Career Services will be hosting a Community Connector Volunteer Fair on Wednesday, February 6 from 11 am-2 pm in the breezeway of the W.A. Murphy Student Centre. The organizations attending include: Heart and Stroke Foundation CNIB Cat Action Team Special Olympics United Way of PEI AIDS PEI Canadian Cancer Society For more information, email maxmaclean@upei.ca See you there!

Join us tonight (Tuesday) at 7 at The Pourhouse (above the Old Triangle) for a discussion about the science and ethics of implantable defibrillators. Dr. Robert Gilmour, vice-president of research, leads the discussion. For more information, see: http://research.upei.ca/ResearchonTapGilmour Dave Atkinson Research Communications Officer 620-5117

UPEI will be celebrating its twelfth annual International Development Week next week, February 4-8. Check out the event listings below for events on Monday, February 4: International Relations Office Open House 10:00 am-12:00 pm Robertson Library, room 225 Stop by the International Relations Office (IRO) to meet our staff, and learn about the services we offer to students, staff, and faculty. Light refreshments will be provided. Opening of Photo Contest Monday, February 4 Location: PIT, Robertson Library Submit your inspiring international photographs to the Dr. Tim Goddard International Photography contest. UPEI staff, students, and faculty are encouraged to submit photos that represent advancing international development and collaboration. For more information visit: http://www.upei.ca/iro/dr-tim-goddard-international-photography-award or contact Digafie Debalke at ddebalke@upei.ca. Visit upei.ca/idw for a full event listing.

A transition date of Monday, February 4 has been set for phasing out the Canadian penny after which the Royal Canadian Mint will no longer distribute pennies. On this date, businesses will be encouraged to begin rounding cash transactions. Please note that the cent will remain Canada's smallest unit for pricing goods and services and that the phasing out of the penny will have no impact whatsoever on payments made by cheque or electronic transactions. 1. The penny is not suddenly going to disappear. Pennies can still be received and given as change if they are in the cash drawer. However, with a gradual withdrawal from circulation, price rounding on cash transactions will ultimately be required. 2. Point-of-sale systems and cash registers do not need to be updated. Given that all non-cash payments will not be rounded, no system changes will be required. 3. Rounding of cash payments. When pennies are not available, cash transactions should be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment in a fair and transparent manner. Rounding should only be used on the final bill of sale after all taxes are applied. If the final bill ends in a 1, 2, 6 or 7, it should be rounded down; when the final bill ends in a 3, 4, 8 or 9, it should be rounded up. This is a manual calculation done by the person accepting payment. 4. Reconciling small differences. If you have rounded a cash transaction during the day, your cash reconciliation will most likely be out of balance although the discrepancy is expected to be small. This will be handled with an adjusting entry in the same way you would currently manage a small cash outage. In this case, however, you are to use new class code 777 - Penny Rounding. If you have any questions, please contact me at 566-0590 or Deidre Smith at 566-0470. For further information, please go to http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/themes/theme2-eng.html Allan Hughes Director, Financial Services

UPEI Music Faculty Annual Gala Concert Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Saturday, February 2, 7:30 pm Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI http://news.upei.ca/media/2013/01/30/music-faculty-gala-february-2 Susan Karel Stensch Administrative Assistant & Audition Coordinator Music Department 902-566-0507

The next Biosafety Training Session will be held: Thursday, February 14 1:00 to 4:00 pm* The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC 286B Topics to be covered include biosecurity plan training as well as basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting: Janet Crowther, Research Services jcrowther@upei.ca 628-4308 before February 8, 2013

The next one will be Friday, February 8. Susan Karel Stensch Administrative Assistant & Audition Coordinator Music Department 566-0507

UPEI Music Faculty Annual Gala Concert Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Saturday, February 2, 7:30 pm Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI http://news.upei.ca/media/2013/01/30/music-faculty-gala-february-2 Susan Karel Stensch Administrative Assistant & Audition Coordinator Music Department 902-566-0507

The next Biosafety Training Session will be held: Thursday, February 14 1:00 to 4:00 pm* The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC 286B Topics to be covered include biosecurity plan training as well as basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting: Janet Crowther, Research Services jcrowther@upei.ca 628-4308 before February 8, 2013

The next one will be Friday, February 8. Susan Karel Stensch Administrative Assistant & Audition Coordinator Music Department 566-0507

UPEI will be celebrating its twelfth annual International Development Week next week, February 4-8. Check out the event listings below for events on Monday, February 4: International Relations Office Open House 10:00 am-12:00 pm Robertson Library, room 225 Stop by the International Relations Office (IRO) to meet our staff, and learn about the services we offer to students, staff, and faculty. Light refreshments will be provided. Opening of Photo Contest Monday, February 4 Location: PIT, Robertson Library Submit your inspiring international photographs to the Dr. Tim Goddard International Photography contest. UPEI staff, students, and faculty are encouraged to submit photos that represent advancing international development and collaboration. For more information visit: http://www.upei.ca/iro/dr-tim-goddard-international-photography-award or contact Digafie Debalke at ddebalke@upei.ca. Visit upei.ca/idw for a full event listing.

