UPEI graduate students present research during annual Graduate Studies and Research Days March 11 to 14
The University of Prince Edward Island will hold its annual Graduate Studies and Research Days from March 11 to 14. Open to the public, this event showcases the work of graduate students from the faculties of Arts, Science and Veterinary Medicine.
The Faculty of Arts research day takes place on Tuesday, March 11, in the Main Building Faculty Lounge, with presentations by students in the Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) program. The event begins at 9:30 a.m. with remarks by Wimal Rankaduwa, MAIS coordinator; Margaret Doyle, Island Studies Students’ Association; Dr. Richard Kurial, dean of the Faculty of Arts; and Wade MacLauchlan, president of UPEI.
Nine MAIS students will present their research on a diverse range of topics, including non-resident land ownership, new settler patterns and processes, out-migration, eco-system integrity, economic development, and issues facing small island developing states. Islands being explored include Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Ireland, Mustique and Jamaica. Awards take place at 3:30 p.m.
Graduate students in the Faculty of Science will present their research on Wednesday, March 12, in the Atlantic Veterinary College’s Lecture Theatre A. The day begins at 9:10 a.m. with remarks by Dr. Christian LaCroix, dean of the Faculty of Science; Dr. Katherine Schultz, vice-president of Research and Development at UPEI; and Colleen MacDougall, president of the UPEI Graduate Student Association.
Dr. John Bradley, of the National Research Council-Institute for Nutrisciences and Health, will give a keynote lecture entitled “The Control of Brain Cell Calcium in Health and Disease” at 9:30 a.m. Following the keynote address, 11 graduate students will showcase their research in a number of fields, including ecology and population biology, behavioural neuroscience, molecular biology, plant morphology and fluorescence chemistry. Awards for this student-organized, student-run event will be presented at 4:30 p.m.
The Atlantic Veterinary College will hold its graduate research days on March 13 and 14 in AVC Lecture Theatre A. The opening ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on March 13, with greetings from the Honourable Robert Ghiz, premier of P.E.I.; Dr. Katherine Schultz, vice-president of Research and Development; Dr. Tim Ogilvie, dean of AVC; and Dr. James Bellamy, associate dean of Graduate Studies and Research, AVC at UPEI.
Dr. Lisa Freeman, professor of pharmacology and associate dean for Research and Graduate Programs at Kansas State University, will deliver the annual R. G. Thomson lecture named in honour of the late Dr. Reg Thomson, the founding dean of AVC. She will give a talk called “New Ideas about how NSAIDs Cause Ulcers.”
Over the two days, there will be 26 presentations divided into four themes: animal health research, fundamental aquatic research, applied aquaculture research and human health research. The awards reception will begin in the AVC Cafeteria on Friday at 2:45 p.m. during which the G. Murray and Hazel Hagerman Scholarships, the Graduate Student Pfizer Award, the Faculty Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, the Best Paper Presentation and other awards will be presented.
For information about the scheduled presentations for the faculties of science and veterinary medicine, visit the UPEI Graduate Students' Association website at www.upei.ca/gsa. For more information about the MAIS presentations, please contact Laura Lee Howard at (902) 566-0377.
Later in the spring, the Faculty of Education will hold its fifth annual education research forum. The forum will include 11 presentations on the theme of teacher education in the 21st century on May 14 from 3 to 8 p.m., in the KC Irving Building.
The University of Prince Edward Island has 226 full-time and part-time graduate students enrolled in its various graduate studies programs.
