Dr. David Docherty, Senior Advisor on Multi-Campus Initiatives and former Dean of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University. On campus February 2 and 3. Public Presentation on Tuesday, February 2, 11:30-12:30, in AVC Lecture Theatre B.

Speaker: Mike Ciaramella, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Quality assessment of the American lobster, Homarus americanus SPEAKER: Jennifer Cuillerier, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Heterologous production of bioactive terpenoids

The Faculty of Education is pleased to announce that Craig MacDonald will defend his Masters thesis on Thursday, February 11, beginning at 2:45 p.m. in Memorial Hall, Room 215. The title of his thesis is: LETTERS, HOME: (Re)Constructing My Place in Language Teaching. To read his abstract go to:http://www.upei.ca/education/files/education/thesis%20abstract%20c%20mac... For more information visit the Faculty of Education web site http://www.upei.ca/education or contact: Kate Graham at 566-0731 or kegraham@upei.ca

Friday, Feb 5, 12:30-1:20, Lecture Theatre C, AVC "Welfare assessments of working equines in India and discussion of causes of welfare issues" Cyril Roy "Survey of methods used for euthanasia in animal shelters in Canada" Niamh Caffrey "Correlates of behavioural anxiety and stress in wild male olive baboons in Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria" Jackie Ellis presented by The Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre and AVC Animal Welfare Club. All are welcome.

Speaker: Dr. Michel Vetterli, Simon Fraser University / TRIUMF Tuesday, February 2, 3:30 pm in the CMTC Presentation Lab in the basement of the Robertson Library. Abstract: With the recent startup of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, there has been renewed interest in particle physics, which has led to a plethora of articles and presentations for the public on what is being done at the new experiments. This colloquium will present not the what, but the how. How do physicists study Nature at incredibly small distance scales? It is perhaps paradoxical that viewing the world at very small scale requires the largest machines ever built. This talk will present the basic physics concepts involved in experimental subatomic physics. This includes a description of the gigantic accelerators (the probes), and detectors (the eyes) used. Particle physics experiments produce an enormous amount of data. This talk will also discuss the large-scale computing necessary to mine these data, as well as the advanced analysis techniques required to extract very rare events from the preponderance of well-understood background processes.

SPEAKER: Reginald Adiele, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Understanding cadmium- and calcium-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in rainbow trout.

Discussion facilitated by Joe Velaidum and Mamdouh Elgharib, as well as a DVD presentation.

A panel discussion lead by Prof. Jennifer Taylor (Family and Nutritional Sciences). Guests include: Roy Van Der Maar, Nancy Clement and Reg Phalen. Lunch will be soups and breads catered by Eat Well. Tickets are $7 at the door.

Presented by the UPEI Centre for Education Research. Three professors share their current research and lead a discussion on the challenges and rewards of conducting research internationally. Speakers: Dr. Tim Goddard, Dr. Linyuan Guo, and Dr. Cindy Hanson.

End of the Rainbow explores the human dimensions of industrial gold mining in two remote locations. As the mine's structures and equipment are dismantled in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, then transported and reconstructed to begin gold processing in Guinea, West Africa, what unfolds is an elegiac portrait of the changes brought by the mine and of the universal human desire for a better life.