A transition date of Monday, February 4 has been set for phasing out the Canadian penny after which the Royal Canadian Mint will no longer distribute pennies. On this date, businesses will be encouraged to begin rounding cash transactions. Please note that the cent will remain Canada's smallest unit for pricing goods and services and that the phasing out of the penny will have no impact whatsoever on payments made by cheque or electronic transactions. 1. The penny is not suddenly going to disappear. Pennies can still be received and given as change if they are in the cash drawer. However, with a gradual withdrawal from circulation, price rounding on cash transactions will ultimately be required. 2. Point-of-sale systems and cash registers do not need to be updated. Given that all non-cash payments will not be rounded, no system changes will be required. 3. Rounding of cash payments. When pennies are not available, cash transactions should be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment in a fair and transparent manner. Rounding should only be used on the final bill of sale after all taxes are applied. If the final bill ends in a 1, 2, 6 or 7, it should be rounded down; when the final bill ends in a 3, 4, 8 or 9, it should be rounded up. This is a manual calculation done by the person accepting payment. 4. Reconciling small differences. If you have rounded a cash transaction during the day, your cash reconciliation will most likely be out of balance although the discrepancy is expected to be small. This will be handled with an adjusting entry in the same way you would currently manage a small cash outage. In this case, however, you are to use new class code 777 - Penny Rounding. If you have any questions, please contact me at 566-0590 or Deidre Smith at 566-0470. For further information, please go to http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/themes/theme2-eng.html Allan Hughes Director, Financial Services

UPEI will be celebrating its twelfth annual International Development Week next week, February 4-8. Check out the event listings below for events on Monday, February 4: International Relations Office Open House 10:00 am-12:00 pm Robertson Library, room 225 Stop by the International Relations Office (IRO) to meet our staff, and learn about the services we offer to students, staff, and faculty. Light refreshments will be provided. Opening of Photo Contest Monday, February 4 Location: PIT, Robertson Library Submit your inspiring international photographs to the Dr. Tim Goddard International Photography contest. UPEI staff, students, and faculty are encouraged to submit photos that represent advancing international development and collaboration. For more information visit: http://www.upei.ca/iro/dr-tim-goddard-international-photography-award or contact Digafie Debalke at ddebalke@upei.ca. Visit upei.ca/idw for a full event listing.

A transition date of Monday, February 4 has been set for phasing out the Canadian penny after which the Royal Canadian Mint will no longer distribute pennies. On this date, businesses will be encouraged to begin rounding cash transactions. Please note that the cent will remain Canada's smallest unit for pricing goods and services and that the phasing out of the penny will have no impact whatsoever on payments made by cheque or electronic transactions. 1. The penny is not suddenly going to disappear. Pennies can still be received and given as change if they are in the cash drawer. However, with a gradual withdrawal from circulation, price rounding on cash transactions will ultimately be required. 2. Point-of-sale systems and cash registers do not need to be updated. Given that all non-cash payments will not be rounded, no system changes will be required. 3. Rounding of cash payments. When pennies are not available, cash transactions should be rounded to the nearest five-cent increment in a fair and transparent manner. Rounding should only be used on the final bill of sale after all taxes are applied. If the final bill ends in a 1, 2, 6 or 7, it should be rounded down; when the final bill ends in a 3, 4, 8 or 9, it should be rounded up. This is a manual calculation done by the person accepting payment. 4. Reconciling small differences. If you have rounded a cash transaction during the day, your cash reconciliation will most likely be out of balance although the discrepancy is expected to be small. This will be handled with an adjusting entry in the same way you would currently manage a small cash outage. In this case, however, you are to use new class code 777 - Penny Rounding. If you have any questions, please contact me at 566-0590 or Deidre Smith at 566-0470. For further information, please go to http://www.budget.gc.ca/2012/themes/theme2-eng.html Allan Hughes Director, Financial Services

UPEI Music Faculty Annual Gala Concert Dr. Steel Recital Hall. Saturday, February 2, 7:30 pm Dr. Steel Recital Hall, UPEI http://news.upei.ca/media/2013/01/30/music-faculty-gala-february-2 Susan Karel Stensch Administrative Assistant & Audition Coordinator Music Department 902-566-0507

The next Biosafety Training Session will be held: Thursday, February 14 1:00 to 4:00 pm* The McCain Foundation Learning Commons, AVC 286B Topics to be covered include biosecurity plan training as well as basic biosafety principles and how they are applied at the University of Prince Edward Island. If you wish to attend, you must pre-register by contacting: Janet Crowther, Research Services jcrowther@upei.ca 628-4308 before February 8, 2013

The next one will be Friday, February 8. Susan Karel Stensch Administrative Assistant & Audition Coordinator Music Department 566-0507

We've planned two, half days over the break to introduce you to some of the possibilities. Faculty from around campus have been invited to show you what they are doing online. There will also be support staff to give you a sense of what services you can use to help you get started. The sessions will take place from 1:00-4:30 pm on February 19 and 9:00 am- 12:30 pm on the morning of February 20. The workshops will be held in McDougall Hall 328 with light refreshments provided. There is no cost for the sessions, but faculty are invited to register with the Centre for Life-Long Learning via email Lisa Mackinnon-Laybolt at: lmmackinnon@upei.ca We also want to make it clear that the session is divided in two parts and are both meant to be attended. Questions about the event? Contact Daniel Lynds at dlynds@upei.ca

At the next Research on Tap, join us for a discussion about a life-saving device that some reject. Dr. Robert Gilmour, UPEI’s vice-president of research will lead a discussion entitled: "Is your life worth it? The science and ethics of implantable defibrillators." “More people die each year from the lethal heart-rhythm disorder ventricular fibrillation than from any other cause,” says Dr. Gillmour. “The only reliable way to stop fibrillation once it has begun is a large electrical shock to the heart, or defibrillation.” Doctors can implant a small, pacemaker-like device to sense fibrillation and automatically deliver the life-saving shock, but some patients decide against it. The discussion begins at 7 pm on Tuesday, February 5 in The Pourhouse, above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown. Research on Tap features public discussions with UPEI researchers. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at 620-5117, or datkinson@upei.ca .

John Onukwufor, Department of Biomedical Sciences will give a seminar entitled "Interactions of Cadmium with Temperature and Hypoxia on Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss" on Tuesday, February 5 at 1:30 pm in AVC, Lecture Theatre "C". Everyone is welcome.