Join the UPEI Alumni Association for the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Awards as a part of Summer Reunion 2013. The awards will be presented on Friday, July 26 at 3:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. This year's recipients include: J. Armand DesRoches, SDU'63 will be presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award. This award commemorates a graduate for their outstanding contributions to knowledge, the arts, the community, and the university or humanity. J. Paul S. Young, BSc'02, BScR'07 & MBA'12 will be presented with the Inspiring Young Alumni Award, which honours a graduate, under the age of 40, who has shown outstanding determination in achieving success at a young age. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Anthony at alumni@upei.ca or 566-0761. Immediately following this event is the All-Years' Reunion Social, all are welcome to attend.

Join Dr. Alexander A. Oraevsky, a scientist and pioneer in the field of biomedical optoacoustics for a public lecture entitled "New imaging technology uses light to make cancer 'talk' to the doctor," on Wednesday, August 7 at 7:00 pm, Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 242. Dr. Oraevsky presently leads TomoWave Labs as Chief Technology Officer holds an adjunct professor position at the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Houston. He will discuss a new emerging imaging technology that uses light and sound to detect breast cancer. Presently breast cancer is being detected with mammography using ionizing radiation, which may cause cancer in the breast. Mammography also uses painful compression. Mammography misses 20 per cent of cancerous tumors in elder women and cannot visualize tumors in the breast of young women. Furthermore, when something is detected, it is likely a noncancerous tumor, but mammography cannot differentiate the two types, exposing too many women to unnecessary surgical procedures. A new imaging technology that uses red light that can be converted into sound in tumors, making them “speak” about their location and their medical conditions. The new modality uses the fact that aggressive cancers develop their own system of microscopic blood vessels to support their rapid growth. Thus, all aggressive tumors have more blood. Red light can be strongly absorbed in cancerous tumors, producing signals that can be detected at the skin surface. This way, early tumors can be reliably detected. Dr. Oraevsky is the recipient of multiple research awards advancing biomedical applications of the optoacoustic imaging sensing and monitoring. Alexander is the primary inventor of 17 patents, has published five book chapters and over 200 scientific papers dealing with novel laser technologies applicable in biology and medicine. For more information about Dr. Oraevsky's visit to UPEI or to organize a time to meet with him, please contact Dr. Bill Whelan, Department of Physics at 566-0419, wwhelan@upei.ca.

On Saturday, July 20, the UPEI Physics department in partnership with the Charlottetown branch of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will put on free public viewing within our telescope dome on the top of the Memorial Building. This is a weather dependent event, so please check http://physics.upei.ca/astronomy for any cancellation notice.

Join Dr. Alexander A. Oraevsky, a scientist and pioneer in the field of biomedical optoacoustics, for a research lecture on "Laser Optoacoustic Ultrasonic Imaging System and Biomedical Applications," on Wednesday, August 7 at 2:00 pm in Lecture Theatre A, AVC. Dr. Oraevsky will discuss the principles of operation, methods of signal processing and image reconstruction, advantages, limitations and biomedical applications of a recently developed, combined laser optoacoustic ultrasonic imaging system (LOUIS). The idea of combining the optoacoustic and laser ultrasonic tomography in one modality for the purposes of co-registration of functional and anatomical images drives present developments in the field of optoacoustic imaging. Optoacoustic images can provide natural and useful enhancement of almost every application of medical ultrasound. Deep tissue imaging with high contrast and resolution is the most important niche for optoacoustic tomography, unattainable neither in pure optical imaging or pure ultrasonic imaging. Dr. Oraevsky presently leads TomoWave Labs as Chief Technology Officer holds an adjunct professor position at the Biomedical Engineering Department of the University of Houston. Dr. Oraevsky is the recipient of multiple research awards advancing biomedical applications of optoacoustic imaging, sensing and monitoring. Alexander is the primary inventor of 17 patents, has published five book chapters and over 200 scientific papers dealing with novel laser technologies applicable in biology and medicine.

Join Rob Wickham from the University of Guelph for a lecture entitled “Simulation of dynamics and structure in the disordered micelle regime of diblock copolymer melts," on Monday, July 22, 2013, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. The lecture will be held in the Duffy Science Building, Room 204. All are welcome to attend.

Join the Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee for a Master of Science thesis defense on Friday, July 26 at 1:00 PM in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204. Liane Leclair will defend her Master of Science thesis entitled: In vitro reproductive-endocrine, and in vivo immunological responses to extracted oil sands-derived naphthenic acids All are welcome to attend.

Join the Faculty of Science Graduate Studies Committee for a Master of Science thesis defense on Monday, July 29 at 8:30 am in the Main Building, room 113. Christopher Rock will defend his Master of Science thesis entitled: The Synthesis, Characterization, and Analysis of Polynorbornenes Containing Various Organometallic Species All are welcome to attend.

UPEI Athletics and Recreation would like to determine the level of interest from students and community members in forming a power lifting club to be based out of UPEI’s Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre. Those interested are invited to an information meeting in the Sports Centre Boardroom on Wednesday, July 31 at 7:00 pm. More information is available by emailing panthercentral@upei.ca or by calling (902) 566-0368.

An opportunity for everyone to see the new University of PEI "Fablab", a community facility in the Engineering Department with 3D printers, a laser cutter-etcher and a milling machine. Come and learn about fabrication, the "maker" movement, and about how you can use this equipment yourself!

The University has engaged an independent panel of three reviewers to conduct an assessment of programs and activities related to Island Studies. Panelists include Dr. Liette Vasseur of Brock University, Dr. Graham Whitelaw of Queen's University, and Mr. David MacDonald, PC. On Wednesday, August 14, Dr. Graham Whitelaw and Mr. David MacDonald will conduct the second site review and meet with as many of the key stakeholders as possible. Interested members of the campus community are invited to an Open Campus Meeting on Wednesday, August 14 from 4:00–5:00 pm in the Kelley Memorial Building, room 211. The Terms of Reference for the assessment are available upon request by emailing dlawless@upei.ca