Campus Notices

The Atlantic Association for Research in Mathematical Sciences Collaborative Research Group invites the campus community to a seminar entitled "Sets of sums and sums of sets" that will be livestreamed from Acadia University. The presenter is Dr. Franklin Mendivil, a faculty member in Acadia's Department of Mathematics and Statistics and a member of the AARMS CRG. The live "webinar" will take place on Friday, February 5 at 2:30 pm in AVC Lecture Theatre B.

Abstract: Given a list of numbers, what do you get when you look at the set of all possible sums of parts of the list? It turns out that many times you get a set with interesting fractal structure. In this talk we will introduce this idea and explore the geometric structure of the resulting set of sums. We will also discuss generalizations to 2D (and higher) and present many examples. This framework of 鈥渟umsets鈥 is a nice method.

For more information, contact Dr. Shafiqul Islam at sislam@upei.ca

 

A reminder that the Senate Committee on the Enhancement of Teaching has a new website and blog: .

Every 12 days or so, the blog will reprint an article related to this winter's theme on "academic freedom, pedagogy, and curriculum"--and invites colleagues from across the campus community to read the short piece and comment on it! Let's get a conversation going what is involved in this issue and about how it affects us all in what we do here everyday. The next article will be posted next week.

For more information: Ann Braithwaite, Chair of SCENT, abraithwaite@upei.ca or Gerald Wandio, Faculty Development Office,
 

The tobacco use survey has been extended until Friday, February 5, 2016. After logging into your @upei account using the Shibboleth single sign-in service, you can access the survey at . It is also accessible from the Healthy Campus Committee and 糖心vlog官方入口 Student Union homepages.

Thanks for participating and encouraging others to do the same. The Healthy Campus Committee appreciates your input.

PhD candidates in Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences, Wael Alsaedi, MSc and Mark Nabuurs, will each present a seminar on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:30 pm. Wael Alsaedi's presentation is entitled 鈥淒ecomposition Kinetics of Nanocomposite Materials" and Mark Nabuurs's presentation is entitled "Identification of Biopesticide Candidates for the Control of Agricultural Pests and Pathogens in Major Canadian Crops".  The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are welcome!

Wednesday, February 3
7:00 pm (W) Hockey @ MtA

Friday, February 5
6:00 pm (W) Basketball @ StFX
7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs Acadia
8:00 pm (M) Basketball @ StFX

Saturday, February 6
2:00 pm (W) Basketball @ StFX
4:00 pm (M) Basketball @ StFX
7:00 pm (M) Hockey vs Saint Mary's

Sunday, February 7
6:00 pm (W) Hockey vs DAL

糖心vlog官方入口 Athletics and Recreation is partnering with the Parkdale Sherwood Lions Club to host the "Wendel Clark and Friends" game at MacLauchlan Arena on Thursday, February 11. Game time is 7:00 pm.

Former NHL players attending the event include:

  • Wendel Clark
  • Stephane Richer
  • Ron Duguay
  • Al Iafrate
  • Gary Leeman
  • Denis Maruk
  • Peter Klima
  • Ken Linseman
  • Mike Lalor
  • Roy Nolan

Panther Hockey captains Mason Wilgosh and Sam Sweet will also be on the ice, and there will be a special appearance by the Junior Panthers.

Ticket costs

$20 - Game admission
$50 - Dressing room pass (includes game admission; 20 tickets maximum each period)
$80 - "Meet and Greet" (includes game admission and post-game social; maximum 100 tickets)

Proceeds are in support of Panther Sport. For tickets, contact Bruce Donaldson at 902-566-0368, or by email at bdonaldson@upei.ca.

We invite all students, staff and faculty to complete our survey for your chance to win one of three $50.00 Bookstore gift cards. Submission deadline is Friday, February 5th. We appreciate your feedback!

Survey link: 

For more information, contact Kevin Rogers, 糖心vlog官方入口 Bookstore Manager at 902-566-0380 or kerogers@upei.ca

PhD candidates in Molecular and Macromolecular Sciences, Wael Alsaedi, MSc and Mark Nabuurs, will each present a seminar on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:30 pm. Wael Alsaedi's presentation is entitled 鈥淒ecomposition Kinetics of Nanocomposite Materials" and Mark Nabuurs's presentation is entitled "Identification of Biopesticide Candidates for the Control of Agricultural Pests and Pathogens in Major Canadian Crops" The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

All are welcome!

