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Mini-Zoo Opens Monday (November 7)

Pancake Tortoise

The Canisius College Zoo Biology Program will open its eighth annual mini-zoo on Monday (November 7) at 9 a.m.  This year’s installment, “Safari Canisius: a celebration of African wildlife” is located in Health Science Building Room 102.  The mini-zoo, featuring nine species on loan from The Buffalo Zoo, is open weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. until November 18.  To view a live webcam of Safari Canisius, click here.

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Submitted by:  Office of Web Services

Physics Café Discusses 2011 Nobel Prize In Physics

The next Physics Cafe will take place Monday (November 7) at 3 p.m. in Horan-O’Donnell Room 103, and will center on a discussion of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.  The prize was given to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess who measured the accelerated expansion of the universe.  The work was done by studying type 1a supernovae.  Robert Selkowitz, PhD, assistant professor of physics, will lead the discussion about the expansion of the universe, supernovae, and dark energy.  All are welcome to attend.

Submitted by:  Michael Wood, PhD, assistant professor, physics

EAP November Newsletter

This month’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) tip concerns “Developing Resiliency.”  To read more about this, click here. (Adobe Acrobat PDF)

Submitted by:  Kathy Kelly, administrative associate, human resources