Canisius In The News

Mar 29, 2023
 

• Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, associate professor of economics and finance, weighed in with The Buffalo News for a story about the region’s lingering labor shortage. According to Golebiewski, economic weakness in pockets of the economy is prompting recent retirees to head back to work, at least part-time. Read the full story.
   
• Canisius Professor H. David Sheets, PhD, discusses his research on the validity of bite marks when investigating crimes, on the latest episode of “CSI on Trial.” The program airs on Curiosity Stream (sometimes referred to as the Curiosity Channel), an American media company and subscription streaming service. View a preview of the episode on bite marks, in which Sheets is featured.* Then subscribe to watch in full.
  
  Sheets previously discussed his research on bite marks on the podcast “CSI on Trial.” Click here to listen to the Podcast.

*Warning: This episode contains details of graphic violence and sexual assault.

Mar 27, 2023

Steve Gattuso, professor of economics/finance/Director of Golden Griffin Fund discussed What to know about buying SR-22 insurance/What makes a driver high risk? On WalletHub, personal finance website. Read the full article.

Mar 22, 2023
 

• WGRZ-TV Channel 2 Reporter Keelin Berrian interviewed hockey head coach Trevor Large on Monday, March 20 ahead of the team’s departure for Fargo, ND, where the Golden Griffins will face off against the Golden Gophers in the 2023 NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament. Watch the story.
   
• Canisius Professor H. David Sheets, PhD, discusses his research on the validity of bite marks when investigating crimes, on the podcast “CSI on Trial.” The program is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and appears on the Curiosity Stream series.  Warning: This episode contains details of graphic violence and sexual assault. Listen to the Podcast
   
• Canisius alumnus and Buffalo News contributor Erik Brady ’76 penned a poetic story on St. Patrick’s Day about fellow alumnus Joe Hassett ’64. The article, titled “This is what happens when the Buffalo connection meets the luck of the Irish,” can be read here.

Mar 20, 2023

President Steve Stoute talks about urban engagement and how Canisius will RISE to the occasion on “Buffalo, What’s Next?” on WBFO Radio. Listen here.

Mar 6, 2023

The Buffalo News recently featured a story on the college’s physician assistant studies program and its efforts to address a shortage of workers and diversity in Western New York healthcare programs. Read the story.

Mar 3, 2023
 

• Canisius President Steve Stoute earned a place on Business First’s “Power 250” list. The annual roll identifies and recognizes the region’s most influential leaders. President Stoute ranks at No. 80 among the honorees.
   
• In November 2022, Business First named President Stoute to its “Power 100 Business Leaders of Color.”

Mar 1, 2023

Canisius College President Steve Stoute was included among six Buffalo Niagara leaders invited by The Buffalo News to share their ideas on how to make everyone part of the region’s growth. The article appeared in the newspaper’s annual Prospectus, a special section that includes the views of area business and community leaders on progress made, opportunities ahead and the steps needed to ensure that more people are part of the community’s growth. Read the story.

Feb 24, 2023

Nearly one year after the Board of Trustees appointed Steve Stoute as its next leader, The Buffalo News published an in-depth story about Canisius College’s 25th president in its February 23 edition. The article highlights President Stoute’s efforts to improve access, accessibility and attainment at Canisius. Read the story.

Feb 22, 2023
 

• Canisius President Steve Stoute recently sat down with The Buffalo News to discuss his plans for removing barriers and creating more opportunities for students to access a Canisius education. Watch the video.
   
• Robert Klump, director of the Raichle Pre-Law Center, appeared on WBEN-AM Radio 930, on Monday, February 20 (Presidents’ Day), for a segment on “Favorite Presidents.” Klump spoke about the president he would most like to have met: Calvin Coolidge, the nation’s 30th president. Listen to the interview. (Fast-forward to 40:35 to hear Bob Klump’s comments.)

Jan 27, 2023

Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, associate professor of economics and finance, weighed in with The Buffalo News for a story about the region’s low unemployment and tight workforce. Read the January 24 article.

Jan 25, 2023

The personal finance website WalletHub recently interviewed Economics/Finance Professor Steve Gattuso about key things people need to know before buying SR-22 insurance. Read the story on WalletHub's website.

Jan 18, 2023

A group of Canisius College students traveled to Wheeling, WV, during winter break to participate in the Food Justice Immersion Program. The service trip was offered by Campus Ministry, hosted by Grow Ohio Valley and featured in The Wheeling News-Register. Read the story.

Dec 19, 2022

Associate Professor of Economics Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, weighed in with The Buffalo News for a December 15 story about the latest jobs data released by the State Labor Department. According to Golebiewski, local businesses appear to be hiring fewer people and perhaps waiting out the uncertainty of economic conditions.

Dec 14, 2022

President Steve Stoute was among several local college and university leaders interviewed for a Buffalo News story about how higher education institutions are finding ways to recover from the enrollment hit, as a result of Covid-19. President Stoute spoke about the ways in which Canisius needs to think differently about who today’s students are. Click here to read the story.