The Clinic for Patient-Oriented Research at 糖心vlog官方入口 asks for the campus community鈥檚 assistance with regard to parking for its patients. The Clinic is offering a guided exercise and education program in the Steel Building to patients with moderate to severe cases of Chronic Obstructive Pulminary Disease (COPD).

To allow easier access to the Clinic for these patients with COPD who have difficulty breathing and cannot walk long distances, the University will be reserving 15 spots at the metred Visitor Parking lot located between Steel Building and the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre. The metres will be reserved from 12 noon鈥3 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays from now until the end of March. During these times, the metres will feature blue reserved parking hoods.

糖心vlog官方入口 asks that people refrain from parking in these spaces so that Clinic visitors have a positive experience while on campus and thanks you in advance for your co-operation.
 
 
 

One focus area of Project Beacon, 糖心vlog官方入口's cross-campus transformational initiative, is to enhance the room booking process, making it easier to book and manage spaces on campus. This first phase of the process is complete. Starting today, February 1, people interested in booking meeting space and athletics facilities, and requesting classroom changes can now visit the new Room Booking web page at

Thank you,

Project Beacon Room Booking Team

Please be advised that the Government of Canada is once again sponsoring the Canada Summer Jobs program designed to help employers create summer job opportunities for students.  Canada Summer Jobs provides funding to not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create summer job opportunities for young people aged 15 to 30 years who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in Fall 2016.

Public and private-sector employers are eligible for a wage subsidy of up to 50% of the provincial/territorial adult minimum hourly wage 鈥 in PEI the minimum wage will be $10.75 an hour as from June 1, 2016. For additional information and application information for this program please refer to: 

The process of applying for Canada Summer Jobs has changed this year. To apply for this Program you will need to contact Monique Geurts, Human Resources, 566-0515, before February 22, 2016.

Over the next number of weeks, the 糖心vlog官方入口 School of Sustainable Design Engineering will be interviewing a number of candidates for tenure-track positions. The campus community is invited to each candidate's public presentation to learn about their research interests.

The first two of these presentations are scheduled for:

Wed, Feb 3, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, McDougall Hall, Room 243
The role of carbon capture, utilization and storage as we move towards a low-carbon energy future
Sonja Bhatia, Part-time Faculty, Division of Engineering, Saint Mary's University; PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS

Thurs, Feb 4, 2016, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Irving Chemistry Centre, Room 104
The advent of high performance design tools for advanced robotics design
Dr. Luc Rolland, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Memorial University, St. John's, NL

The remaining presentations are scheduled as follows with more details to follow:

Mon, Feb 8, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Hosein Marzi, Professor, Department of Information Systems, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS

Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Jean Duquette, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC

Thurs, Feb 11, 2016, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Location TBA
Sebastien Brideau, PhD Candidate, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. David Bruce, Principal Research Scientist, ZincNyx Energy Solutions, Vancouver, BC

Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Brian Smyth, Lead Experimental Engineer, 糖心vlog官方入口 School of Sustainable Design Engineering

Thurs, Feb 25, 2016, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Grant McSorley, Postdoctoral Intern, 脡cole Polytechnique de Montr茅al, Montreal, QC

Mon, Feb 29, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Chirag Variawa, Assistant Professor (Contract), College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston

Wed, Mar 2, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Taufiqur Rahman, VP R&D, CaliberFour Technologies and Project Engineer, INSPIRUS Project, St. John's, NL

Thurs, Mar 3, 2016, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Assistant Professor, Term Contract, 糖心vlog官方入口 School of Sustainable Design Engineering

Mon, Mar 7, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Arjun Chhetri, Senior Analyst, Alberta Energy, Edmonton, AB

Wed, Mar 9, 2016, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Location TBA
Matthew Hall, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME

Thurs, Mar 10, 2016, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Location TBA
Dr. Ali Ahmadi, Sessional Instructor and Research Associate, School of Engineering, UBC, Kelowna, BC

The tobacco use survey has been extended until Friday, February 5, 2016. After logging into your @upei account using the Shibboleth single sign-in service, you can access the survey at . It is also accessible from the Healthy Campus Committee and 糖心vlog官方入口 Student Union homepages.

