Releases

 
| Events

Google is providing funding for an exciting new initiative led by students in UPEI’s School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (SMCS).

 
| Events

UPEI is hosting the annual Girls Get WISE Science Retreat on Friday, April 28 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. The event is open to girls in grades 7 to 9.

 
| Events

The University of Prince Edward Island is partnering with Humber College to present The Insider’s Guide to Writing and Publishing for Young Readers: a workshop for writers of literature for children and young adults.

 
| News

The Atlantic Book Award Society recently announced the nominees for the 2017 Atlantic Book Awards. Among the nominees for the Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing is New London: The Lost Dream by John Cousins, published by Island Studies Press at UPEI.

 
| Events

The University of Prince Edward Island's School of Sustainable Design Engineering (SSDE) annual Student Design Expo on April 21 will kick off a three-day showcase of the best in student, sustainable, and green engineering in Atlantic Canada.

 
| Seminar/Conference

UPEI is proud to host the second Pan-Canadian Conference on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), May 31 to June 2. 

 
| Research

A research project at the University of Prince Edward Island is seeking volunteers for a study on the impact of consumption of blueberries on indicators of diabetes. 

 
| Events

The April Island Studies Lecture features Master of Arts in Island Studies student Owen Jennings speaking about Saint Helena: an island in flux. His presentation is Tuesday, April 18, at 7 pm in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building.

 
| News

The Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) is holding its 2017 summer school this July at UPEI. 

 
| Speakers

In keeping with one of the Institute of Island Studies’ goals to see Prince Edward Island through the lens of other islands, PEI’s Chief Justice, David Jenkins, will share with Islanders what he’s learned as a member of Bermuda’s Constituency Boundaries Commission.