Dec 7, 2022

WBEN-AM Radio 930 interviewed Robert Klump on its Monday, December 5 morning broadcast. The director of the college’s Raichle Pre-Law Program provided insight into what the Supreme Court is looking at in regards to the student loan forgiveness plan put for by President Joe Biden.

Nov 16, 2022

President Steve Stoute’s announcement earlier this week that Canisius is adopting a test-free admissions policy garnered attention from all of the local media outlets, print and broadcast.

WKBW-TV Channel 7 Reporter Sydni Eure visited campus to interview President Stoute and students about the change. Click here to watch the story, which aired on Monday night’s 11:00 p.m. news

WIVB-TV Channel 4 invited President Stoute to be ‘live’ in studio for its “News 4 at 4” program on Tuesday to discuss the new test-free policy. Click here to watch the interview.

WGRZ-TV Channel 2 and The Buffalo News also reported on the story.

Nov 14, 2022

English Professor Eric Gansworth is receiving rave reviews from The Buffalo News for his newest book, My Good Man. Click here to read the review.

Nov 4, 2022

The Western New York Teacher Residency (WNYTR) made headlines this week. The Buffalo News published a feature story on the growing program, which aims to recruit and retain more teachers by better preparing them for the classroom and increasing diversity in the profession. Canisius College was the first to pilot such a program, when it launched the WNYTR in 2018. Click here to read the story.

Oct 24, 2022

The inauguration of President Steve Stoute gathered media attention over the weekend.

WGRZ-TV Channel 2 Weekend Anchor Claudine Ewing sat down with President Stoute on Friday for a preview piece on the college’s new president, ahead of his Saturday installation. Click here to watch the story. Claudine Ewing did a follow up report on Saturday’s broadcast, which featured all the pomp and circumstance of President Stoute’s inauguration. Click here to watch that story.

The Buffalo News also reported on Saturday’s historic installation of President Stoute. The article appeared in Sunday’s edition and can be read here.

Oct 9, 2022

The Institute for Autism Research at Canisius made front page news on Sunday, October 9. The Buffalo News ran an in-depth article about the success of the Institute’s intervention treatment programs for children with autism, and reported on how a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense is enabling Canisius researchers to study whether the interventions can be widely available through after-school programs.   Click here to read the story.

Oct 5, 2022

Business First Reporter Lian Bunny interviewed Shawn O’Rourke, PhD, about the bachelor’s degree program in sports management being moved from the School of Education to the Wehle School of Business. The interview was part of a larger story the publication ran about new degree offerings at local colleges and universities. O’Rourke is the program director for sport management, sport administration and sport product development. Click here to read the story.

Sep 28, 2022

Losing a pet is hard enough. But helping your child through the grieving process can be even harder. Anthrozoology Professor and Program Director Joshua Russell, PhD, suggests how parents can best navigate this difficult moment – in the latest issue of Parents magazine.

Sep 21, 2022

Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, spoke with Buffalo News Reporter David Robinson for a September 16 story about hiring getting back on track in the Buffalo Niagara region. Click here to read the story.

Golebiewski also weighed in on the subject of cheap car insurance for WalletHub’s “Ask the Experts” series. WalletHub is a personal finance website.  

Aug 31, 2022

Business First recently interviewed Mike Dolan, co-director of the sports and exercise healthcare program, about the college’s new articulation agreement with D’Youville University, which aims to boost the local healthcare professions pipeline. Click here to read the story.

Steve Gattuso, executive director of the Golden Griffin Fund, weighed in with the online financial website Wallethub, about the best secured credit cards on the market. Read his advice to consumers by clicking here.

Associate Professor of Economics Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, says the region’s shrinking workforce is a big reason why job growth isn’t stronger here. The Buffalo News interviewed Golebiewski for an August 29 story titled “WNY has a People Problem and it’s Putting a Damper on Hiring.”

Aug 29, 2022

WIVB-TV Channel 4 visited campus on Wednesday, August 24, as the college’s first-year students moved into their residence halls. Canisius President Steve Stoute was interviewed for the story, as was student Luca Militello ’23. Click here to watch.

President Steve Stoute also spoke with Business First recently about the shrinking student pool and its potential impact on Western New York’s colleges and universities. Click here to read more.

Canisius College was included in a Buffalo News feature about the WNY Prosperity Fellowship, which supports student leaders while encouraging them to stay in Buffalo. Mary Rockwell, director of the New Buffalo Institute, oversees the fellowship program at Canisius. Current MBA student Myles Henry and Canisius alumna Nana Aluma were both interviewed for the story, which can be read here.

Associate Professor of Economics Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, spoke with The Buffalo News about the region’s unemployment numbers inching up in July, as hiring slowed. Click here to read the story.

Aug 10, 2022

Aimee Larson, director of the Physician Assistant Studies program, served as a panelist in Business First’s recent roundtable discussion titled “The Future of Healthcare: Education.” Larson was one of three panelists from area institutions who addressed how colleges are educating students to practice in an ever-changing and ever-challenging field. Click here to read the story.

Aug 3, 2022

Kinesiology Professor Mike Dolan is quoted in the July 29 edition of The Buffalo News. Dolan spoke about the college’s new articulation agreement with D’Youville University, which gives sports and exercise healthcare majors at Canisius guaranteed admission into graduate programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy and chiropractics at D’Youville. Click here to read the story.

