Hank Kwok, water analysis and purification specialist with Thermo Scientific, will give a pH seminar on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 11:00 am, in the Regis and Joan  Duffy Research Centre, Room 212. Seminar topic will include electrode operation and selection, meter calibration and buffer selection, temperature effects on samples, and troubleshooting common problems. After the seminar, Hank will be available for several pH clinics held in labs around campus where he will look at instrumentation and provide some hands-on testing of equipment and electrodes. Hank has indicated these clinics would be particularly useful to users attempting to measure pH in the areas of Environmental Science and Foods and Nutrition as their samples are typically more challenging. If you are interested in Hank stopping by your lab, please let Stephen Scully (sscully@upei.ca) know.

Physics Visiting Speaker - Tuesday, June 21, 2016 Professor Shaul Mordechai, Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel will present a seminar on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 3:00 pm. The presentation is entitled "Vibrational Spectroscopy for Medical Applications:  Challenges and Feasibility". The seminar will be held in the Kelley Memorial Building,  Room 210. All are Welcome!  

Join the staff of the UPEI International Relations Office for our Summer Kick-Off party. We will meet at the IRO and then head outdoors for some fun. There will be treats, an opportunity to socialize, a fantastic summer prize pack, and a chance to try some summer games. We hope to see everyone on Thursday.

The UPEI AIRS Multicultural Choir and Song Circle is a non-audition singing group, open to all on the campus. Community members are also welcome.  Singers are invited  (but are not required) to introduce songs from their own or different cultures.  The  weekly one-hour rehearsals (Wed. 4:00 pm)  will take place in the basement of the Robertson Library Building, Room 104,  (do not go into the library itself, please find the stairway in the hallway of the Library building; for  elevator if preferred please contact Hailey at 902-566-6023).  Alternatively, the group may go outside for a cappella singing (come to Room 104 first).  The group's repertoire has included songs from many cultures within Canada as well as  songs from France, Chile, Germany, Ukraine, Nigeria,  Kenya, Japan, Korea among others.   Your   new input would be appreciated.

Please join us for the launch of an exciting online discovery tool for the LMMI Research Collections housed at the Robertson Library. When: June 23, 4:45-5:30 pmWhere: 242 Don and Marion McDougall Hall, UPEIWhat: KindredSpaces will be the home of the significant Montgomery-related materials of the L.M. Montgomery Institute and Robertson Library. KindredSpaces is made possible by the generosity and vision of LMMI research associate and benefactor Dr. Donna Jane Campbell. The first material hosted at KindredSpaces will be the Ryrie-Campbell Collection, donated by Dr. Campbell. This launch is part of the LMMI Biennial International Conference. All are welcome.

Join in the celebration as the campus community marks the Official Opening of the UPEI School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Tours of the facility will take place following the ceremony. All are welcome. Please view the pdf for details.

Please join us on Tuesday, June 28 at 10am in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building as Valerie Campbell presents her proposal entitled: Ethics from below: Engaging youth in the ethical policies and practices of online research. Hope to see you there.

Please join us on Tuesday, June 28 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm, in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building, as the University community celebrates the retirement of our friend and colleague Dr. Martha Gabriel, Professor Emerita. After many years with UPEI, Martha will officially retire on June 30. Cake and light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there to wish Martha all the best in her retirement.  

Dew computing is a new computing model appeared after the wide acceptance of cloud computing. While cloud computing uses centralized servers to provide various services, dew computing uses on-premises computers to provide decentralized, cloud-friendly, and collaborative micro services to end-users. Dew computing is an on-premises computer software-hardware organization paradigm in the cloud computing environment, which is complementary to cloud computing. The key features of dew computing are that on-premises computers provide functionality independent of cloud services and they also collaborate with cloud services. Dew computing has just gone through its emerging stage. A few research groups contributed to dew computing from different angles. As an emerging and fast-growing research area, it is necessary to bring researchers in this area together to exchange research progress and to envision the path ahead. The 1st International Workshop on Dew Computing (DEWCOM 2016) is the first-ever conference in this area, and it will shape the future of Dew Computing. The detailed information of this event can be found in the following link: http://www.dewcomputing.org/index.php/dewcom-2016/

Jennifer Tinkham, candidate for the tenure track position in Social Studies and Indigenous Education at the Faculty of Education, will make a public presentation that focuses on “Social Studies and Indigenous Education in Times of Truth and Reconciliation” on Tuesday, 05-July-2016 from 9:30am to 10:30am in HSB 104.   There will also be a Meet & Greet in the Education Student Lounge (Memorial 306) from 3:00pm-3:45pm. All are welcome to attend.