“Getting a Nice Glow on at Research on Tap: Luminescent Sensors and the Fluorescence of Everyday Things.” Research on Tap returns Thursday, February 8, at 6:30 pm, in The Wave, the UPEI campus pub in the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Dr. Brian Wagner, professor of chemistry, will lead a discussion on luminescent sensors and the fluorescence of everyday things. Research on Tap is a series of public discussions led by UPEI researchers. For more information, please email Brittany Jakubiec at gsa@upei.ca.

All are welcome to attend Mary MacPhee's PhD Defense presentation, "The Experience of Non-Francophone Parents with Children in Minority-language Schools in Prince Edward Island: A Mixed Method Study". The examining committee includes Dr. Jules Rocque (University of St.Boniface), Dr. Scott Lee (UPEI), Dr. Miles Turnbull (Bishops University), Dr. Marianne Cormier (University of Moncton)​, and Jane Preston (UPEI)​. The defense will be chaired by Dr. ​Tess Miller.

Dr. Edward Chung, UPEI's Asian Studies Coordinator and Korean Studies Project Director, invites you to the 4th Annual Lunch Event in celebration of the traditional Chinese and Korean New Year's Day.  Come socialize with our Asian/Korean Studies students, instructors, staff and supporters. We will also offer a brief information session on UPEI’s new Korean Studies Program, including: student scholarship, TAship, workshop, and international opportunity. You are most welcome to join us on Thursday, February 15, 12:00—1:00 pm in SDU Main Building Faculty Lounge (main floor, rm. 201) for a healthy East Asian lunch and soft drinks. Students who have taken an Asian Studies course last year, are enrolled this year, or will take one this summer or fall are welcome to attend! Happy New Year again and best wishes for 2018! Special acknowledgement: This event is supported by a Seed Program for Korean Studies grant (AKS-2017-INC-2230001) through the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS), the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).

Dorothy E. Smith is widely acknowledged as a major feminist thinker of our time, and perhaps best known for her development of Institutional Ethnography, a theory/methodology of discovery aimed at providing a sociology for, not of, people. Smith’s lecture will focus on the interface between her development of a critical sociology aimed at exploring and explicating governance in contemporary society and its roots in feminism.

Need a stronger resume? Want to help your students succeed in finding work? Students can drop-in for a one-on-one resume review with Career Services staff, anytime between 10:00-2:00 in the Pit, Robertson Library, on the following dates: Thursday, February 15 Thursday, February 22 Thursday, March 1 Monday, March 5 Resumania has been planned in conjunction with the 2018 Career and Summer Job Fair, taking place Wednesday March 7 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in McDougall Hall.

Need a stronger resume? Want to help your students succeed in finding work? Students can drop-in for a one-on-one resume review with Career Services staff, anytime between 10:00-2:00 in The PIT, Robertson Library, on the following dates: Thursday, February 15 Thursday, February 22 Thursday, March 1 Monday, March 5 Resumania has been planned in conjunction with the 2018 Career and Summer Job Fair, taking place Wednesday March 7 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm in McDougall Hall.

The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents: Dr. Trung Ngo, Associate Professor, UPEI Title: Socially Aware Robot Navigation with Guaranty of Human Safety and Comfort Date: Monday, February 26, 3:00 pm Location: Cass 101  

The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents: Dr. Kai Liu, Assistant Professor, UPEI Title: Predicting Forage Crop Loss in the Presence of Systemic Weather Risk Using Remote Sensing Data: An Insurance Application Date: Monday, March 12, 3:00 pm, Location: Cass 101  

The UPEI Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Presentation Series presents: Dr. Martin Mueller, Professor, University of Alberta Title: Computer Go: from the Beginnings to AlphaGo Zero
 Note: Dr. Martin Mueller is the grandfather of AlphaGo in the sense that AlphaGo is created by Dr. David Silver (Lead Researcher on AlphaGo in DeepMind Inc.) and Dr. Mueller is his PhD supervisor. Date: Monday, March 26, 3:00 pm Location: Cass 104

Are you a coffee addict, then why don’t you java jive down with Vagabond Productions on our newest show Fresh Brewed Tales from the Coffee Bar by Henry Meyerson. The show is a series of eleven short plays that showcase various situations that are only similar in one way: they all take place in a coffee shop. These scenes range from absurd to more realistic; the one thing all these scenes have in common aside from setting is they are all hilarious. Since it is important to vary up scenery from time to time, Vagabond is stepping out of the Faculty Lounge and into the world of coffee. Receiver seemed like the perfect place to stage this show. With this play taking place in a coffee shop, the production will truly bring audiences into the world of the play. Each scene in Fresh Brewed is wildly different from the next, which means the only thing you can be sure about in this show is there will be laughs aplenty. The play runs March 5 to 10 at Receiver Coffee, located at 128 Richmond Street. The doors open at 7 pm for a 7:30 pm start. Admission is pay what you can. Seating is limited, with no presale tickets, so come early and enjoy a coffee before the show to guarantee yourself a seat. The play contains adult language and mature themes; viewer discretion is advised. For more information, you can contact Vagabond Productions at gdoran@upei.ca or call 902-566- 6013.