by Public Relations | Apr 14, 2010 | Staff
Canisius College will welcome Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and UN Messenger of Peace, to campus on tomorrow (April 14) at 7:30 p.m. in the Koessler Athletic Center. The lecture, titled Gombe and Beyond: The Next Fifty Years, is free and open to the public and is sponsored by The Canisius College Institute for the Study of Human-Animal Relations and The William H. Fitzpatrick Institute of Public Affairs and Leadership.
For those who cannot make the lecture, it will be streamed live on the Canisius Web site. Check the Canisius home page later today for the link to the live stream.
Submitted by: Michael Noonan, PhD, professor; animal behavior, ecology & conservation
by Public Relations | Apr 14, 2010 | Staff
All faculty and staff are invited to attend the Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ACAC) meeting today (April 14) at 2 p.m. in Wehle 305. In addition to announcements and discussion of ITS and library issues, the April meeting will feature a demonstration by Joe Rizzo of Microsoft Outlook’s shareable calendar feature including a handy way to schedule meetings.
ACAC is composed of a representative from each academic department along with administrators from Information Technology Services and the Library. Its purpose is to provide a forum to discuss campus technology issues and investigate new technology initiatives. The committee’s monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month.
The last ACAC meeting of the semester will be held on May 5 at 2 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. Nicolas Lorgnier will give a demonstration of Second Life.
Submitted by: Estelle Siener, director of academic computing, ITS
by Public Relations | Apr 14, 2010 | Staff
Shawn Sweeney of the Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots Program and the Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation will be conducting a joint symposium on university-based initiatives to promote wildlife conservation on Thursday, April 15 from 9 a.m. to Noon in Regis Room South. All members of the Canisius community are welcome to attend for all or any part of the event.
Submitted by: Michael Noonan, PhD, professor; animal behavior, ecology & conservation
by Public Relations | Apr 14, 2010 | Staff
Steven Halady, adjunct professor of philosophy, will deliver a lecture on race entitled “Against Ethical Eliminativism,” on Thursday, April 15 at 4 p.m. in the Campus Ministry Conference Room (OM 219). All are welcome to attend.
Submitted by: John Zeis, PhD, professor, philosophy
by Public Relations | Apr 14, 2010 | Staff
A screening of Katyn, a film by Andrzej Wajda, will be held on Friday, April 16 at 3 p.m., in Regis Room North to celebrate the lives of the President of Poland Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and more than 90 political, army, church, and community leaders killed in the plane crash on April 10, 2010. The official delegation was on their way to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn and other nearby regions, where the Russian Secret Police murdered over 20,000 Polish Army officers and intellectuals at the beginning of the World War II.
The event has been of utmost importance because recently the Russian government admitted to committing the crime which for a long time was attributed to the Germans. For additional information about the film, please contact Margaret Stefanski, PhD, at stefansm@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Tina Burke, administrative associate, modern languages
