The Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminars continue on Friday, March 6 at 12:30 in the Duffy Science Centre, room 204 with graduate students Julia McKenna and Travis James presenting the following talks: Julia McKenna MSc (HUB) – supervised by W. Montelpare will present Head Games: HRV and CAS TEOAE as tools in concussion evaluation, followed by Travis James MSc (ESC) – supervised by M. van den Heuvel, who will present Halibut in the Gulf of St. Lawrence: Following the Fish. All are welcome to attend.

Join Shane Jones, ScotiaMcLeod Chief Investment Officer for a presentation titled "Energy, Canadian Dollar, and Interest Rates," on Monday, March 9 at 3:00 pm in the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium (room 242), Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Shane has been in the financial services industry for over 25 years. Shane brings a strategic mind-set to portfolio management; he has a proven track record as a portfolio manager and is a respected and familiar face in the industry, regularly visiting investment advisors and financial planners across the country. Shane is regarded as an expert in the financial services industry and maintains strong relationships with the sector’s leaders and innovators. This event is presented by the UPEI School of Business.

SPEAKER: Dr. Sarah Malek, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Candidate wet biomarkers in canine osteoarthritis SPEAKER: Michel Arsenault, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Unraveling the Sox of Urogenital Development

Robertson Library, in conjunction with the UPEI Biology Society, will be holding a used book sale on Friday, March 6, 12:00 - 6:00 pm and Saturday, March 7, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm in Room 302/303 (upper level) of the Robertson Library. (Storm date the following weekend, same time.) Come and browse through a great collection of books - there is something for everyone. Proceeds from the book sale help support the Library's collection. Prices: Hardcover books - $2.00 Large paperbacks - $1.00 Small paperbacks - $ .25 OR 5/$1.00 Coffee table books - $5.00 Videos - $1.00 $2.00 a box/bag begins at 1:00 pm on Saturday (coffee table books are not included)

Join Tofigh Allahviranloo from the Department of Mathematics at Islamic Azad University, Iran, for a seminar titled "Introduction to Fuzzy Differential Equations," on Wednesday, March 11 from 1:00 - 2:00 pm in Don and Marion McDougall Hall, room 328. In this talk we discuss Fuzzy differential equations (FDEs) and their applications. The talk starts with a background of the fuzzy numbers and their properties, fuzzy difference and fuzzy derivative. Fuzzy differential equations (FDE) ere considered as first order differential equations with fuzzy initial values. The solutions are of FDEs considered in analytical and numerical case. Finally, some real applications of FDE are presented for more illustration. For more information, please contact Shafiqul Islam at sislam@upei.ca.

John Nicholson will present the last of this year's public talks in the History of Medicine series on Wednesday, March 11, at 7:00 pm at the Health Sciences Building, room 301. This is a photographic history of the 10th Canadian Field Hospital from January to July of 1902. The photographs were taken by 20 year old William Alexander McKee from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He along with over 900 other Canadians enlisted with the last Canadian contingent to see active service in the South African Anglo/Boer War. The contingent consisted of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles, the 10th Canadian Field Hospital and a team of 8 Nursing Sisters. All are welcome at attend!

Dr. Amanda Cockshutt, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mount Allison University will present a seminar on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Cockshutt’s presentation is entitled Interactions of the Molecular Biology and Physiology of Marine Picocyanobacteria. The seminar will be held in the Regis and Joan Duffy Research Centre, Lecture Theatre, Room 212.

The World University Service of Canada (WUSC) local committee of UPEI will put on a night of glow-in-the-dark UFIT and dancing on Sunday, March 15 at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall. This event is being held to support the Shine A Light Campaign and the work being done to improve education for girls in refugee camps in Malawi through remedial classes and solar lights so that they can study after dark. Tickets will be available in advance from event organizers for $5 and at the door for $7. For more information please contact them at wuscupei@gmail.com or go to the event page on Facebook.

The UPEI Music Department is pleased to present a showcase recital featuring UPEI music students in performance. Works to be performed on clarinet, saxophone, oboe, trombone, and voice by various composers, including Rabaud, Telemann, Poulenc, Bach, Britten and others. This recital will take place at Tuesday, March 10 at 7:30 pm at the Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown. All are welcome to attend and admission is free.

UPEI students are invited to attend a resume drop in session on Wednesday March 11, 2015 from 11:00am-2:00pm in Student Affairs to better help them prepare their resume for summer and career employment.