by browkaa | Jul 26, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Students
The Digital Humanities Summer Workshop Series wrapped up two weeks ago with the third and final session, focused on useful features in ARCGIS, a premier Geographic Information System. Faculty from various programs and departments, as well as staff from ITS and Institutional Research attended this workshop.
ARCGIS is a powerful toolset for analyzing data through maps, and Erin Warford, adjunct professor of classics, guided participants as they discovered new spatial analysis techniques. Participants learned how to incorporate data from scans or photographs of paper maps into digital maps. Now, scholars can discover new insights by comparing information garnered from several maps or databases, and produce their own multi-layered maps for publication. Thanks again to Dr. Warford for sharing her GIS skills with colleagues at Canisius College!
The Digital Humanities Workshop Series was made possible by the College of Arts & Sciences, the Digital Humanities Group, and the Center for Online Learning & Innovation.
Mark Gallimore, Instructional Designer, Center for Online Learning & Innovation
by browkaa | Jul 18, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
On Wednesday, July 12, Rev. Thomas Slon, SJ, blessed the new Canisius Public Safety vehicle. The 2017 Chevrolet Impala replaces a 2007 Ford Police Interceptor. The car has updated safety, electronic and emergency equipment packages and boasts improved fuel mileage.
Those present included (pictured from l-r) Steve Erdman, public safety officer; Sababu Norris, director of ALANA; Terri Mangione, PhD, vice president for student affairs; Rev. Thomas Slon, SJ, rector of the Jesuit community and public safety chaplain; Brian McIntyre, public safety officer; Wil Johnson, director of public safety; Nate Billings, public safety officer; and Matthew Mulville, senior associate dean of students (not pictured).
Submitted by: Wil Johnson, director of public safety
by browkaa | Jul 18, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
“A Free College Education – For All” is the subject of today’s Another Voice, in The Buffalo News. Thomas J. Caulfield, EdD, emeritus professor of counselor education, authored the opinion piece, which looks at the impact that New York State’s new Excelsior Scholarship program will have on private colleges.
Click here to read the article.
by browkaa | Jul 18, 2017 | Alumni, Faculty, Parents, Staff, Students
It’s an unusual person who can teach beginning chemistry students one day and advise leading scientists at NASA the next – but Henry Heubusch ’45, MS ’48, HON ’92 was one such man.
The former chemistry professor and rocket scientist passed away on Tuesday, July 11 at the age of 92.
After receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry from Canisius, Heubusch went to work as a quality control manager for the Direct Sales Pharmaceutical Co. before joining Bell Aerospace in 1951. He spent the next 33 years as Bell’s chief chemist. A research scientist and expert in propellant chemistry, Heubusch designed, staffed and directed Bell’s propellants research laboratory, which supported such NASA projects as the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, the Mercury and the Gemini. The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force also used Heubusch’s propellants.
Heubusch retired from Bell in 1984 and joined the faculty at Canisius. In 1992, the college conferred upon him an honorary doctorate degree for his impressive achievements in aerospace.
Click here to read Henry Heubusch’s full obituary, published in The Buffalo News.
by etuk | Jul 18, 2017 | Faculty, Staff
ARCGIS is a powerful toolset for analyzing data through maps, and Erin Warford, adjunct professor of classics, guided participants as they discovered new spatial analysis techniques. Participants learned how to incorporate data from scans or photographs of paper maps into digital maps. Now, scholars can discover new insights by comparing information garnered from several maps or databases, and produce their own multi-layered maps for publication. Thanks again to Dr. Warford for sharing her GIS skills with colleagues at Canisius College!
