For the second time this off-season, UPEI’s women’s basketball team is reuniting a pair of sisters. Local standout Sydney Lawlor will join older sister Devon on the hardwood this fall, as the two will proudly represent the third generation of Lawlors to don the green and white.
 

President Keefe updates the campus community on several collaborative and positive initiatives at UPEI in a message to faculty and staff.

As basketball continues to shift towards a positionless game, versatile players have become more and more valuable. UPEI’s latest recruit, Lauren Hainstock, is one of those players.
 

Award-winning author Leonard Cusack will launch a new book about the history of St. Dunstan’s University (SDU) from 1950–1969 on June 8, 2022, at 3:30 pm, SDU Lecture Hall, Faculty of Sustainable Design and Engineering building, UPEI.

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to announce that the Chinook Project will relaunch after a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions. The first post-COVID-19 clinic will be offered in Port Hope Simpson, which is located on the southeastern Labrador coast, in June 2022.

Today, the UPEI Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation was officially opened in St. Peter’s Bay, Prince Edward Island, by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of Defence and Member of Parliament for Cardigan, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; the Honourable Dennis King, Premier of Prince Edward Island; and Dr. Greg Keefe, President and Vice-Chancellor (interim) of the University of Prince Edward Island.

The UPEI Health Centred Research Clinic is seeking participants for a province-wide online survey that explores Islanders' views of the COVID-19 vaccine and ongoing immunization program. Eligible participants include residents of PEI over the age of 18 years.

For the first time in five years, the backcourt for UPEI Women’s Basketball will look significantly different. While losing legends Jenna Mae Ellsworth and Reese Baxendale in a single offseason is a tough pill to swallow for any coach, Matt Gamblin is eager to start building up the Panthers’ next great backcourt. And he sees a lot of potential in prospect Samantha Zoffranieri, who is set to join the team in the fall.

The University of Prince Edward Island will hold a series of town hall meetings across PEI to get public input about the development of a joint medical degree with Memorial University. All are welcome to attend any of the meetings.

The Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) is pleased to welcome Dr. Anne Innis Dagg for a documentary screening of “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” as well as a question-and-answer session on Wednesday, May 25 from 7 – 9 p.m. ADT.