Join Dr. Tess Miller, associate professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Education, for a free math workshop on multiplication on Thursday, February 26 from 4:30-6:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 328. This session is open to all UPEI students. Advanced registration (tmiller@upei.ca) is required.

CPA Atlantic School of Business is back on campus this semester with information sessions and office hours to help you prepare to enter the Chartered Professional Accountants certification program after graduation. Take part in the information session on Tuesday, February 3 from 2:30-3:30 in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 231. Please note that seats are limited. *This session has been re-scheduled from the January 27 session, due to weather. RSVP in advance to CPA Atlantic Program Advisor, Rachelle Gauvin, rgauvin@cpaatlantic.ca. The information session is designed specifically for third and fourth year students preparing to enter the CPA path in 2015 or 2016, but all interested students are welcome.

UPEI Men's Hockey Alumni are invited to participate in a celebration in honour of the 50th anniversary of the SDU 1964-65 Maritime Championship and the 30th anniversary of the UPEI 1984-85 AUAA Championship. The reception will take place on Friday, January 23 from 5:00-6:30 pm prior to the UPEI Men's Hockey game at 7:00 pm, at The Wave in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. There will be complimentary food and tickets to the hockey game provided. For more information, and to RSVP, please contact alumni@upei.ca or call 902-566-0687.

The CPA Atlantic School of Business will host a CPA Information Session on Tuesday, January 27 from 2:30-3:30 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 231. RSVP in advance to CPA Atlantic Program Advisor, Rachelle Gauvin, rgauvin@cpaatlantic.ca. One-on-one CPA consulting is also availble for students entering the Chartered Professional Accountants certification program after graduation. Office hours will be on Wednesday, January 28 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 233. Book an appointment with rgauvin@cpaatlantic.ca.

Novelist Craig Davidson is three people. As Davidson, he is the author of Cataract City, a successful literary novel, and Rust and Bone, made into a film that premiered at the Cannes Festival. As Nick Cutter and Patrick Lestweka, he’s a popular horror writer praised by Stephen King and Clive Barker. Davidson will read from his fiction on Thursday, February 12, at 7:30 pm in Confederation Centre Art Gallery. His reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department, with support from The Canada Council for the Arts. A book signing will follow.

This event is postponed due to this evening's coming storm. A new date will be announced shortly. 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, February 2 at 7 pm at the Haviland Club in Charlottetown. Dr. John McIntyre, an associate professor in the department of English, will lead a discussion entitled: Beyond Flanders Fields: Representing the Great War in Literature and Culture. 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

Dr. Johanna Wolf, Associate Professor for the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, is a candidate for UPEI's new Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Resilience, and Island Contexts. Dr. Wolf will give a general presentation, entitled Better off or Worse for Wear: Sustainability and Resilience Through Climate Adaptation, which will take place on February 9, 10:30 – 11:30 am in AVC Lecture Theatre A. A reception will follow each presentation in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. All are welcome to attend.

Dr. Johanna Wolf, Associate Professor for the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, is a candidate for UPEI's new Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Resilience, and Island Contexts. Dr. Wolf will make a technical presentation, entitled Connect, Collaborate, Co-produce: Shaping Climate Change Adaptation to Foster Island Resilience and Sustainability, will take place on February 10, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, in AVC Lecture Theatre A. A reception will follow the presentation in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC. All are welcome to attend.

SPEAKER: Alyssa Grunwald, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Discovery of tetramic acid containing compounds from two Tolypocladium sp. isolated from Frobisher Bay

Grant Curtis from AVC's Biomedical Sciences will defend his Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) thesis Friday, February 13, from 1:30-3:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B. Grant's presentation is entitled Stepping Stones to the New World: Islandness and Migration from Southeastern Ireland to Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and the Miramichi of New Brunswick, 1700-1850. Grant's supervisors are Dr. Ed MacDonald and Dr. James Moran, from the Department of History. Everyone is welcome to attend. *This presentation has been rescheduled from Friday, February 6.