The Canisius University Counseling Center is heading the “Griffins Unplug” campaign where, from Nov. 18-22, they are encouraging students to try to refrain from using social media for at least a few hours per day.
Dr. Jennifer Desiderio, associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and associate professor of English, will be leaving Canisius today to work at the University at Buffalo after 20 years.
The Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students are hosting a Goodie Bag Making and Cookie Decorating event on Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in Old Main 104.
The Muslim Student Association will be holding its annual “Halalsgiving” dinner in Science Hall from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 18.
Canisius University Esports has progressed to the playoffs for FIFA competition, facing Albany in the next week, and hope to make it to semifinals which take place the following week.
The Active Minds chapter will be hosting a journaling event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. outside of the Dining Hall on Nov. 20.
The Raichle Pre-Law Center will be holding a panel discussion and a networking reception at 6 p.m. in Science Hall Commons on Nov. 20.
Little Theatre will be presenting “For the Love of Juliet” on Nov. 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. There will also be two showings on Nov. 23, one at 2 p.m., and another at 8 p.m. Admission is free to the public.
The New York Times reported that Democracy Forward, “a liberal-leaning legal organization that frequently battled the first Trump administration in court,” has now “unveiled a large-scale new effort aimed at thwarting President-elect Donald J. Trump’s second-term agenda from his first day in office.”
Donald Trump has picked Representative Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, according to The New York Times. Gaetz has to be confirmed by the Senate; however, the nominee “was the focus of a three-year federal sex-trafficking investigation that ended in 2023 when the Justice Department under President Biden declined to bring charges,” wrote The New York Times.