The UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday March 13, 2020 from 3-4 pm in the Fishbowl conference room of the Duffy Research Centre (NRC).  All faculty, students and staff with an interest in neuroscience are most welcome.  For a copy of the paper to be discussed please contact Brandon Smith (bssmith@upei.ca) or Andy Tasker (tasker@upei.ca)

The Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee invites the campus community to the next Environmental Sciences/Human Biology seminar on Friday, March 13th 2020 at 12:30 p.m. in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.

Jerrica Cormier (MSc candidate in Environmental Sciences) will present "Biogeochemical spatial patterns along the Wheatley river estuary, Prince Edward Island"

and

Alasdair Cameron (MSc candidate in Human Biology) will present "Single-cell RNA sequencing of human skeletal muscle reveals novel progenitor populations".

All are welcome

You are invited to attend a research talk from Dr. Deniz Duruiz (Northwestern University) 

(Candidate for the tenure track position, Department of Sociology and Anthropology) 

"Workers' Guardian, Bosses' Henchman: Mediating Capitalism, Military Occupation, and Racialization on Turkish Farms"  

Friday March 13

2:30 - 3:30pm

Main building 211                             

Please spread the word ... The Chaplaincy Centre is hosting a Pop-up Spring Clothing Give Away!

Donations of (clean) spring clothes can be brought to the Chaplaincy Centre Monday March 16 and Tuesday March 17.

Students are invited to come Wednesday March 18 and Thursday March 19 for free clothes.

Everything that isn't picked up will go to the Free Store in Charlottetown or Summerside on Friday March 20.

The UPEI Health & Wellness Centre is going to offer a weekly walk-in clinic on Thursdays, from 4-7:00 pm.  We will take the first 20 patients who present in person only.  You can pick up your number beginning at 3:30 pm.  The walk-in clinic is for uncomplicated and less complex and single health issues that can be addressed in brief appointments.  The clinics are for students as well as faculty, staff, and families (minor children, spouse or partner).  You must present your provincial health card or proof of international insurance or you cannot be seen.

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board (REB).  The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday March 27, 2020. They will be reviewed at the April meeting.  Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after March 27, 2020 will be reviewed at the May 2020 meeting.

Other ethics protocol submissions, including new applications that do not involve ‘more than minimal risk’, renewals, and amendments may be submitted at any time. They will be sent for delegated review as soon as all necessary forms are received.

Please ensure that you download and use the current forms from http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. Use Adobe Reader to complete forms.

Submit the following:

• one hard copy of the signed application form and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and

• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

For more information, please contact Joy Knight (Compliance Coordinator) at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday March 27, 2020. These applications will be reviewed at the April 2020 meeting.

Please ensure that you use the new electronic forms available at http://www.upei.ca/research/forms. 

Submit the following:

• one hard copy of the application form with signatures and associated documents to Joy Knight at the Office of Academic and Research, 200 Kelley Memorial Building and
• one e-copy of all documents to reb@upei.ca

Please note that applications received after this deadline will be reviewed at the May 2020 meeting. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca

Did you know you can access private professional development training classes for your staff right here on campus?  UPEI Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development can offer any of our courses privately to your team on dates that are convenient to you. Contact us for a custom quote by emailing lreaman@upei.ca, and click here to see a list of our current course offerings.

Candidate presentation, Department of Psychology

Jessica Jeong, candidate for the tenure track position with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts, will make two public presentations.

The first is entitled "Infant development and maternal health: Evidence from community-based research" and will take place on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 1:30 pm in Memorial Hall, room 417.

The second is entitled "The promise and pitfalls of working with parents in a clinical setting". This presentation will be held on Friday, March 20, 2020 at 9:00 am in Memorial Hall, room 417.

All are welcome to attend.

The Multidisciplinary Faculty Discussion Group on Environmental Issues is hosting a series of brown bag lunch events which aim to showcase UPEI faculty's environment-related research. 

The third speaker in the series is Dr. Pamela Courtenay-Hall, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, speaking on Ecological Identity and Ecological Grief in a Climate-Changing World, Wednesday, March 18, 12:30-1:15 p.m. in SDU Main Building, Room 115. Students, faculty, and staff are all welcome to attend.

