he UPEI Women’s Basketball team is pleased to announce their fundraising initiative to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - and other related cancer charities - is up and running for a fourth straight season. The main celebration night will take place on Saturday February 5, 2011 during the game vs. Memorial. The UPEI Panthers will be selling t-shirts again this year, a black t-shirt with a pink UPEI Panthers logo selling for $12 and available at the UPEI Bookstore or by emailing head coach Carly Clarke at wbball@upei.ca. New this year, UPEI Panthers has teamed up with OT HairCutters. Show your colours and support by getting a fashion pink hair flare at OT HairCutters, all profits go toward UPEI Panthers` Shoot for the Cure. OT HairCutters stylists will be on-campus at the:W.A Murphy Student Union Center, Wednesday, Feb. 2nd 2 pm – 6 pm, and at the Chi Wan Young Sports Centre, Saturday, Feb 5th 4 pm – 9 pm.

Sunday is the last home basketball games of the season with the women playing at 1 pm vs. MUN and the men at 3 pm. The graduating students will be honoured at the event.

SPEAKER: Peter Gaudet, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: In vitro cultivation of Hematodinium sp.: Optimization of culture conditions and characterization of developmental stages. SPEAKER: Dan Hines, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Analysis of gene expression profiles from the larval American Lobster, Homarus americanus.

Join us Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm in Mavor's in the Confederation Centre for the Arts for the next Research on Tap. Dr. Crawford Revie, professor of Health Management at the AVC, and UPEI's Canada Research Chair in Population Health: Epi-Informatics, will lead the discussion: "The use and mis-use of science in on-going debates around aquaculture." Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI researchers. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, datkinson@upei.ca, or research.upei.ca

Dr. Brian Evans, Chief Food Safety Officer and Chief Veterinary Officer for Canada and John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada Will Deliver the following Presentation "Adapting to Current Realities in Policy Development and Program Implementation" in the Canadian federal government. This will include an opportunity for UPEI students and faculty to learn about and to interact with our visitors on policy development, as well as the public service workforce renewal and employment prospects. All are welcome.

SPEAKER: Whitney Kelly-Clark, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Catch-as-catch-can: Considerations regarding wildlife capture and handling SPEAKER: Mitchell Moore, Department of Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Profiling gene expression in female Homarus americanus via oligonucleotide microarray analysis

Speaker: Janet Saunders, Department of Biomedical Sciences Title: Validation of Co-oximetry for the Measurement of Methemoglobin in Fish Speaker: Michael Ciaramella, Department of Pathology and Microbiology Title: Fluctuations in hepatopancreatic energy reserves in the American lobster, Homarus americanus, at different stages of the moult cycle

UPEI's Executive-style MBA program is designed for those working in, or aspiring to work, in a management or leadership position. Specialized streams of study are offered in Innovative Management and Biotechnology Management & Entrepreneurship. To learn more about this exciting opportunity in graduate studies, UPEI’s School of Business invites you to attend an information session. Learn more about the program and application process, have your questions answered, and meet with staff and faculty from the School of Business. Studio Theatre, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011, anytime between 4:00 p.m and 6:00 p.m. We encourage you to call 566-6474 or email: mba@upei.ca to reserve a seat. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so to secure a seat for September 2011, please apply now! Final deadline is April 15th. For more information about UPEI’s Executive-style MBA program, visit www.upei.ca/business/mba or contact the MBA Coordinator at (902)566-6474.

UPEI hosts Acadia in Game 2 of the AUS 1/4 Finals

AUS Women's Hockey with UPEI hosting SMU 7 pm