Representatives from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry will be on campus for an admission presentation. The presentation will run from 12:00 - 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 15 in the Atlantic Veterinary College, Room 286B N.

Click here for more information. All are welcome!

UPEI continues to offer a variety of printing services on a user-pay basis. When UPEI migrated its networks from Novell to Microsoft Active Directory this past spring, there was an issue with the PaperCut system that collects payments from the printers. In order to maintain printing capabilities and avoid any service disruption, UPEI waived printing fees on a temporary basis.

The issue with PaperCut has now been resolved and UPEI will resume collecting fees on Monday, November 20, 2017.

Students requiring printing services at the UPEI may click here for more information, to ensure they have funds available, or to add money to their PaperCut account.

The UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering is hosting an open house on Friday, November 17 from 12 noon to 3 pm for prospective students and their parents. It is a great opportunity to explore a future-focused engineering degree that leads to a multitude of career opportunities. SSDE faculty and staff will be showcasing UPEI’s unique program through presentations and tours of the state-of-the-art facility. Students will learn how sustainable design engineering is about solving real problems for real clients, broadening horizons with global experiences, connecting with the community, and improving the environment. Current student projects will be on display, and first-year students will be competing in the concourse with gravitational-powered cars they have created, designed, and built. Admissions staff will also be onsite to answer any application-related questions. All are welcome so please spread the word.

Interactive videos can increase student engagement and interest. Our latest version of Moodle is now equipped with interactive video creation capability. Instructors are invited to attend a workshop, offered by the E-Learning Office, on how to create a basic interactive video. This workshop will be offered on two separate dates. Tuesday, November 14 11:00 am to 12:00 pm or Friday, November 17 1:00 to 2:00 pm; in the Robertson Library, Room 265. REGISTER

A big "Thank-you!" to the group that gathered a few weeks back to ponder options for the popular exam chili lunches. Thanks to them, the Chaplaincy Centre Exam Chili tradition will be back for its twentieth year with a few new twists!

The menu will be internationalized, nutrition will be increased, and garbage decreased. This year the UPEI Student Union has stepped up as chefs from The Wave will take on the coordination of an event that fed more than 700 students during the last examination period.

Members of the University community who are looking to part with bowls and soup size spoons, please feel free to bring them to the Chaplaincy Centre!

Each semester 30-35 staff and faculty members volunteer to set up, serve and clean up - stay tuned for ways to get involved!

PhD student Logan MacIntyre will give a presention entitled "Mining for 'chemical gold': The role of natural products in 21st century antibiotic discovery" at the November Research on Tap event. Click here to read more about the presentation.

The event will take place at The Wave (campus pub) in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on November 16 at 6:30 pm. Any questions or comments may be directed to gsa@upei.ca.

The Robertson Library now has a 3D printer that is available for public use, and from November 7 - 21 printing is free! Stop by Robertson Library to use the printer or just to see it in action. 

For more information contact Keltie MacPhail at kmacphail@upei.ca.

The next deadline for submitting Biosafety applications including new applications, renewals and/or amendments is Friday, November 24, 2017. These applications will be reviewed at the December 2017 meeting.
Please ensure that you use the new electronic forms available here.

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 the following month. For more information, please contact Joy Knight at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca.

Ethics protocols that involve ‘more than minimal risk’ must be reviewed by the full UPEI Research Ethics Board. The next deadline for submitting these protocols is Friday, December 1, 2017. They will be reviewed at the December meeting. Protocols involving ‘more than minimal risk’ that are received after December 1 will be reviewed at the January 2018 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 found here. 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 at 620-5104 or reb@upei.ca.

The Kinesiology Program welcomes the UPEI community to tour the new Kinesiology Teaching Lab. Equipment demos and light refreshments will be provided. Door prizes include t-shirts and a personalized fitness assessment/program!

The open house will take place on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in Steel Building, Rm128.

For more information, contact Katie Beck at kbeck@upei.ca.

The flags at the plaza in front of Kelley Memorial Building and at UPEI Alumni Canada Games Place will be lowered to half-mast on Saturday, November 11 on the occasion of Remembrance Day.  Lest we forget.