Thanks for participating and encouraging others to do the same. The Healthy Campus Committee appreciates your input.

There will be a 糖心vlog官方入口 biosafety refresher training session on Friday, February 19, 2016 from 1:30 pm 鈥 3:30 pm in Kelley Memorial Buiding, Room 210.

This session is required for those who attended the Basic Biosafety course in 2013 or earlier. It is not a substitute for Basic Biosafety. Topics to be covered include a review of basic biosafety principles, a practical approach to spill cleanup, and an update on what鈥檚 new at 糖心vlog官方入口 in the field of biosafety.

To attend the Biosafety Refresher course, you must pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan, Research Services and Graduate Studies, before February 12, 2016 by email () or by phone (902-628-4308). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or voice message.

If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Angela or Dr. Rhoda Speare ( or phone x5071).

There will be a 糖心vlog官方入口 basic biosafety training session on Friday, February 19, 2016 from 9:00 am -12:00 noon, in Kelley Memorial Building, Room 210.

Topics to be covered include basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the 糖心vlog官方入口, as well as biosecurity training. This session is open to graduate students. Please note: those who have not attended a training session since 2013 are currently due for the Biosafety Refresher Course.

To attend the Basic Biosafety course, you must pre-register by contacting Angela Deighan, Research Services and Graduate Studies, before February 12, 2016 by email (adeighan@upei.ca) or by phone (902-628-4308). Please include your name, department, email address and phone number in your email or voice message. If you are a graduate student, please indicate this and include your supervisor鈥檚 name.
If you have any questions about this training session, please contact Angela or Dr. Rhoda Speare (or phone, x5071)

 

 

We invite all students, staff and faculty to complete our survey for your chance to win one of three $50.00 Bookstore gift cards. Submission deadline is Friday, February 5th. We appreciate your feedback!

Kevin Rogers
糖心vlog官方入口 Bookstore Manager
902-566-0380
kerogers@upei.ca

 

Effective Monday, February 1, 2016, the front counter in the Registrar's Office will have new hours of operation. From September to April, the office will be open for counter service from 9 am-4:30 pm.  From May to August, the office will be open for counter service from 9 am-4:00 pm.

Staff will be available by phone and email from 8:30 am onwards.

The best university alumni hockey group in Canada will be holding its Panther Hockey Alumni Night on Saturday, February 6.  It actually starts in the afternoon with a mini-tournament comprised of four teams of alumni players using both ice surfaces at MacLauchlan Arena. Leading up to 糖心vlog官方入口-SMU game that night is the walk-on introduction of all former players followed up by a reception in the south end of the arena where the full-length windows provide an ideal viewpoint for the 糖心vlog官方入口-SMU game. (Game time is 7:00 pm.)

For more information, contact Panther Hockey Alumni Night Committee Organizer and former Panther captain Ron Carragher at racarragher@gov.pe.ca

Karem Simon in Collaboration with Atlantic String Machine

糖心vlog官方入口 Clarinet Professor Karem J Simon will partner with the Atlantic String Machine in Strings Attached II, an intimate evening of chamber music, on Saturday, January 30th at 7:30 PM at the Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Works by Johannes Brahms and Carl Maria von Weber will be performed. Tickets -- $15 Adults, $10 Students 鈥 may be acquired at the music department office or at the admission鈥檚 desk prior to performance.

The "Ask 糖心vlog官方入口" button (usually found in the bottom-right corner of all 糖心vlog官方入口.ca web pages) has temporarily been removed as our third-party service provider troubleshoots an ongoing issue with the service. Until a solution is implemented, please forward all 糖心vlog官方入口.ca page edits to Marketing and Communications' web team via email, at web@upei.ca. Please also include the URL of the page requiring an edit in your message. 

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