Events Archive
The next session of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Management course begins April 1, 2010. The dates for this Spring session are April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 and May 6, 13 and 27. The full-day retreat day will be Saturday May 8th. The location for the course will be Mount St. Mary's, Thursday evenings…
Visiting chemist to give public talk on ‘green’ plastics
You can’t spin a two-litre pop bottle in the modern world without hitting another piece of plastic. Plastics are cheap to produce, lightweight, and are strong and flexible enough to be used in millions of applications. However, most are made…
"Bringing Chemistry to Life"
Presented by: Dr. Nola Etkin
In a project designed to engage students' imagination and creativity, groups of students were asked to act out or otherwise creatively present a chemical reaction. What did they come up with? Did they rise to the challenge? How much did…
The students in the UPEI Executive-style MBA Program's Biotechnology stream invite the public to their presentations on "Biotech Areas in PEI ", as part of their Commercialization of Biotechnology and Innovations course. The presentations will include an evaluation of the topic and potential future…
Join us for an award and paper presentation, as we honour the three most outstanding paper submissions from our Global Issues students, Tuesday, March 30 at 6:00pm in McDougall Hall, Room 242.
Two of the primary aims of Global Issues 151 are to examine the changing character of the modern…
The students from this year's Theatre Studies 244 class will be presenting monologues from a variety of Canadian plays. Come out, on March 27, and support the future performers in the Theatre Studies Program. The event begins at 7:30 pm in the Faculty Lounge in Main. Admission is a donation of…
SPEAKER: Kylie Muio, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: Identification of Novel Up-Regulated Virulence-associated Proteins in Streptococcus iniae using Quantitative Proteomics
SPEAKER: Afaf Arara, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: The Reid-Index in Healthy Cats
Faculty Time
Hosted by the Webster Centre
Main Building Faculty Lounge
All faculty and sessional instructors are invited to celebrate the end of the month with colleagues at Faculty Time. Enjoy the food and a complementary drink, courtesy of your hosts, Barb Campbell and the Webster Centre staff…
By Distinguished Professor and IIS Research Associate Dr Mark Lapping from the University of Southern Maine
Date: Thursday March 18, 2010
Time: noon – 1PM
Location: Main Building Faculty Lounge, UPEI
Professor Lapping of the University will give a public…
SPEAKER: Janet Saunders, Biomedical Sciences
TITLE: Validation of Co-oximetry For The Measurement of Methemoglobin in Fish
SPEAKER: Michelle MacPhee, Biomedical Sciences
TITLE: Optoacoustic Imaging of a Prostate Cancer Model
Challenges and Opportunities: the next 25 years ‑ a public event to engage Islanders in the process of planning for the Island’s future.
Location: Carrefour de l’Isle-Saint‑Jean (5 Acadian Drive, Charlottetown)
A panel of local and regional speakers will identify current strengths and future…
Come help us celebrate the "best of the best" of students' project work in the University 100 Program. The Showcase will be opened by one of UPEI's favourite story tellers Dr. Ed MacDonald. Dr. MacDonald will highlight the history and heritage of post-secondary education on Prince Edward Island.…
SPEAKER: Jessica Livingston-Thomas, Biomedical Sciences
TITLE: Studying the effects of forced use movement therapy on functional recovery and post-ischemic neuroplasticity
Do you have a career in mind but not sure if it’s right for you? Need a job? Come to UPEI’s Career Showcase and Job Fair on Wednesday, March 10th from 10-2 in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre.
The Career Showcase is your chance to talk with someone who is in a career you would like to pursue or would…
At March’s Research on Tap, join a UPEI chemist who will defend both the honour of his profession, and the much-maligned so-called enemy of the environment: plastic.
The discussion starts at 7 p.m., March 9, in the bar at Mavor’s in the Confederation Centre of the Arts.
Dr. Michael Shaver is an…
Presented by: Dr. Richard Lemm
Topic: Laptops, Cellphones, and iStudents: Dealing with Electronic Gadgets in the Classroom
We've come a long way from reading our Mad Magazine inside a propped-up textbook and passing notes under desks. Now, the laptops are open and students are taking notes or... on…