The UPEI Biology Department is pleased to welcome back alumna Dr. Lisa Purcell, Senior Scientist at Regeneron, USA. Lisa graduated from UPEI with a BSc, Honours Biology, in 2001. She will present the next seminar in the ESC-HUB seminar series.

Dr. Purcell’s talk is entitled “Stopping the leak: Targeting the host to treat cerebral malaria” and will be presented on Friday, November 10, 2017 at 12:30 pm in room 204 Duffy Science Centre.

Contact Sharon Martin for more information at samartin@upei.ca or 902-566-0301. 

All are welcome!

PhD student Logan MacIntyre will give a presention entitled "Mining for 'chemical gold': The role of natural products in 21st century antibiotic discovery" at the November Research on Tap event.

Presentation description: "It should come as no shock that we find ourselves in the antibiotic resistance era and that many drugs currently used to treat infection are becoming ineffective. Discovering new antibiotics forms part of the solution to this crisis and in response, many scientists have turned to perhaps the most historically prolific producers of antibiotic drugs - bacteria and fungi. This presentation will cover the challenges associated with modern antibiotic discovery, the untapped potential of bacteria and fungi and future directions for this field of research."

The event will take place at The Wave (campus pub) in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on November 16 at 6:30 pm. Any questions or comments may be directed to gsa@upei.ca.

Please note that the UPEI Faculty Association Office has moved to a new location. You can now find the FAO in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 415. Office phone number remains the same 902-566-0438.

Feel free to drop by and say, "Hello"!

With the increase in quality and quantity of brain sciences research over the last few years, what of it can be usefully applied to teaching?

This workshop aims to summarize that research on learning and memory and provide instructors with tips for integration into their teaching. Offered by the E-Learning Office, the workshop takes place on Tuesday, November 21 from 10:00 to 11:00 am in Room 265, Robertson Library. REGISTER

The departments of Biomedical Sciences & Pathology and Microbiology invite you to a seminar with Dr. Andy Tasker, Biomedical Sciences, who will give a talk entitled "Scaffolding proteins as targets for neuroprotection in stroke: the NA-1 story from concept to clinic" on November 15 at 3:00 pm in Lecture Theatre A, AVC.

For more information, email sacorn@upei.ca. All are welcome!

UPEI Health and Fitness Week 2017 has many exciting yoga classes available to students, staff and faculty throughout the week:

• Karma Yoga
• Fusion Yoga with Kelly Hughes
• GLOWGA: Glow-In-The-Dark Yoga
• Laughter Yoga
• Yoga 101 Clinic

Advance sign-up required. Click here for the full schedule of events and for more information!

The Robertson Library is offering a presentation, with hands-on tutorial time, on Tuesday November 7 at 3:00 pm and again on Friday November 10 at 11:00 am in the LINC classroom (Rm 265) in the Library. Faculty, staff, and students that use Google Scholar, this is a chance to learn some useful time-saving tips!

If you are unable to make this time but would like to learn these tips, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca to arrange another time.

The Robertson Library is offering an intro 30-minute presentation with further hands-on time on the RefWorks citation management system on Tuesday, November 7 at 2:00 pm and repeating on Friday, November 10 at noon in the LINC classroom in the Robertson Library.

This will be useful for students and faculty, whether you used the old RefWorks or are learning RefWorks for the first time. If you bring your laptop, we can help you set up the Word or Google Docs plugin following the main presentation. If you are unable to make these times but would like to learn about RefWorks, please contact Melissa Belvadi, mbelvadi@upei.ca.

Faculty are encouraged to share this announcement with their classes!

POWER SHUTDOWN

There will be a power shutdown for Memorial Hall on Friday, November 10, 2017 beginning at 8:30 pm. This power shutdown will also cause an interruption of power for approximately ½ hour at the beginning of the work and again when the work is completed for the Robertson Library, K. C. Irving Building, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, Duffy Science Centre, Cass Building, Chaplaincy Centre, Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall, Andrew Hall, Bernardine Hall and Blanchard Hall.

This shutdown is necessary to replace the main electrical panel in Memorial Hall, the work is expected to take approximately 10 hours to complete. Emergency power will not be affected.

Facilities Management apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jackie MacPhail at jmacphail@upei.ca, or 902-566-6034.