What to know about the week ahead
New job numbers from the state Labor Department will show whether the hiring surge in June – led by a big jump in leisure and hospitality jobs – continued into July.
It is important that the hiring boomlet continues, because the Buffalo Niagara region still hasn’t recovered all the jobs lost during the pandemic – something that happened more than a year ago nationally.
NFTA Metro will hold an open house 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Frontier station, 1000 Military Road. The NFTA is hiring for operators, mechanics, custodians and helpers. Job seekers can apply at jobs.nfta.com.
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Canisius University is offering panel discussions exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on different fields. Its AI and Society Initiative is holding “Conversations on AI Symposia” on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the university’s Old Main building on campus.
The sessions consist of two simultaneous panel discussions on the implications of AI on education and AI in business, government and health care, followed by a mixer with light refreshments where participants and attendees can gather to discuss AI in their fields. The panels are free and open to the public.
The panels on Thursday are:
AI in Education (K-12 and higher education), with Paul McAfee, instructor at the University at Buffalo School of Management, Singapore, and Daemen University MBA Program; Humberto Hernandez, director of online learning and instructional design and professor in D’Youville University’s School of Business and Pharmacy, and Joshua Kovacich, director of information technology for the Buffalo Public Schools.
AI in Business, Government and Healthcare, with Jacob Michalski, software engineer at Moog Inc., Justin Del Vecchio, professor of cybersecurity and computer science at Canisius, and Dave Sheets, director of data analytics and data science at Canisius.
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The Buffalo Next team gives you the big picture on the region’s economic revitalization. Email tips to buffalonext@buffnews.com or reach Buffalo Next Editor David Robinson at 716-849-4435.
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