Acadia ALERT - Full Campus Closure Due to Weather

Today, February 16, 2024 at 2pm, Acadia University will close the entire campus, 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. The Acadia Athletic Complex, Vaughan Memorial Library, KC Irving Environmental Science Centre and the Manning Memorial Chapel will be closed in addition to the rest of the campus. Any events scheduled for today will be postponed or canceled.

The campus will remain closed until 12pm on Monday February 17, 2025. An update on campus conditions will be provided no later that 11am on Monday. Should conditions allow campus will reopen at 12pm.

Updates will be posted on www.acadiau.ca and pre-recorded on Acadia’s Information Line: 902-585-4636 (585-INFO) and on 585 phone system voicemail. 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

(Sunday February 16, 2025 @ 12:59 pm)

Physics Seminars

Upcoming Seminars (Winter 2025):

Friday, January 31, 2025 at 12:30 pm (PAT 206)- "Modern Technology in Medical Physics and Radiotherapy"- Dal Granville, (Medical Physicist at the QEII Cancer Centre and Assistant Professor in Physics and Radiation Oncology, Dalhousie University)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 4:15 pm (ELL 303)- "An Introduction to X-ray Astronomy and Active Galactic Nuclei"- Margaret Buhariwalla (PhD Candidate, Saint Mary's University)

Monday, March 17, 2025 at 4:30 pm (DIV 217 ADC Langley Classroom)- CAP Lecture Series- "Taming the Electromagnetic Vacuum: Harnessing Quantum Vacuum Fluctuations in Electromagnetic Cavities for Quantum Technologies Applications"- Ivan Iorsh (Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy, Queen's University)

Please contact Ruben Sandapen and Anna Kiefte if you are interested in giving a physics seminar at Acadia!

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