Acadia ALERT - Campus Closed (Weather)

Today, Monday, February 23, 2026, Acadia University will remain closed, with the exception of residences and Wheelock Dining Hall, due to the forecasted weather. Wheelock Dining Hall may adjust their hours due to the weather and any change in hours will be communicated through Residence Life.

Employees and students are not expected to come to campus and only employees deemed essential are required to report to work. Non-essential employees are not expected to work during the closure. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or cancelled.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO). If you need emergency-related information, please contact the Department of Safety and Security by dialing 88 on all 585-phone systems, or by calling 902-585-1103.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Acadia University

Department of Safety & Security

902-585-1103

security@acadiau.ca

(Monday February 23, 2026 @ 5:55 am)

November 2019

SEMINARS HAPPENING DEC 2 - 6/2019

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

SPEAKER: DR. SAMUEL ANDREWS - DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK FREDERICTON

TOPIC: RESTORATION POTENTIAL FOR REPRODUCTION OF STRIPED BASS (MORONE SAXATILIS) IN THE SAINT JOHN RIVER, NEW BRUNSWICK

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5/2019 IN ELLIOTT HALL ROOM#207 AT 11:30AM

 

JODREY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

CAPSTONE PROJECT PRESENATIONS:

ASMA LOKHANDWALA

WILLIAM WAMBOLT - PERSONAL HEALTH MANAGER

MAYAR TAHINA - HYPERMANAGEMENT

MARK MACDONALD - SOUND CLASH

YENING WANG - DAYCARE MATCHING SYSTEM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6/2019 IN CARNEGIE HALL ROOM#113 AT 2:30PM

 

PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

SPEAKER: KEN LESLIE, PHD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, ACADIA UNIVERSITY

TOPIC:  ADVENTURES IN NEUROSCIENCE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6/2019 IN K. C. IRVING CENTRE AUDITORIUM AT 2:30PM

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SEMINARS HAPPENING NOV 25 - 29/2019

CHEMISTRY

SPEAKER: DR. DAVID ZECHEL, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY

TITLE: GENOMICS DRIVEN DISCOVERY OF NEW ENZYME REACTIONS AND MOLECULES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28/2019 IN ELLIOTT HALL ROOM#303 AT 12:00 NOON

 

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SEMINARS HAPPENING NOV 18 - 22/2019

BIOLOGY

SPEAKER: DAVID IRELAND - PROJECT MANAGER, ATLANTIC CANADA ENGO COMMUNITY

TITLE: MARKETING NATURE AND THE RISE OF CITIZEN SCIENCE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21/2019 IN ELLOTT HALL ROOM#207 AT 11:30AM

 

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

SPEAKER: DR. JOHN JAMIESON, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

AGS/SCIENCE ATLANTIC LECTURE TOUR

TITLE: ORE-FORMING PROCESSES ON THE SEAFLOOR - UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK SMOKE VENT FIELDS AND THE FORMATION OF METAL-RICH MASSIVE SULPHIDE MINERAL DEPOSITS

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19/2019 IN HUGGINS SCIENCE HALL ROOM#336 AT 12:00NOON

 

JODREY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

THE COMP 4583/5213 CLASS: MOBILE AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING CLASS WILL BE DEBATING PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF OUR TIMES: iOS OR ANDROID?

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22/2019 IN K. C. IRVING CENTRE AUDITORIUM AT 2:30PM.

BRING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTING

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SCIENCE SEMINARS HAPPENING NOV 12 - 15, 2019

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

SPEAKER: DR. PAUL MANNING, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

TITLE: ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS PROVIDED BY DUNG BEETLES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14/2019 IN ELLIOTT HALL ROOM#207 AT 11:30AM

 

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

SPEAKER: DR. TRAVIS FRIDGEN, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY

TITLE: THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF IONIC NUCLEIC ACID BASE COMPLEXES USING ION TRAPPING MASS SPECTROMETRY

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14/2019 IN ELLIOTT HALL ROOM#303 AT 12:00NOON

 

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

SPEAKER: DR. JOHN WALDRON - EARTH & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

TITLE: EVAPORITE TECTONICS IN NOVA SCOTIA: SALT, SUBSIDENCE, SINKHOLES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13/2019 IN HUGGINS SCIENCE HALL ROOM#336 AT 4:00PM

 

JODREY SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

SPEAKER:  SONY GUNTUKA  TITLE: QUEUE BASED VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORK PROGNOSTIC OFFLOADING TECHNIQUE

SPEAKER:  SRIKANTH ADUNOOR  TITLE: SUPER MODEL FOR MAJOR DONOR

SPEAKER:  SIDDARDHA KAJA  TITLE: ENERGY AWARE HYBRID SCHEDULING STRATEGY FOR CLOUD IN CACKS IN NODE NETWORK

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15/2019 IN CARNEGIE HALL ROOM#113 AT 2:30PM

 

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

SPEAKER: DR. KARL-PETER MARZLIN, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, ST. FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY

TITLE: CAUSAL PERTURBATION THEORY IN QUANTUM OPTICS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13/2019 IN HUGGINS SCIENCE HALL ROOM#218 AT 4:45PM

 

 

 

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SCIENCE SEMINARS HAPPENING NOV 4 - 8/2019

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

SPEAKER: DR. DAVID SMITH, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY - WESTERN UNIVERSITY

TITLE: STRANGER THINGS: THE ORGANELLE GENOME EDITION

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019 IN ELLIOTT HALL ROOM#207 AT 11:30AM.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TALK: ART & GEOLOGY IN DIALOGUE

SPEAKERS: SYDNEY A LANCASTER, ARTIST & DR. JOHN W. F. WALDRON, HARRISON-MCCAIN VISITING PROFESSOR

TITLE: BOUNDARY/TIME/SURFACE: ART AND GEOLOGY MEET IN GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 IN HUESTIS INNOVATION PAVILION, ROOM #173 INN/HSH AT 1:30PM.

 

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

COLLOQUIUM SERIES 2019-2020 PRESENTS

SPEAKER: MARK JOHNSTON, MD, FRCPC OF TRUE NORTH CLINICAL RESEARCH

TITLE: RESEARCH AND THERAPY IN COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2019 IN ELLIOTT HALL ROOM#207 AT 4:00PM

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