Again, Canisius College employees have shown that they are “men and women for others” through their United Way donations. We are happy to report that the college is at $26,102 of the $30,000 goal. There is one week left in the campaign. If you intend to donate and haven’t yet returned your pledge form, please do so by October 19. Thank you again for your continued support of this worthwhile campaign.
Submitted by: Ellen O. Conley, PhD, vice president, student affairs
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| Photo by Jennifer Perez |
A new show titled “Italian Faces and Places, Travel Photography, 2009,” is now on display in the Vogt Student Gallery on the fourth floor of Lyons Hall.
This past summer, students Christina Constabile, Ian Leberer, Jennifer Perez and Elyse Radke traveled to Italy as part of their course requirements for FAS 122 Travel Photography. Special thanks to the Mary Ann D’Amico Memorial Scholarship for making this trip possible.
Submitted by: Tom Wolf, adjunct professor, fine arts
Michael Wood, PhD, assistant professor of physics, will speak at the Arts and Sciences Colloquium on October 15 at 3:30 p.m. in Regis South. The title of his talk is “A Search for Chiral Symmetry Restoration or How to Lose Weight with Nuclear Physics.”
Abstract: In introductory Physics classes, we learn that weight is due to the mass of an object in a gravitational field. The mass is calculated by summing the masses of all the individual pieces that make up the object. This idea works well for molecules, atoms, and even nuclei. For hadrons like protons and neutrons (constituents of the nuclei), this rule does not work. The masses of the quarks contribute about 3 percent to the mass of a proton or neutron. The rest comes from the motion of the quarks.
Some theories of the strong nuclear force predict that the mass of the hadron originates from the breaking of a certain symmetry called chiral symmetry. In the early 1990s, predictions were made that chiral symmetry will be restored and the hadron mass will be reduced when the hadron is inside a dense nuclear environment like a Pb nucleus. This talk will describe an experiment that was a search for chiral symmetry restoration by producing light vector mesons in nuclei of C, Ti, Fe, and Pb. The experiment was conducted in Hall B at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA.
Submitted by: Leonid Khinkis, PhD, dean, College of Arts & Sciences
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| Junior Renee Lettow |
Come celebrate the 80s this Thursday night, October 15, when the Canisius volleyball team hosts Niagara in a big Battle of the Bridge contest at the Koessler Athletic Center at 6 p.m.
Come dressed in 80’s gear (think Rambo, Indiana Jones, Ronald Reagan, Cosby Show, Farrah Fawcett, Cher, etc.) and be eligible to win neat prizes. We are even tossing some old-style 80s uniforms into the crowd. Plus, you’ll hear top 80s songs like “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “Walk This Way.” All of this and more as your Griffs battle the Purple Eagles on 80s Night at the KAC.
Volleyball also hosts Manhattan and St. Peter’s over the weekend with games starting at 2 p.m. each afternoon. Canisius hosts the MAAC Volleyball Tournament, Nov. 22-23, with the championship game to be televised live on ESPNU.
Submitted by: John Maddock, associate athletic director – external affairs, athletics
Bill Stark, individual consultant for TIAA CREF, will be on campus for consultations on Tuesday, October 20 and Wednesday, October 21. If you would like to schedule an appointment with Bill, please contact Dawn Rotterman at Ext. 3151.
Submitted by: Dawn Rotterman, associate, human resources