Buffalo News Reporter David Robinson spoke with Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, for a story about the June unemployment numbers in the Buffalo Niagara region. The associate professor of economics and finance weighed in saying that rising wages, especially at the low end of the pay scale, are increasing the competition for entry-level workers. Click here to read the full story.

Jul 27, 2022

Business First’s Lian Bunny reported on two of the college’s most popular advanced degree programs in the School of Education and Human Services, for a July 21 story. Bunny interviewed Lorrei DiCamillo, associate dean of the education school, about the Western New York Teacher Residency Program, which DiCamillo co-directs. Bunny also spoke with Meg Keller-Cogan, the program director for the college’s Educational Leadership and Administration Program. Click here to read the story.

Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, was interviewed twice in the past week by The Buffalo News. Reporter Jonathan Epstein spoke with the associate professor of economics and finance about the approval for an Amazon warehouse in the Town of Niagara. Click here to read the story.

Golebiewski also spoke with Reporter David Robinson for a story that examined why consumers hold the key to Buffalo Niagara’s economy, as hiring slows and prices soar. Click here to read the story.

Jul 6, 2022

Local media outlets reported on both the retirement of President John J. Hurley on June 30 and the start of Steve Stoute’s tenure as the college’s 25th president.

Buffalo News Higher Education Reporter Janet Gramza spoke with President Steve Stoute about his primary goal, which is to “meet students where they are.” Click here to read the story.

Jun 22, 2022

Buffalo News Reporter David Robinson interviewed Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, for a June 17 article titled “No Signs of a Slowdown for the Buffalo Niagara Job Market.” The associate professor of economics noted that despite soaring prices, rising interest rates and a plunging stock market, the local job industry appears to be holding up well.

May 23, 2022

Canisius College honored the life of Aaron Salter Jr. during undergraduate commencement ceremonies this past weekend, when it, posthumously, conferred a bachelor of arts degree upon the Tops Market security guard who lost his life in the racially motivated shooting. Salter fired multiple times at the shooter before being shot and killed himself. Salter’s son, Aaron Salter III, accepted the Canisius diploma from the college on Saturday. His father needed only three credit hours – or one class – to complete his degree. All the local media outlets attended commencement ceremonies to report on the degree conferral:

• The Buffalo News
• WGRZ-TV Channel 2
• WIVB-TV Channel 4
• WKBW-TV Channel 7

May 9, 2022

Buffalo News Reporter Robert McCarthy wrote a brief commentary about former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s visit to Canisius College last week. Click here to read his analysis.

May 6, 2022

Bob Klump, director of the Raichle Pre-Law Center, was interviewed on Wednesday May, 4 on WBEN-AM Radio.  He appeared on A New Morning with Susan Rose and Brian Mazurowski, to discuss the leaked SCOTUS draft report, the impact on justices and changes to how future draft reports are disseminated.

To listen to the full show on WBEN-AM Radio, click here. 

May 2, 2022

As part of Autism Awareness Month, the Canisius IAR team was featured in the US Department of Education’s IES blog (Inside IES Research) for its series of grant-funded studies.  Jenn Lodi-Smith is part of the current studies. To read more about the studies on IES, click here.

Apr 29, 2022

The Buffalo News and Channels 2, 4 and 7 visited the Margaret Wendt Animal Behavior Lab in Science Hall to get a first-hand look at the ongoing training and enrichment exercises of the “Kittens on Campus.”

Canisius students are teaching the eight-week old kittens how to walk into carriers on their own, how to complete small agility courses and how to high-five.  The training and enrichment exercises are aimed at making the kittens more attractive adoption candidates and encouraging positive relationships with humans. 

Click on the links below to view the stories.
 

• WGRZ-TV Channel 2
• WIVB-TV Channel 4
• The Buffalo News
• The Buffalo News Photo Gallery

Apr 22, 2022

Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, associate professor of economics and finance, spoke with The Buffalo News on Wednesday, April 20, about inflation rates and how they might force workers who were planning on retiring to come back into the workforce.

To read the full article on The Buffalo News click, here.

Apr 20, 2022

The Hungarian news outlet Mandiner published an interview it conducted with Canisius President John J. Hurley. In the article, titled “The Silenced Majority of America,” President Hurley discusses the important role Catholic universities play in promoting free speech and expression, the search for truth and their commitment to justice in the world. Click here to read the story.

Buffalo News Reporter David Robinson interviewed Associate Professor of Economics & Finance Julie Anna Golebiewski, PhD, for a story about the Buffalo Niagara job market adding nearly 10,000 jobs over the first three months of the year. Click here to read the article.

Apr 13, 2022

President-elect Steve K. Stoute discussed his passion for Catholic higher education and dedication to student success in the latest edition of Buffalo Rising. In the interview, Stoute also shares more about the transformative impact he wants to the college to have – on students, their families and the entire city of Buffalo.

To read the full article, click here.

Apr 1, 2022  

Incoming President Steve Stoute spoke with Business First Reporter Lian Bunny earlier this week about his leadership style and goals for the college. Click here to read the story.