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News and Announcements
- In 1996, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Education Department teamed up with Case to create American Music Masters, an annual event to celebrate rock and roll's legendary pioneers. This year’s AMM, again sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, takes place October 31 through November 6 and is themed “A Change is Gonna Come: The Life and Music of Sam Cooke.” Exhibits, movies and concerts will celebrate the life and music of Cooke, and the annual American Music Masters Conference will feature leading musicians and scholars who will lead in-depth discussions of his life and music. For a full schedule of events, and registration information, visit http://www.case.edu/events/amm/.
- Recent books by Arts and Sciences’ Miriam Levin and Rhonda Y. Williams (history) are being recognized in major book prize competitions. Williams has earned the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians for her book, The Politics of Public Housing: Black Women's Struggles Against Urban Inequality. Levin learned her recent book, Defining Women's Scientific Enterprise, was submitted by her publisher, University Press of New England, as its nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in the nonfiction category of American history. For more information on the books themselves and the awards, visit http://www.case.edu/news/2005/10-05/books.htm.
- The 19th annual Western Reserve Studies Symposium, "A Quiet Revolution: Land Use Initiatives in the Western Reserve," will bring farmers and land developers together to discuss new initiatives for land use in Northeast Ohio. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, November 4, at Case's Squire Valleevue Farm, 37125 Fairmount Boulevard in Hunting Valley. Registration is $50 and includes lunch, parking, refreshments and printed proceedings, with discounted registration of $25 for students with school identification. For more information, contact Gladys Haddad, director of the Western Reserve Studies Symposium and adjunct professor in American Studies in Arts and Sciences, at 216-368-4117 or via e-mail gladys.hadded@case.edu. You can also visit http://www.case.edu/artsci/wrss/2005/.
- Two Arts and Sciences events held locally last weekend became international through use of technology facilitated by Tom Knab, chief information officer for Arts and Sciences. First, the October 20-21 Ethnic Studies seminar and lecture, "The Power of Words: Literature, Politics, and Facts," featuring Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o, were webcast live to the world. Seminar coordinator Alice Bach (religion) has arranged for archived copies to be available on-line soon for further viewing. For more information, visit http://www.case.edu/artsci/ethnic/.
Also, the October 20 seminar “Inventing an International Culture of Change (1870 - 1930) in Six Urban Centers," coordinated by Miriam Levin (history), featured an international participant/presenter. Martina Hessler from the University of Aachen in Berlin was connected to the seminar participants in the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities by live interactive IP videoconference. In addition to the live seminar participation, Dr. Hessler also collaborated via videoconference with her colleagues on more than six hours of project work supported by an NSF grant, which was related to the seminar topic.
- All members of the university community are invited to celebrate Halloween at Squire Squire Valleevue Farm on Saturday, October 29, from 5-10 pm. Guests can enjoy a bonfire, hayride, marshmallow and hot dog roasting, children's activities and more – all free of charge. For more information, visit http://www.case.edu/farm/halloween2005.htm.
- Do you have news to share on a recent achievement or upcoming event? If so, send your news to Cathy Varga at ctv1@case.edu.
Arts and Sciences Events
Below is a list of talks, seminars and other events taking place next week in Arts and Sciences. For more information on these and other events, visit http://connection.case.edu/cas/content/eventList.cfm.
Opened Tuesday, 9/7/2005, on the first floor of MSASS - Photography exhibit: Features the indigenous Afro-Colombian people of El Chocó
October 1 - November 3 in University Hospital 's Humphrey Gallery - Photography exhibit “The Many Faces of Latin America”
Friday, 10/28/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “What’s Next for the European Union?” by Andreas Sobisch, Director of the Center for Global Education and Associate Professor of Political Science, John Carroll University
Friday to Sunday, October 28-30, 2005 in Gund Hall room 158 - “Autism and Representation: Writing, Cognition, Disability”: A Working Conference of the Society for Critical Exchange
October 31 through November 6 - American Music Masters
Wednesday, 11/2/2005 at 7:30 pm in Harkness Chapel - Chamber Music Concert
Thursday, 11/3/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - “Steps in Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Sulfonate Compounds” by Holly Ellis, Auburn University
Friday, 11/4/2005 from 8 am to 5 pm at Squire Valleevue Farm - Nineteenth Annual Western Reserve Studies Symposium, “A Quiet Revolution: Land Use Initiatives in the Western Reserve”
Friday, 11/4/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Who Speaks for Children? The “Children’s Ombudsperson” in Europe” by Brian Gran, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law at Case
Monday, 11/7/2005 at 4 pm in Yost Hall room 321B - Applied Mathematics Seminar: “High-order, high frequency methods or waver scattering” Professor Christophe Geuzaine, Case department of mathematics
Tuesday, 11/8/2005 at 11:45 am in Clark Hall room 206 - Case Conversations on Children in Research and Policy – “Learning to Read: What Twins Can Tell Us” by Lee Thompson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology; Co-Director, SAGES
Tuesday, 11/8/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - "Darwinian Medicine: New Approach to Health and Disease" by Professor Paul Sherman, Cornell University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
November 9 & 10, 2005 from 4:30 to 8 pm - JASON Expedition introduction 2005-06
Wednesday, 11/9/2005 at 7:30 pm in the Thwing Ballroom - Case/University Circle Orchestra Concert
Wednesday, 11/9/2005 at 7:30 pm in Harkness Chapel - DMA Lecture Recital - Julie Andrijeski (music)
Thursday, 11/10/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - “Directed Assembly of Metal-Cyanide Cluster Magnets” by Jeff Long, University of California – Berkeley
Thursday, 11/10/2005 at 8 pm in The Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Murch Auditorium, 1 Wade O - Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series – “Einstein's Biggest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story” by Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University
Thursday, 11/10/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clark Hall room 206 - “Conversations about Writing”: Work in Progress talk by Thrity Umrigar (English)
Thursday, 11/10/2005 at 4 pm in the Wolstein Auditorium - "The Challenge of Physiological Genetics: How to Dissect Complex Signaling Pathways" by Professor Pierre Chambon, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS) and Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Illkirch, France
Friday, 11/11/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Radios or Religion? Why Amish Youth Choose a Horse and Buggy Lifestyle in the 21st Century” by Jill Korbin, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean of the College, and Lawrence Greksa, Professor of Anthropology
Friday, 11/11/2005 at 4 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - "Are Keratinocytes involved in the Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis through Nuclear Receptor-mediated Events?" by Professor Pierre Chambon, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS) and Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC)
Friday, 11/11/2005 in the SAGES Cafe at 4:30 pm - Arts and Sciences Faculty T.G.I.F.
Saturday, 11/12/2005 at 7:30 pm in Harkness Chapel - Chapel, Court & Countryside
Sunday, 11/13/2005 at 2:30 pm in Harkness Chapel - Wind Ensemble
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