IN THE NEWS: Eclipse on the Escarpment

Brock experts talk total social eclipse: Associate Professor of Physics Thad Harroun spoke to the Hamilton SpectatorYourTV Niagara, the St. Catharines Standard and Newstalk 610 CKTB about Brock’s Eclipse on the Escarpment event and the once-in-a-lifetime celestial phenomenon. Professor of Educational Studies David Hutchison spoke to the St. Catharines Standard and to Newstalk 610 CKTB about the educational impact of the eclipse and his own experience viewing one as a child. Associate Professor of Visual Arts Amy Friend and Professor of Visual Arts Keri Cronin spoke with CBC Radio One about photographing the eclipse. Professor of Earth Sciences Mariek Schmidt spoke with CTV News from Brock’s eclipse event. Assistant Professor of Physics Barak Shoshany also spoke to YourTV Niagara about the science behind the total solar eclipse.

Newstalk 610 CKTB broadcasts from Brock: Niagara in the Morning with Tim Denis broadcast from Brock’s main campus on Monday, April 8. Throughout the morning, Denis spoke with Matt Melnyk, Director of Student Recruitment; Lesley Rigg, President and Vice-Chancellor, and Tim Kenyon, Interim Provost and Vice-President, Academic; Shahryar Rahnamayan, Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Yousef Haj-Ahmad Department of Engineering; and Julia Baird, Associate Professor in Brock’s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre and Department of Geography and Tourism Studies.

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