News Archive

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Archives for January 2008

When Love is Gone

With over half of Canadian marriages heading for divorce, Dr. Scott Stewart, professor of philosophy at Cape Breton University felt that while sympathy is fine, it is time for some answers. Why does it hurt so much when our love dies? January 29, 2008

CBU Prof Reviewer at Sundance Festival

A Cape Breton University professor will join the world’s paparazzi lining the red carpet at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah this month as an official reviewer of this year’s festival offerings. Dr. Ruby Ramji was invited by festival organizers to review the 2008 crop of independent films.January 17, 2008

The Tar Ponds: Finding Life in the Strangest Places

Despite that fact that the Sydney Tar Ponds has been heavily contaminated from one hundred years of former industrial activities and municipal waste, Dr. Jones and her team of student researchers are finding out that it is not barren and lifeless after all.January 15, 2008

CBU Herbarium joins cross-Canada digitization initiative

In a quiet corner of C-wing sits the most valuable resource for anyone interested in the flora of Cape Breton. About 5,000 plant specimens collected on Cape Breton Island, mostly through the initiative of Pixie Williams and Catherine Sneddon.January 10, 2008