First-year and fourth-year students in Arts, Business, Engineering, Nursing, and Science have been invited to fill out the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to help UPEI improve student experiences. Students who complete the survey have chances to win one of the 9 early bird prizes and a grand prize. The first draw of 3 early bird prizes will take place on Friday, Mach 13. Students are encouraged to check their UPEI email for the invitation and complete the survey soon.

 If you have questions about the survey, please contact Dr. Yuqin Gong, Manager of Institutional Research at the Office of VP Academic and Research, via 902-566-0361 or ygong@upei.ca.

Thank You to students for your participation and to all who help spread words about the survey.

WOOFS (Wellness Oriented Outreach for Students & Staff) ambassador "Finnigan" the Golden Retriever, will be wishing all of his UPEI friends a Happy St. Patrick's Day on March 13, 2020. Finnigan is excited to see all of his UPEI friends again and is always happy to make new ones. Please visit from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on the 5th floor of Dalton Hall. 

Accessibility Services invites all Faculty to attend our session, “I’ve Received an Accommodation Letter... Now What?” on March 26th from 11:30-12:30 in Andrew Hall 142.  Are there accommodations listed in a student’s accommodation letter that you are unsure about? Come to our session to learn more about how accommodations are determined and who is responsible for implementing them. 

To sign up for this session please complete the following form: 

https://forms.gle/zjHNBwH7pdwdeJyWA

SPEAKER: Zacharie Maw, Biomedical Sciences

TITLE: Surfactants as chemical elicitors for marine Streptomyces and metabolomic strategies to dereplicate biotransformations

Everyone is welcome

Need an alternative to meeting with your students face-to-face? BlackBoard Collaborate is web conferencing software that allows instructors to do many things to engage online with their students. Use BlackBoard Collaborate to record your teaching  for days when your face-to-face class has been cancelled. You can display a PowerPoint or use the interactive whiteboard to write notes and sketch, BlackBoard Collaborate allows you to set up a complete virtual classroom. It’s simple, easy and reliable to use. Facilitated by the E-Learning Office, this workshop will take place online on Thursday, March 26th from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Further details will be provided upon registration. REGISTER

The UPEI & Friends Neuroscience Journal Club will be held on Friday March 13, 2020 from 3-4 pm in the Fishbowl conference room of the Duffy Research Centre (NRC).  All faculty, students and staff with an interest in neuroscience are most welcome.  For a copy of the paper to be discussed please contact Brandon Smith (bssmith@upei.ca) or Andy Tasker (tasker@upei.ca)

You are invited to attend a research talk from Dr. Deniz Duruiz (Northwestern University) 

(Candidate for the tenure track position, Department of Sociology and Anthropology) 

"Workers' Guardian, Bosses' Henchman: Mediating Capitalism, Military Occupation, and Racialization on Turkish Farms"  

Friday March 13

2:30 - 3:30pm

Main building 211                             

Please spread the word ... The Chaplaincy Centre is hosting a Pop-up Spring Clothing Give Away!

Donations of (clean) spring clothes can be brought to the Chaplaincy Centre Monday March 16 and Tuesday March 17.

Students are invited to come Wednesday March 18 and Thursday March 19 for free clothes.

Everything that isn't picked up will go to the Free Store in Charlottetown or Summerside on Friday March 20.

The School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences welcomes the campus community to a public research presentation by Dr. Mostafa Milani, candidate for the tenure track position in Data Science.    

Presentation Title: Improving User’s Access to Quality Data

Abstract: Accessing quality data is one of the main challenges in data science. Query composition is an important and difficult task for accessing data in database system. This talk will present techniques based on queries performance prediction, data provenance, and data quality assessment for facilitating effective query composition.

All are welcome to attend.

For Pup's Sake, Buy a Cupcake! 

We will be selling cupcakes at the AVC Cafe and Samuel's Cafe from March 9th - 13th, 2020 with a portion of the proceeds going to the PEI Humane Society. Don't want a cupcake but would like to donate to the fundraiser? You can do so here!