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| Academics

Eleven UPEI Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering (FSDE) teams, composed of a total of 41 students, competed at the 2024 Atlantic Engineering Competition (AEC), hosted at University of New Brunswick Fredericton from January 19–21, 2024, by the Atlantic Council of Engineering Students.

| 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 January 22–28, 2024, are Orianna MacNeil (women’s hockey) and Kamari Scott (men’s basketball).

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a full week of hockey, basketball, and track and field at home and away.

| Academics

Dr. Callum Beck, a sessional instructor in religious studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, has been awarded a $7,000 SSHRC Exchange Publication Award for his monograph, The Belfast Riot of 1847.

| Athletics

The University of Prince Edward Island congratulates the 95 student-athletes who earned U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian status for the 2022–2023 season. This number represents 49.5 per cent of UPEI’s 192 varsity student-athletes.

| Athletics

The UPEI Panthers are looking forward to a full weekend of hockey and basketball, at home and away.

| 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 January 15–21, 2024, are Grace Lancaster (women’s basketball) and Noah Sedore (men’s hockey).

| Events

The PEI Cleantech Academy, in collaboration with the Government of PEI, Holland College, University of Prince Edward Island, and Springboard Atlantic, is hosting the inaugural PEI Cleantech Innovative Collaborations event on Thursday, March 7, 2024, from 12 pm to 4 pm at The Delta Prince Edward hotel.

| Athletics

In sports, stories of late bloomers turning heads are rare finds. Chloe Collin is one of those rare finds—an athlete who has moved from the dance floor to the basketball court, culminating in her commitment to the UPEI Women’s Basketball Panthers for the 2024 season.

| Events

UPEI students are invited to the launch of the MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program’s “Panther Pitch 2024” on January 24 from 6:00–9:00 pm in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall.