Dr. Truis Smith-Palmer, Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University will present a seminar entitled "Towards antifouling solutions: Raman studies of bacterial biofilms, and Surfactants which inhibit the settling or development of tunicate larvae."

The Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminars will wrap up for the year on Friday, April 10. Graduate students will present the following talks: “Phytochemical profiling and anticancer analysis of select woody plants," presented by Colin Stetson (HUB), co-supervised by R. Hurta and J. McCallum ​ “Examining pain anxiety in young adult athletes,” presented by Gillian Potter (HUB), supervised by W. Montelpare All are welcome.

The Biology Honours students will be giving 15-minute presentations about their research this coming Saturday, April 11, from 10:00 am until approximately 3:00 pm in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204. All are welcome.

The Island Studies Student Association (ISSA) will be hosting a bake sale to raise funds for Vanuatu - which was devastated by Cyclone Pam a couple weeks ago. Spearheaded by Interim ISSA President, Katharine MacDonald, the bake sale is part of a larger fundraising effort organized by the Master of Arts in Island Studies students with help from faculty and staff - including (and especially) Dr. Jean Mitchell (Department of Anthropology), who has had a long-time association with Vanuatu. Please help support this very worthwhile cause - and help spread the word. And be sure to watch for more upcoming events!

​In order to communicate effectively, individuals have to master the techniques of effective listening and self expression. These skills involve verbal and non-verbal behaviours as well as the ability to speak with persuasion and confidence. This session will look at both sides of the communication equation. This session offers helpful strategies to: · Develop techniques to communicate assertively. · Speak effectively when conversing about conflict. · Recognize the barriers that can get in the way of listening. The Effective Communication at Work session has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 28 from 12:00-1:00 pm. If you would like to attend the session, please pre-register by contacting Megan at mgee@upei.ca.

Workplace Stress can be triggered by many sources: heavy workloads with tight timelines, layoffs or restructuring, or difficult co-workers. When combined with the pressures and responsibilities outside of work, it is no wonder that people experience high levels of stress. This session will help people to: - Define stress and the fight or flight response. - Identify personal stressors and symptoms. - Develop strategies to increase their personal resiliency. ​ Space is limited so please sign up before April 13. If you would like to attend the session, please pre-register by contacting Megan at mgee@upei.ca. ​ Release-time from your department is generally needed to participate.

For anyone interested in learning the different ways to multiply—parents, students, teachers, pre-service teachers, and friends! The workshop will start with the basics by drawing pictures to model multiplication. Then, we will move to contrasting the different ways to multiply and strategies for multiplication. The workshop will focus on multiplication of decimal numbers too! Email to let us know you are coming so that we will have enough handouts for everybody at tmiller@upei.ca The workshop is led by Dr. Tess Miller and her UPEI Education students. (This is the last workshop in the three-part series.)

UPEI’s Robertson Library and the Canadian Museum of History are proud to announce that the launch of a new website, bowingdownhome.ca, will take place at a series of events across the province in early April. The website is devoted to Prince Edward Island fiddling traditions. The launch parties, fittingly being held at community halls, will include presentations about the website, refreshments, and ceilidhs, featuring fiddlers whose music appears on the site. Events start at 7:30 pm with doors opening at 7:00 pm: • April 7: Murray Harbour Community Centre • April 8: Vanier Centre, Wellington • April 9: BIS Hall, Charlottetown • April 10: Little Pond Community Centre

On Friday, April 17, at 7:30 pm, the UPEI Music Department will present their end of semester "Choral Concert" at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Under the direction of Sung Ha Shin-Bouey, the UPEI Concert Choir will perform selections from Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle" featuring UPEI vocal majors as soloists. Along with the Concert Choir, the recital includes the UPEI Chamber Singers, Le Ragazze Girls Vocal Ensemble and I Ragazzi Juniors Children's Chamber Choir and will feature renaissance, folk, and pop styles. Admission is $10 Adults and Seniors; $5 Students. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.upeirecitals13.bpt.me or by calling 902-566-0507.

SPEAKER: Laura Ross, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Porcine circovirus type 2-associated cerebellar vasculitis - A case report