Events Archive
The next presentation in the Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminars will take place on Friday, February 13 at 12:30 pm in Duffy Science Centre, room 204. Graduate students Heidi O鈥橞rien and Will Robbins will present the following talks:
Retrospective analysis of long-term鈥�
Novelist Craig Davidson is three people. As Davidson, he is the author of Cataract City, a successful literary novel, and Rust and Bone, made into a film that premiered at the Cannes Festival. As Nick Cutter and Patrick Lestweka, he鈥檚 a popular horror writer praised by Stephen King and Clive Barker鈥�
This talk explores the burgeoning multi-disciplinary field of Narrative Medicine (NM) and asks whether it could be effectively applied in university writing courses to strengthen public health benefits. Among the topics examined are the origins of NM within the medical humanities; what is meant by鈥�
Dr. Ian Pottie, Chemistry Department, Mount Saint Vincent University will present a seminar on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm. Dr. Pottie鈥檚 presentation is entitled Expanding the synthetic methodologies of the nitro group; could it lead to a new chemical entity to diagnose Alzheimer's鈥�
Ori Elad, Department of Pathology and Microbiology will present a seminar called Nutritional epigenetic characterization of chicken B cell receptors and Alyssa Grunwald, Department of Biomedical Sciences will present a seminar called Discovery of tetramic acid containing compounds from two鈥�
SPEAKER: Ori Elad, Pathology and Microbiology
TITLE: Nutritional epigenetic characterization of chicken B cell receptors
SPEAKER: Alyssa Grunwald, Biomedical Sciences
TITLE: Discovery of tetramic acid containing compounds from two Tolypocladium sp. isolated from Frobisher Bay
Dr. Johanna Wolf, Associate Professor for the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, is a candidate for 17吃瓜's new Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Resilience, and Island Contexts. Dr. Wolf will make a technical presentation, entitled Connect,鈥�
Join 17吃瓜 students Jayoda Tennekone and Rhyanne Beatty for two presentations as a part of 17吃瓜's International Development Week on Tuesday, February 10 at 11:30 am in the Robertson Library's PIT. *This presentation has been rescheduled from Tuesday, February 3.
Jayoda will give a presentation鈥�
Join Michelle Buttery, on Tuesday, February 10 for an open dialogue on relationships titled: Is Love Supposed to Hurt?: Exploring Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships. Michelle works at Anderson House as the Child and Youth Services Coordinator for PEI Family Violence Prevention Services Inc. She鈥�
Dr. Johanna Wolf, Associate Professor for the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University, British Columbia, is a candidate for 17吃瓜's new Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Resilience, and Island Contexts. Dr. Wolf will give a general presentation, entitled Better off鈥�
* Due to weather conditions and the closure of the University, this event has been postponed until further notice.
Join us for an afternoon of 鈥淒esserts and a Difference鈥�, on Thursday, February 6 from 2:30-4:00 pm featuring a keynote address from Dr. Timothy Goddard, entitled 鈥淭he quest for Buen鈥�
Join Dr. Travis Saunders, Applied Human Sciences, 17吃瓜, for Human Biology and Environmental Sciences research seminar presentation titled: 鈥淚s sitting killing you?鈥� on Friday, February 6, at 12:30 pm, in Duffy Science Centre, room 204.
All are welcome to attend.
Join the Canadian Red Cross on Friday, February 6 at 11:30 am in the Faculty Lounge of SDU Main Building for a presentation entitled 鈥淩estoring Family Links,鈥� as a part of 17吃瓜's International Development Week.
The chaos and confusion that accompany war and natural disasters can separate families鈥�
Challenge your friends to an evening of globally focused and internationally-themed trivia at The Wave on Thursday, February 5 beginning at 9:00 pm.
Staff, faculty, and students will answer questions in teams, with prizes to be awarded to the top teams. Everyone welcome!
Join the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) on Thursday, February 5 at 12:00 pm in The Wave for a presenation entitled "Opportunities to be a Global Village," as a part of 17吃瓜's International Development Week.
Explore the role of international development and international鈥�
