Andrew Halliday will defend his Master of Arts in Island Studies thesis titled: "Archipelagic Matters and the Law of the Sea:The Case of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Republic of the Philippines"

Dolores LeVangie will defend her Master of Arts in Island Studies thesis titled: "Bridging 'Islands of Medicine': Balancing Medical Pluralism on La Isla De Chiloe."

Dr. Don Reynolds, Dean of AVC, cordially invites attendees at this year's Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference to a celebratory breakfast and presentation of the 2012 Atlantic Award of Excellence in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Care to Dr. Bert Stevenson. A limited number of tickets are available on a first come, first served basis. To reserve your ticket(s), please contact Linda Constable at lmconstable@upei.ca or 902-566-0882 by Friday, April 12, 2013.

Sister Sue is busy coordinating FREE Chili for students on April 10 from 11:30 am-1:30 pm at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre. This bi-annual initiative supports students during stressful times of the academic year.

Sister Sue is busy coordinating FREE Chili for students on April 9 and 10 from 11:30 am-1:30 pm at the UPEI Chaplaincy Centre. This bi-annual initiative supports students during stressful times of the academic year.

Bob Deziel, Department of Biomedical Sciences will give a seminarentitled "The effects of ischemic lesions in the prefrontal cortex on cognition in the rat" on Tuesday, April 9 at 1:30 pm in AVC, Lecture Theatre "C".

You are welcome to join Island Studies for a guest lecture by Ms. Elizabeth Maclean, PhD Candidate at the University of Rhode Island. Ms. Maclean is going to speak on “The Importance of Local Ecological Knowledge in Small Scale Fisheries of the Dominican Republic." The talk starts at 10:00 am, Monday April 8 in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building.

Join Dr. Paul Harrison on Friday, April 12 at 10:00 am in 286A North, AVC Learning Commons for a seminar entitled “The Biosynthesis of b-Lactones.” Dr. Harrison received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford and his PhD from the University of Alberta. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University, with Dr. David Cane. He has been a faculty member at McMaster University since 1989. His research interests include chemical mimics of polyketide assembly, biosynthesis of acyltetramic acids and beta‑lactones, and twisted amides. This seminar is free and all are welcome to attend.

Sara Eisler, University of New Brunswick, Science Atlantic/CIC Speaker Tour will present seminar on Wednesday, April 10 at 12:30 pm. The presentation is entitled “Isoindolinones: a New Class of Multi-Stable Molecular Switches and Conductive Oligomers." The seminar will be held in Room 128 in the KC Irving Chemistry Centre. All are welcome to attend.

UPEI is proud to the host Wheelchair Basketball April 19-21, 2013