Come out and cheer on the Men's Basketball Team as they take on the Saint Mary's Huskies.

At the next Graduate Research on Tap, join two UPEI graduate students for conversations about education and the environment. The event begins at 7 pm, Tuesday, January 21 in the Wave. Graduate Research on Tap is a new extension of our popular public discussion series; it features the work of UPEI's up-and-coming graduate student researchers. The first discussion will be led by Laura Phalen, an MSc student in Biology. The title of the discussion is "Do the oil sands make fish sick?" Gabriela Arias de Sanchez, a PhD student in Education, will lead the second discussion, entitled "Cracking the math code: how we talk numbers with young children." Sound interesting? Join us! Graduate Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI graduate student researchers. Presented by the UPEI Student Union, the UPEI Graduate Student Association, and the Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies.

Join the International Relations Office for an International Coffee House on Tuesday, January 14 from 6:00-8:00 pm in the Robertson Library's PIT. The event will feature guest speaker Dr. Tim Goddard and musical entertainment by Devin Krauskopf. Snacks and coffee will be provided. The event is free and all are welcome to attend.

Don Gayton, ecologist and award­-winning nature and science writer, will be writer­-in-residence at UPEI during the week of February 3-­8, hosted by the English Department and Environmental Studies Program, with funding from The Canada Council for the Arts. Don will give a public reading from his recent writings on Thursday, February 6, at 7:30 pm in the Confederation Centre Public Library. A reception will follow the reading, which is co­hosted by the Library.

Join UPEI's writer-in-residence, Don Gayton, ecologist and award­-winning nature and science writer, for a workshop entitled Nature Writing: Where do we go from here? The workshop will take place on Saturday, February 8 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the Main Faculty Lounge. Nature writing traces back to Thoreau, the classical Greek writers and even beyond, but now it stands at a historic crossroads. Contemplation and oneness with nature are hallmarks of the genre, a mindset now at odds with our deepening environmental crises. Does nature writing now become a literature of protest, or of despair? In this interactive workshop, we will explore future directions for nature writers. Workshop fees are $25 for one workshop or $35 for both, and $15 or $25 for students and PEI Writers’ Guild members. For further information about his workshops and reading, and to register for workshops, contact the English Department: 566-­0389 or tjohnston@upei.ca.

Join UPEI's writer-in-residence, Don Gayton, ecologist and award­-winning nature and science writer, for a workshop entitled Ecology as Literature. The workshop will take place on Saturday, February 8 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in the Main Faculty Lounge Writers have often turned to science for ideas and metaphors. The young science of ecology has increasing relevance to literature. Ecology embraces ambiguity, multiple states of being, and reciprocity between humans and nature. The practice of ecological restoration incorporates spirituality with science. Ecologist and writer Don Gayton will open up some of the concepts and paradoxes of ecology as new material for writers of fiction, non­fiction and poetry. Workshop fees are $25 for one workshop or $35 for both, and $15 or $25 for students and PEI Writers’ Guild members. For further information about his workshops and reading, and to register for workshops, contact the English Department: 566-­0389 or tjohnston@upei.ca.

Dr. Juergen Krause will make a public presentation as a candidate for the Dean of the School of Business on Monday, February 10, at 2:00 pm. The presentation is entitled: "Describe your vision and fit for the position of the Dean of the School of Business at the University of Prince Edward Island." Dr. Krause is currently a faculty member and Interim Dean in the School of Business. The presentation will be held in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 328. All are welcome to attend. The search committee welcomes feedback and requests that it be forwarded by email to vpa@upei.ca by Friday, February 14, 2014.

On Friday, January 17, Dr. Tess Miller will address the complexity of the state of mathematics in PEI. Her presentation includes interviews with a number of university faculty, teachers, and students which highlight key difficulties in learning and teaching mathematics. Dr. Miller contrasts this with what large-scale assessment tells us about the state of mathematics in PEI and its impact on PEI's economic development. The session will conclude with an open discussion on initiatives to improve the state of mathematics in our province. The presentation takes place from 1:30-3:00 pm in UPEI's McDougall Hall, Room 242. All are welcome.

UPEI students are invited to join the Department of Student Affairs for the grand opening of the "Campus Life Lounge" on Tuesday, January 21 in Student Affairs, located on the second floor of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. To celebrate the opening of the lounge, there will be a pizza party. All are welcome to attend.

Join us Tuesday, February 11 at 7:00 pm for the first presentation in the UPEI Climate Research Lab Lecture Series. Dr. Adam Fenech, director of the Climate Research Lab, will present results from recent coastal erosion research projects conducted on Prince Edward Island. The change in PEI’s coastline has been measured mapped and analyzed from 1968 to 2010. Buildings, roads and bridges have been assessed as to their vulnerability to future coastal erosion and sea level rise. Come see how our communities will be affected. Dr. Fenech will present the results of this research including the unveiling of a new interactive 3-D geo-visualization tool known as CLIVE. CLIVE allows stakeholders to interactively explore PEI's coastline, and scenarios of future climate change, sea-level rise and storm surges. The presentation will take place in the Duffy Science Centre Amphitheatre, room 285 on the UPEI campus. For more information, contact the Climate Research Lab at (902)620-5221 or climate@upei.ca.