Five students from UPEI’s Faculty of Science presented at the recent Science Atlantic Aquaculture & Fisheries and Biology Conference in St. John’s, NL.

The Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships (QES) program recently announced the successful recipients of its phase-three funding.

The AVC Wildlife Service and the AVC Student Wildlife Club are celebrating National Wildlife Week with a public lecture at the Atlantic Veterinary College, Lecture Theatre A, on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at 7 p.m. 

The UPEI Wind Symphony will perform its final recital of the academic year on Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 pm at Park Royal United Church in Charlottetown. This has been a particularly busy and musically rewarding year for the Wind Symphony with highly successful performances throughout the fall and winter.

The University of Prince Edward Island reminds students and members of the UPEI community to be wary of calls or emails from persons demanding money and claiming to be representatives of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) or Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB).

Bruce Donaldson, coach of UPEI Women’s Hockey, is pleased to announce Delaney Boehm of East St. Paul, Manitoba has committed to the Panthers for 2018.

A paper co-authored by UPEI’s Dr. Robert Gilmour will be featured in the March 19 issue of the journal Nature. 

A pair of researchers at UPEI’s School of Sustainable Design Engineering have been awarded funding from Mitacs to develop a detailed technical framework for PEI’s electrical system to increase renewable energy integration and decrease our reliance on fossil fuels. 

The University of Prince Edward Island community extends sincere condolences to the family, friends, and former students and colleagues of Professor Emeritus and former Dean of Arts John W. Smith, who passed away on March 16. The flags will be flown at half-mast in his memory.

Sydney Gallant, a fourth-year business administration student from UPEI, is one of eight students across Atlantic Canada awarded the 2018 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies.