News

A chronological list of UPEI media releases. Enter keywords in the "search" box to find applicable releases.

Media Releases

 
| Athletics

U SPORTS announced in a news release today that the University of Prince Edward Island has been selected to host back-to-back women's hockey championships in 2019 and 2020.

While 2019 will mark the first time the national women’s hockey tournament will be in Charlottetown, UPEI has a proven track record in successfully hosting three U SPORTS national championships: men’s soccer in 2005 and 2014, and women’s soccer in 2010.

 
| Chaplaincy Centre

Join the campus community for 2018's first Soup for the Soul on Wednesday, February 7 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm in the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre. Warm up with a bowl of chicken and rice or lentil soup.

 
| Athletics

The UPEI Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams are partnering with Bell Aliant this weekend to present Bell Let’s Talk Night. 

 
| University

UPEI invites students and employees to fully make use of UPEI Emergency Alert—UPEI's new emergency mass notification system—by signing up to receive texts during an emergency or for storm closures. Sign up and opt-in to receive text notifications for storm closures and emergencies on UPEI Emergency Alert before February 2, 2018, and you'll have a chance to win one of four $100 gift certificates for the UPEI Bookstore. 

 
| Athletics

UPEI Women’s Basketball Head Coach Greg Gould is pleased to announce that Abby Lacey has committed to the Panthers for the 2018–19 season. 

 
| Seminar/Conference

UPEI and Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina are partnering to present a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) about our increasingly toxic online interactions. 

 
| Events

UPEI is hosting information sessions on Thursday, January 25 for those interested in the new course-based Master's in Island Tourism starting in August 2018.

 
| Athletics

Congratulations to Kiera Rigby and Marcus Power, the UPEI Panther Subway Athletes of the Week for January 15–21!

 
| Events

Island filmmaker and photographer Will Beckett will be the first speaker in the 2018 Island Studies Lecture Series. 

 
| Chaplaincy Centre

The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre will host an interfaith panel on the role of women in society. The discussion begins at 2:00 pm, Sunday, January 21 in the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre.