Campus Notices
The PEI Urban Fox Project, led by Dr. Marina Silva-Opps, is crowd-sourcing
data about foxes at the site upei.ca/redfox. This spring, they were able to
set trail cameras at den location.
A compilation of some of those photos can be seen in the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmo3JHsQvU
“This map should not exist,” begins the narration of a new episode of
“Treasures Decoded,” a popular history television show that uses historical
and forensic experts to dig up new truths about old artefacts.
This particular episode opens with Dr. Richard Raiswell climbing the steps
to the library archives of Yale University. He’s been given special
permission to examine a rare and controversial document: the Vinland Map....
Read the rest of the story on the UPEI Research Blog.
http://research.upei.ca/blogs/2013/06/11/episode-treasures-decoded-feat…
Dr Colleen MacQuarrie, associate professor in UPEI's Department of
Psychology, is collaborating on a project with Women's Network PEI. The
project aims to develop a community response to the issue of poverty on
Prince Edward Island through an online survey.
The link for the survey can be found at http://wnpei.org/news and will be
available until June 21. Your support and feedback is greatly appreciated!
For more infomration, contact Dr MacQuarrie at cmacquarrie@upei.ca
The Student Union Will be Closed from 11:45 am-1:00 pm Friday, June 14. Sorry for any inconvenience.
The Office of Graduate Studies invites you to our Annual Graduate
Research Recognition Day on June 20 from 3-6:30 pm.
There will be oral presentations from 3-5:30 with the poster presentations and refreshments
to follow. This will be held in the Health Sciences Building, Main Floor.
Please try to attend, and come and see some of the great
research work done by UPEI's graduate students.
If you need more information, please contact Colleen Gallant at
620-5120 or cgallant@upei.ca
The PEI Urban Fox Project, led by Dr. Marina Silva-Opps, is crowd-sourcing
data about foxes at the site upei.ca/redfox. This spring, they were able to
set trail cameras at den location.
A compilation of some of those photos can be seen in the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmo3JHsQvU
“This map should not exist,” begins the narration of a new episode of
“Treasures Decoded,” a popular history television show that uses historical
and forensic experts to dig up new truths about old artefacts.
This particular episode opens with Dr. Richard Raiswell climbing the steps
to the library archives of Yale University. He’s been given special
permission to examine a rare and controversial document: the Vinland Map....
Read the rest of the story on the UPEI Research Blog.
http://research.upei.ca/blogs/2013/06/11/episode-treasures-decoded-feat…
Dr Colleen MacQuarrie, associate professor in UPEI's Department of
Psychology, is collaborating on a project with Women's Network PEI. The
project aims to develop a community response to the issue of poverty on
Prince Edward Island through an online survey.
The link for the survey can be found at http://wnpei.org/news and will be
available until June 21. Your support and feedback is greatly appreciated!
For more infomration, contact Dr MacQuarrie at cmacquarrie@upei.ca
The Student Union Will be Closed from 11:45 am-1:00 pm Friday, June 14. Sorry for any inconvenience.
This very short, 2-question poll is being used to assess interest in a
couple of "ResponseWare" (clicker) workshops to be held on Tuesday, June
25. Responses accepted until Monday June 17 at noon.
Turning Technologies manufactures and supplies the physical clicker
device used by UPEI and sold in the bookstore. All first-year science
students were required to buy physical clickers starting in the fall of
2011. Individual psychology courses are continuing to pilot the
smartphone application and software versions.
Our Turning Technologies representative, Jason Ellis (phone:
888-522-8689, ext.202 or email: jellis@turningtechnologies.ca) can also
be contacted for more information if you cannot make one of the
potential sessions listed below.
We would expect the workshop sessions to be between 60-90 minutes.
Responses are collected using the UPEI google form system and you will
need to be logged into it fill out the form.
I've invited you to fill out the form Clicker Workshop: Poll to assess
interest. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/a/upei.ca/forms/d/1yhS_btOBTL-cnU5xr6IUzSKiFxTT…
Lisa Steele
ldsteele@upei.ca
The staff of the Human Resources Department invites the campus community to
a retirement reception for Karen White. It will be held on Thursday, June
20 at 2:00 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC.
Light refreshments will be served.
We hope that you will be able to join us as we honour Karen's dedication to
the UPEI campus and wish her well on her retirement (and try to convince
her to stay!).
Ryan Johnston
Director, Human Resources
The PEI Urban Fox Project, led by Dr. Marina Silva-Opps, is crowd-sourcing
data about foxes at the site upei.ca/redfox. This spring, they were able to
set trail cameras at den location.
A compilation of some of those photos can be seen in the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmo3JHsQvU
“This map should not exist,” begins the narration of a new episode of
“Treasures Decoded,” a popular history television show that uses historical
and forensic experts to dig up new truths about old artefacts.
This particular episode opens with Dr. Richard Raiswell climbing the steps
to the library archives of Yale University. He’s been given special
permission to examine a rare and controversial document: the Vinland Map....
Read the rest of the story on the UPEI Research Blog.
http://research.upei.ca/blogs/2013/06/11/episode-treasures-decoded-feat…
Dr Colleen MacQuarrie, associate professor in UPEI's Department of
Psychology, is collaborating on a project with Women's Network PEI. The
project aims to develop a community response to the issue of poverty on
Prince Edward Island through an online survey.
The link for the survey can be found at http://wnpei.org/news and will be
available until June 21. Your support and feedback is greatly appreciated!
For more infomration, contact Dr MacQuarrie at cmacquarrie@upei.ca
The Student Union Will be Closed from 11:45 am-1:00 pm Friday, June 14. Sorry for any inconvenience.
This very short, 2-question poll is being used to assess interest in a
couple of "ResponseWare" (clicker) workshops to be held on Tuesday, June
25. Responses accepted until Monday June 17 at noon.
Turning Technologies manufactures and supplies the physical clicker
device used by UPEI and sold in the bookstore. All first-year science
students were required to buy physical clickers starting in the fall of
2011. Individual psychology courses are continuing to pilot the
smartphone application and software versions.
Our Turning Technologies representative, Jason Ellis (phone:
888-522-8689, ext.202 or email: jellis@turningtechnologies.ca) can also
be contacted for more information if you cannot make one of the
potential sessions listed below.
We would expect the workshop sessions to be between 60-90 minutes.
Responses are collected using the UPEI google form system and you will
need to be logged into it fill out the form.
I've invited you to fill out the form Clicker Workshop: Poll to assess
interest. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/a/upei.ca/forms/d/1yhS_btOBTL-cnU5xr6IUzSKiFxTT…
Lisa Steele
ldsteele@upei.ca
The staff of the Human Resources Department invites the campus community to
a retirement reception for Karen White. It will be held on Thursday, June
20 at 2:00 pm in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC.
Light refreshments will be served.
We hope that you will be able to join us as we honour Karen's dedication to
the UPEI campus and wish her well on her retirement (and try to convince
her to stay!).
Ryan Johnston
Director, Human Resources
The Office of Graduate Studies invites you to our Annual Graduate
Research Recognition Day on June 20 from 3-6:30 pm.
There will be oral presentations from 3-5:30 with the poster presentations and refreshments
to follow. This will be held in the Health Sciences Building, Main Floor.
Please try to attend, and come and see some of the great
research work done by UPEI's graduate students.
If you need more information, please contact Colleen Gallant at
620-5120 or cgallant@upei.ca
Central Printing will be open during the summer on Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.30 am-4.00 pm, each week beginning the week of June 24.
Please contact Central Printing during the above-mentioned hours should you require assistance for printing outside of these days: 566-0558 or email whenderson@upei.ca
Full weeks will recommence the week beginning Monday, August 19.
Thank you.
Have a great summer!
Central Printing will be open during the summer on Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.30 am-4.00 pm, each week beginning the week of June 24.
Please contact Central Printing during the above-mentioned hours should you require assistance for printing outside of these days: 566-0558 or email whenderson@upei.ca
Full weeks will recommence the week beginning Monday, August 19.
Thank you.
Have a great summer!