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The Magician’s Ball

image   We know that humans are supposed to have evolved from apes, and land animals from fish, but what did the very first animals look like?

Seeing and Saying

Fairfield Porters painting Under the Elms, 1971 - 1972   In the 1950s and 60s, just after the Beat poets took the Big Apple, another creative Manhattan group ushered in an additional artistic renaissance. Like the Left Bank literati in Paris during the 1920s, the New York School Poets forged a style of writing based on theories of seeing, being, and painting.

The Mad, Bad Theatrical Side of Byron

image   Sex, decadence, revolution, and, of course, poetry. That in a nutshell is George Gordon, Lord Byron. Or is it?

Labours Lost: the forgotten history of the Mi’kmaq

image   During the mid-19th century the Mi'kmaq were perilously close to dying out — yet against all odds they managed to preserve and enrich their heritage for future generations. Labour historian Dr. Andy Parnaby is uncovering the inspirational message they left us.

Type 2 diabetes — sowing the seeds for a solution

image   New cases of type 2 diabetes are on the rise, but conventional treatments can be costly — and can even lead to an increase in the risk of heart attack or stroke. CBU researchers are testing flaxseed as the possible key to a safer, more effective treatment.

A Growing Concern

image   New research by CBU professors Sue Korol and Scott Stewart is challenging the received medical wisdom about obesity and its effect on the nation's health.

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IN THE NEWS

Covell attends historic UN meeting

Katherine Covell, the North American representative on the UN’s international non-governmental organization advisory council, helped push for the special representative’s appointment, which is expected to lead to promotion and protection of children’s rights and foster international attention on the need to combat violence against women and girls.

Cape Breton Post, 29/9/2009

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Tom Urbaniak publishes book on long-standing Mississauga mayor

The official launch of Urbaniak’s book, Her Worship: Hazel McCallion and the Development of Mississauga, took place at the Noel Ryan Auditorium inside the Central Library on May 5th.

Mississauga News, 06/05/2009

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The birds and the bear

Stars align as CBU and Mi’kmaq partner to tell the story of Muin for International Year of Astronomy

Cape Breton Post, 23/12/08

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