There will be a UPEI Basic Biosafety training session on Monday, December 15, from 1:00-4:00 pm in AVC, room 287N. Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island, as well as biosecurity training. Please note: only those who attended a training session after November 2012 are currently considered to be “up to date” in their training requirements. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Rita Stanley, Research Services and Graduate Studies, before December 8th, 2014 by email (rstanley@upei.ca) or by phone (ext. 4308). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or voice message. If you have any questions on this training session, please contact Dr Rhoda Speare, UPEI Biosafety Officer, by phone (ext. 5071), or e mail (rspeare@upei.ca)

There will be a UPEI blood borne pathogen training session on Tuesday, December 16, 9:00—11:00 am in room 313, Kelley Memorial Building. This session is provided for those individuals whose work involves the manipulation of human blood or other body fluids or tissues in the course of their work. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting Rita Stanley, Research Services and Graduate Studies, before December 8, 2014 by email (rstanley@upei.ca) or by phone (ext.4308). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or voice message. If you have any questions on this training session, please contact Dr. Rhoda Speare, UPEI Biosafety Officer, by phone (ext. 5071), or e mail (rspeare@upei.ca)

Dr. Kai Ylijoki, Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University will present a seminar on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Ylijoki’s presentation is entitled Cobalt-Mediated [5+2] Cycloaddition Reactions: Bicyclic Synthesis and Structure/Reactivity Relationships. The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, room 212.

Research on Tap returns for its sixth season of public discussion, debate, and ideas presented by researchers from the University of Prince Edward Island. Join our next conversation on Monday, December 1 at 7 pm at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Dr. Don Wagner, an associate professor at UPEI’s School of Business, will lead a discussion entitled: Microfinance in Africa. How it works. How it doesn’t. The 2014/2015 season of Research on Tap is presented in cooperation with the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Atlantic Chapter. The RSC is Canada’s national academy and is the senior national body of distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists. Research on Tap meets the first Monday of every month from October to April. The full schedule of speakers can be found at upei.ca/research/research-on-tap

Drop by the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre for a FREE chili lunch on December 3 from 11:30 am-1:30pm. Menu highlights include: Rocky's Famous Chili, vegetarian chili, chicken pasta, baked potatoes, rice, hot dogs, and more! The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre and the Diocese of Charlottetown through the generosity of Saint Dunstan's University Board of Governors gladly sponsors this year's chili lunch.

Drop by the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre for a FREE chili lunch on December 4 from 11:30 am-1:30pm. Menu highlights include: Rocky's Famous Chili, vegetarian chili, chicken pasta, baked potatoes, rice, hot dogs, and more! The UPEI Chaplaincy Centre and the Diocese of Charlottetown through the generosity of Saint Dunstan's University Board of Governors gladly sponsors this year's chili lunch.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz invites you to attend the 2014 President’s Holiday Social and Tree Lighting in Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall on Thursday, December 4 3:30–5:00 pm. Celebrate the Season with the UPEI campus community, and learn about our “UPEI Commits to Care” initiative! You are encouraged to donate to the UPEI Food Bank (food and cash will be accepted)—UPEI will match your donations!

Final exams begin. See the full exam schedule, to find out when you write!

The annual Fall UPEI Choral Concert takes place at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall on Saturday November 29 at 7:30 pm. Under the direction of Professor Sung Ha Shin-Bouey the Concert Choir and soloists from the UPEI Vocal Program will present Mozart’s “Coronation Mass,” works by Palestrina and Eric Whitacre, as well as contemporary folk and jazz pieces Soloists include sopranos; Rebecca Apps and Lindsay Gillis, altos; Hannah Rollwage and Olivia Barnes, tenors; William Millington and Cody Collins, and basses; Travis Boudreau and Parker Clements. Special guests for the evening will be Le Ragazze and I Ragazzi Jrs vocal ensembles, also under the direction of Professor Shin-Bouey. Tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for students and are available at the door, online at www.upeirecitals9.bpt.me or in advance by calling 566‐0507.

President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz cordially invites you to the Official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. Join the President; the Honourable Robert Ghiz, Premier; the Honourable Allen Roach, Minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning; UPEI Board of Governors Chair Tom Cullen; and UPEI Student Union President Lucas MacArthur as they mark the beginning of construction in the Health Sciences Building Lobby on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 10:00 am. Hot beverages will be served before proceeding to the construction site.