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Media Releases

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a week of basketball and hockey at home and on the road.

| Events

The UPEI Healthy Campus Committee invites all students, staff, and faculty to come out to the UPEI Self-Care Fair on Wednesday, November 22, between 10:00 am–2:00 pm in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre.

| International

The University of Prince Edward Island has been awarded funding through the 2024 Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship program to continue its work with smallholder dairy farms in Kenya.

| Events

Dr. Susan Graham, associate professor of marketing at UPEI, will give a lecture titled “Authentic Prince Edward Island Tourism Experiences: What Locals Have to Say” on November 21, at 7 pm, Faculty Lounge, SDU Main Building, UPEI.

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a week of basketball and hockey at home and on the road.

| Athletics

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for November 6–13 are Lexie Murphy (women’s hockey) and Kaleb Pearson (men’s hockey).

| Department Updates

UPEI has secured space at 155 Belvedere Avenue, Suite 202 (the former Island Coastal location) to house the Faculty of Medicine faculty and staff while the new Faculty of Medicine and Interprofessional Health Training Centre building is under construction at the north end of campus.

| Speakers

The inaugural Shannon K. Murray Lecture on Hope and the Academy, presented by Dr. Shannon Murray at UPEI on September 5, is airing on CBC Radio’s national program Ideas on Monday, November 13, at 8:00 pm. 

| Research

The University of Prince Edward Island is reviving its popular Research on Tap series with a presentation titled “Versatile applications of AI in chemistry and education” on November 16 at 6 pm at The Fox & Crow, W.A. Murphy Student Centre at UPEI.

| Academics

The University of Prince Edward Island was well-represented at the second international conference on small island states and subnational island jurisdictions, titled “Turning the Tide: Climate Change, Social Change, and Islandness” in Oranjestad, Aruba, from October 23 to 26, 2023.