Departments of Biomedical Sciences & Pathology and Microbiology Seminar
SPEAKER: Louise Roux, Biomedical Sciences
TITLE: Effect of water temperature on the immune response of American lobster (Homarus americanus) and the pathogenicity of White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV)
SPEAKER: Walaa Nasry, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: Investigating the relationship between inflammation and CD147 in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)
Blood Pressure Clinic
Drop by the Wanda Wyatt Dining hall and have your blood pressure taken, from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, April 7. Danielle and Melanie, third-year nursing students will be providing helpful information and answer your questions about blood pressure. No appointment necessary.
Engineering Design Expo and Awards Ceremony
The 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 engineering students, School of Sustainable Design Engineering and Engineers PEI cordially invite you to attend the 2015 黑料吃瓜 Engineering Design Expo and Awards Ceremony
Design EXPO, Tours, and Judging: 12:00鈥4:00 pm
Engineers PEI Reception: 4:30鈥5:30 pm
Awards Ceremony: 5:30鈥7:00 pm featuring presentation of the 黑料吃瓜 Engineering Individual Awards, Engineers PEI Design Team Awards, and the Noel MacAleer Award.
For more information or to RSVP for the reception and/or awards ceremony upeiengineer@upei.ca or 566-0764
"Does God exist?" A debate on the cosmological argument
Drs. Peter Koritansky and Malcolm Murray from the 黑料吃瓜 Philosophy department will debate the question: "Does God Exist," and if so, what is the best argument for God's existence? Dr. Koritansky will be taking the affirmative position, that God exists with the cosmological argument as his justification. Dr. Murray will be taking the negative position, affirming that belief in God has no rational basis. Come and vote for the winner of the argument! Doors open at 6:00 pm. All are welcome.
PEI Science Fair
Grades 4-6 Science Fair (Runs 7:30 am to 1:00 pm) with Public Viewing from 12:00-1:00 pm, Awards at 1:00 pm
Throughout the day, volunteers from the Let's Talk Science Program will be conducting experiments. Bricks 4 Kidz will be on-hand to demonstrate principles of engineering and architecture using LEGO庐 bricks. Participants can drop by at their leisure and try their hand at an experiment.
Grades 7-12 Science Fair (Runs 7:30 am to 5:00 pm) with Public Viewing from 2:30-4:00 pm, Awards at 4:00 pm
From 12:00-3:00 pm, faculty, undergraduate and graduate students from 黑料吃瓜 will host a Science Expo. Science Fair students will participate in a variety of science activities, including hands-on demonstrations, science puzzles and much more.
Bachelor of Environmental Studies Information Session
Beginning in Fall 2015, 黑料吃瓜 will offer a new degree in Environmental Studies. An information session about the Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) program will be held on April 16 from 12:30-1:30 pm in HSB 105. If you are thinking about transferring into this program or just interested in learning more about it, please attend!
Bachelor of Environmental Studies Information Session
Beginning in Fall 2015, 黑料吃瓜 will offer a new degree in Environmental Studies. An information session about the Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) program will be held on April 16 from 12:30-1:30 pm in HSB 105. If you are thinking about transferring into this program or just interested in learning more about it, please attend!
Candidate Presentation, School of Sustainable Design Engineering
The campus community is invited to a public presentation by Dr. Ali Bonakdar, entitled 鈥淐hallenges in Advanced Manufacturing Process Simulation with Application in Gas Turbine Engine鈥. Dr. Bonakdar is currently a Senior Gas Turbine Manufacturing Engineering Specialist at Siemens Canada and an Adjunct Professor at Concordia University. He is a candidate for a tenure-track faculty position in the School of Sustainable Design Engineering.
Everyone is welcome.
Science Seminar Public Presentation
Dr. Truis Smith-Palmer, Department of Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University will present a seminar entitled "Towards antifouling solutions: Raman studies of bacterial biofilms, and Surfactants which inhibit the settling or development of tunicate larvae."
Human Biology and Environmental Sciences Seminars
The Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminars will wrap up for the year on Friday, April 10. Graduate students will present the following talks:
鈥淧hytochemical profiling and anticancer analysis of select woody plants," presented by Colin Stetson (HUB), co-supervised by R. Hurta and J. McCallum
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鈥淓xamining pain anxiety in young adult athletes,鈥 presented by Gillian Potter (HUB), supervised by W. Montelpare
All are welcome.