Sweat away your stress through a free yoga class! This class is rejuvenating and healing, using a combination of energizing and calming poses designed to improve balance, flexibility, strength, and relaxation.

Join Dr. Darren MacLean for a soft-tissue prevention information session on Friday, April 5 from 2:00-3:00 pm. Anyone who is involved with physical work either at home or on campus should attend. The trainer will refresh us on proper lifting/moving techniques, strengthening stretches and how to prevent back injuries and other soft-tissue injuries. This information session will be held on campus and is open to staff, faculty, and students free of charge. Please register in advance with Rylie Cole (rcole@upei.ca) as space is limited. Location will be available upon registration. Note that later in April there will be an office ergonomics information session provided on campus.

Join Dr. Darren MacLean for a soft-tissue-injury prevention information session on Tuesday, April 9 from 10:00-11:00 am. Anyone who is involved with physical work either at home or on campus should attend. The trainer will refresh us on proper lifting/moving techniques, strengthening stretches and how to prevent back injuries and other soft-tissue injuries. This information session will be held on campus and is open to staff, faculty, and students free of charge. Please register in advance with Rylie Cole (rcole@upei.ca) as space is limited. Location will be available upon registration. Note that later in April there will be an office ergonomics information session provided on campus.

SPEAKER: Gailene Tobin, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: The Effects of Interleukin (IL)-18 on the Activation of Natural Killer (NK) Cell Mediated Cytotoxicity and Its Relevance in Breast Cancer

The Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series will feature thirteen talented new Island writers, at a public reading on Monday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. The writers are participants in a UPEI creative writing master class. The reading is sponsored by the UPEI English Department in collaboration with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. The public is welcome and admission is free.

Prof. Jae-dong Lee (Director, Office of International Affairs; Dean, Global Languages and Service), Dankook University, South Korea is scheduled to visit UPEI on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. He will be pleased to have an information meeting with UPEI students and staff in regard to the following: UPEI-Dankook exchange relationship; Dankook’s English teaching internship; Dankook’s international summer/winter programs (academic, student research, cultural); student scholarships and travel and accommodation support; etc. Dean Lee will also go over some FAQs and answer any other questions. He is accompanied by UPEI’s Student Exchange Coordinator and Prof. Edward Chung (Religious Studies and Asian Studies, UPEI). Everyone is welcome to attend this special information orientation.

The next seminar in the series being presented at AVC for 2012-2013 will be held on Thursday, March 21st @ 3:00 pm in Rooms 286B & 286C N in the McCain Foundation Learning Commons. Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Associate Professor in Immunology in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, AVC will present "Effect of low calcium and different levels of 1,25(OH)2D3 diets on mRNA expression of toll-like receptors, adapters, cytokines, chemokine and total IgG production in broiler chickens". Dr. Rodriguez-Lecompte’s research area focuses on the nutritional factors regulating immune-responses and animal health, including nutrients, bioactive compounds, and diseases states (e.g. immune suppressive diseases). At the AVC he is investigating nutritional alternatives to cover not only the nutrient requirements for maintenance and the activation of immune systems, but also for the development of the immune system. The presentation will show and discuss the role of nutrients such as Vit D/Ca++ as immunomodulator to affect toll-like receptors, cytokines, chemokine, and antibody production expression in favor of the activity of antigen presenting cells, T and B cells. Everyone is welcome!

At the next Research on Tap, join us for a discussion about how we choose our literature. Dr. Shannon Murray, Professor of English at UPEI, will lead a discussion entitled "We’ve become adults who read children’s books. What’s wrong with us?" The event begins at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 2, at The Pourhouse, above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown. Dr. Murray’s discussion will delve into the history of children’s literature, and how we have categorized (and sometimes marginalized) books for children. She’ll also bring examples of some of her favourite books that can be enjoyed by kids and adults. Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI researchers. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, or datkinson@upei.ca.

University 100, 103, and 203 students will present their project work from the University 100 Program. Highlighting Students' Voices will take place on Thursday, March 28. An introduction to the presentations will take place at 11:30 am in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC followed by student presentations from 12–2:00 pm in room 286. The agenda for the event is as follows: 11:30 am—Welcome & introductions by Vickie Johnston, Director of Student Affairs (The McCain Foundation Learning Commons) "Leadership, A Call to Service"—Professor Emeritus Verner Smitheram.Presentation of "The Verner Smitheram and Andy Robb Excellence in Leadership Award" 12:00–12:40 pm—Student presentations (The McCain Foundation Learning Commons room 286) 12:45–1:10 pm—Poster displays of service learning projects by U100 and U203 students (The McCain Foundation Learning Commons) 1:15–2:00 pm—Student presentations (The McCain Foundation Learning Commons room 286) For more information, contact Inge Dorsey at idorsey@upei.ca or 620-5113.

Join the UPEI Physics Department for guest speaker William M. Whelan, Phd, PPhys, Professor, Department of Physics and Biomedical Sciences. Title: "Listening to Cancers with Optoacoustics" Location: Duffy Science Centre, Room 423 Everyone is welcome to attend.