You may have noticed construction taking place along Jefferson Avenue near campus. This work is part of the Jefferson Avenue Streetscape Project, a two-year initiative designed to improve traffic flow and enhance pedestrian walkways from Main Street to Best Street.
Phase 1 is currently underway and spans Main Street to Ferry Street. Work in the campus area includes sidewalk replacement on both the east and west sides of Jefferson Avenue, along with a full roadbed reconstruction.
As part of the redesign, traffic will be reduced from two lanes in each direction to one lane to help calm traffic. Additional improvements include a bike lane on the east side, on-street parking on the west side, expanded greenspace on both sides, new street lighting and tree plantings.
A significant benefit to campus will be a raised crosswalk at Hughes Avenue, along with new flashing warning lights to improve pedestrian safety.
Construction is currently taking place on the east side of Jefferson Avenue between Ferry Street and Blaine Avenue. Sidewalks are being removed, and underground utilities are being upgraded.
Assistant Vice President for Operations Joe Snodgrass remains in regular contact with the project engineering team and site contractor and they are aware of the need to maintain accessible pedestrian routes for students through commencement.
In late May, work will shift to the west side of Jefferson Avenue, when campus foot traffic is minimal. If the project stays on schedule, sidewalk and roadbed work will be completed prior to the start of the fall semester.
Please join us on Wednesday, April 15, for the 19th annual Ignatian Scholarship Day (ISD). Artistic displays and performance, multimedia presentations, and poster sessions will take place 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at various locations.
As a reminder, classes that normally meet on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday pattern do not meet on April 15. Classes that normally meet on Wednesday only or on a Monday and Wednesday pattern will still meet on that day.
Josh Russell, PhD, director of the Anthrozoology Program, was interviewed by A-Z Animals for an April 8 story about the science behind the pain of losing a pet. Russell, who has spent his career studying the human-animal bond, explained what makes pet loss so difficult for humans to deal with, the reasons behind so much pain and why some people dismiss pet loss. Click here to read the full story, which was also picked up by Yahoo News.
WBEN-AM Radio 930 reported on Canisius earning high marks on the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings for Best Graduate Schools. The university climbed five spots to No. 87, securing a place among the top 100 graduate business schools in the country. The ranking is determined by academic quality, career outcomes, earnings of graduates and overall program excellence. Click here to listen to the April 9 segment.
The Buffalo News interviewed Associate Professor of Economics Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, for an April 8 article about Buffalo Niagara’s jobless rate, which jumped in January as seasonal jobs came to an end. According to Golebiewski, “firms are still nervous about making those hiring decisions because the economy is so sensitive to a number of things … that are incredibly difficult to forecast.” Click here to read the full story.
Charlie T. Garling, the Delaware North Director of Learning & Creativity at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, visited Professor Yvonne Widenor’s Honors class last month to describe the ways in which he and his team created and implemented the Creative Commons space at the museum. In a wonderfully detailed and dynamic presentation, students followed the steps taken to conceive, design, and create activities that incorporate various methods of play and engagement with the Museum’s collection in this area, and they were inspired by Charlie’s enthusiasm for active learning practices.
Later in the semester, some of these students will visit the Museum to investigate not only the Creative Commons and join in the playful activities but also explore the recently expanded exhibition spaces and attend other events that have transformed the AKG into a community hub that invites all members of our community to connect with one another and a multitude of artistic practices.
Below is a photo of students in the class with Charlie Garling in the center.
A new CALLI course begins next week, and we invite faculty, staff, and friends of Canisius to enroll!
Professor Johanna Fisher will lead a six-week course discussing a wonderful collection of films and offer pathways to watch/read and interpret them. When describing the course’s format, Professor Fisher wrote, “Some of our questions will include the following- what factors—technological, social, economic, political—contributed to the rise of film? What are the aesthetics of film and why? How should we place film with respect to other modernisms, high and low? How did film become a popular medium? When did film become an art? When can we argue for film as being experimental? How were silent films made and within what kinds of structures? What is the relationship of early cinema to problems of race, gender, class, nationalism, propaganda, and what would come to be called “the culture industry”? We will attempt to answer these and other questions as they arise in our viewing and discussion of a number of films.
We will view/”read” a variety of films, early as well as contemporary, serious as well as entertaining. Sessions will begin with my suggestions of ways into the films as well as their cultural and historical/geographical contexts. This is followed by an open discussion in which your insights and considerations will be shared with the group.”
Films included in the discussions are Edwin Stanton Porter’s The Great Train Robbery, A Chapter in Her Life, Duck Soup, The Grand Illusion, Josef von Strernberg’s The Blue Angel, Double Indemnity, Outrage, Rear Window, In The Heat of The Night (1967),Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The 400 Blows, Persepolis, Rabbit A’ La Berlin, and The Lady Vanishes.
For more information about this or other CALLI courses or if you or another faculty or staff member would like to teach a course in this series, please contact Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu
