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.
Due to some critical security vulnerabilities with the current Canisius VPN, including the ability to access information without authentication, OculusIT needed to disable access to the Cisco VPN.
A migration to a new VPN was already in progress and the new Fortinet client has been deployed to a number of people.
If you need access to the Canisius VPN and do not have the Fortinet new client, please send an email to helpdesk@canisius.edu and we will contact you to arrange for installation of the new client.
The Buffalo News reported on the official opening of the Golisano Center for Student Success in its April 1 edition. The story highlighted how the new center will impact the student experience and elevate student success at Canisius. Click here to read the story. Click here to watch the video.
The Richard J. Wehle School of Business at Canisius University is among the top 100 graduate business schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest ranking for Best Graduate Schools. The Wehle Business School climbed five spots to No. 87 nationally, reflecting its continued momentum in graduate business education. The rankings recognize Canisius for academic quality, career outcomes, earnings of graduates and overall program excellence.
The Canisius University Borders & Migrations Initiative will host a lecture by Andrea Alvarez, PhD, curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, on Wednesday, April 22, from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Grupp Fireside Lounge of the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center and is free and open to the public.
Alvarez will discuss Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way, a major exhibition currently on view at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum through September 6, 2026. The exhibition features the work of 58 Latinx artists and explores themes of community, identity and migration across diverse artistic practices. A bilingual catalogue accompanies the exhibit.
Alvarez has been a member of the curatorial team at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum since 2017 and has organized several significant exhibitions, including One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama (2025), From These Hands / De Estas Manos: Narsiso Martinez (2023), and Comunidades Visibles: The Materiality of Migration (2021). She also served as coordinating curator for Firelei Báez’s large-scale mosaic installation in 2023. Her work focuses on contemporary art, with particular emphasis on Latinx, Latin American and global diasporic artists.
During the lecture, Alvarez will provide insight into the curatorial vision behind Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way and discuss the broader cultural and social contexts that shape the exhibition.
