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USA Today article by Brady ’76 chronicles alumna’s confrontation with Muhammad Ali during the boxer’s campus visit fifty years ago

USA Today sports writer Eric Brady ᾿76 wrote an article about the 50th anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s visit to Canisius. During Ali’s talk, the legendary boxer and Sharon Tolbert-Glover ᾿68, a history major and former nun, squared off in a fiery exchange.

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Vescio outlines WBC’s expansion into Niagara County in an article in the Niagara Gazette

Sara Vescio, executive director of the Women’s Business Center (WBC) at Canisius College, spoke with the Niagara Gazette about her efforts to bring the center’s programs to clients in Niagara County. Successful programs are now in place thanks to scholarship funds contributed by Yahoo and the Greater Lockport Development Corporation.

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Hardwick weighs in with Spectrum News regarding President Trump’s comments during a rally that hints of a run for re-election 

In a story for Spectrum News, Kevin Hardwick, PhD, associate professor of political science, said a rally for Rep. Rick Saccone, a Republican Congressional candidate from Western Pennsylvania, was perfectly timed for Trump to hint at a possible run for re-election in 2020.

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Woodruff ’18 explains human interference in animal communication on WGRZ’s 2TheOutdoors

Mary Woodruff ᾿18, an animal behavior, ecology and conservation/psychology dual major, discussed how animals communicate (and it’s not always vocal) on WGRZ-TV Channel 2’s 2TheOutdoors program. She also elaborated on the many ways that humans interfere with animal communication, .

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Submitted by: College Communications