Santa Clause is coming to UPEI on Wednesday, Nov 28th 11:30-1:30. Drop up to the Mawi'omi and Campus Life Lounge in Student Affairs, 5th Floor Dalton Hall and join us for hot chocolate, cake and a little merriment! Take along your colleagues and friends for some great group photos. Don't forget your camera/phone!  

Due to impeding weather, we are unfortunately going to cancel today's Alumni and Friends Moncton event. We will reschedule in early in the New Year. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Anthony Gill at 902-566-0761 or adgill@upei.ca

Leon Libang will be presenting a Business Capstone Course Presentation on a new Vaccine for Atlantic Salmon.  

  President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2018 President’s Holiday Social for Faculty and Staff on Tuesday, December 4 from 12-1:30 pm at the W.A.Murphy Student Centre in McMillan Hall.  Celebrate with your colleagues at this special time of year! Enjoy complimentary appetizers and refreshments, while listening to students from the UPEI Brass Quintet perform songs of the season, and get a sneak peek of our 50th Anniversary plans! You are encouraged to bring your food and monetary donations for the UPEI Food Bank—the Office of the President will match your support!  

Speaker: Dr. K. Bedard, Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University Title: Identifying causal genetic variants in dominant disorders

Dr. Joshua MacFadyen, an associate professor in the Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture program in UPEI’s Faculty of Arts, will launch his new book, Flax Americana: A History of the Fibre and Oil that Covered a Continent, on Thursday, November 29 at 7:00 pm at Upstreet Craft Brewing in Charlottetown. Flax Americana examines the story of flax, a plant that went in a few decades from a specialty crop to one of the most commercially important farming products in a rapidly industrializing North America.  “Flax Americana touches on topics as diverse as Canadian Mennonites making homespun linen, escaped slaves and First Nations labourers participating in Ontario’s industrial transformation, and oilseed empires driving precarious agriculture into North and South American grasslands for the production of a luxury good—paint,” explained Dr. MacFadyen. “However, the book is really about what a deep dive into a single plant and the places that produced it can tell us about the emergence of commodity frontiers, industrial capitalism, and the modern world itself.” Flax Americana: A History of the Fibre and Oil that Covered a Continent is published by McGill Queen’s University Press.

At the Chaplaincy Centre, thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner. On December 5 and 10, between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, a free lunch for students will be served at the Chaplaincy Centre. About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation.

At the Chaplaincy Centre, thoughts are with the students during exam time, their success, and yes, of course, the chili dinner. On December 5 and 10, between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, a free lunch for students will be served at the Chaplaincy Centre. About 300 students show up each day with smiles and conversation.

All are welcome to attend a presentation by Hope Igboeli on " Project Development of Nutralean Bake Mix" as part of the Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences Seminar Program.

Please join your colleagues in congratulating Dr. Cornelia (Cora) Gilroy, the recipient of the 2018 Janet Pottie Murray Award for Educational Leadership. The award ceremony will be held from 2:00-3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 13th in the Faculty Lounge of the Main Building. Light refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!