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News and Announcements
- Today marks the grand opening of The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center – the new, state-of-the-art information technology center in Kelvin Smith Library. The Center is the result of collaboration between KSL, the College of Arts and Sciences, and Information Technology Services' (ITS) department of Instructional Technology and Academic Computing (ITAC). Grand opening activities begin at 11 a.m. and will feature food, tours, and prizes, including iPod Shuffles and USB memory sticks. Read more about the Center in the latest issue of art/sci by visiting http://www.case.edu/artsci/newsletter/artsci-pg03.html.
- The third annual Case for Community Day takes place Wednesday, September 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Case staff, faculty, students, and alumni are encouraged to participate in this campus-wide community service event. Volunteer projects, which are geared toward improving and enhancing Cleveland’s community neighbors, range from painting houses to working with local schools. For more information, visit http://www.case.edu/events/cfc/.
- Just a reminder that Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities and jury chair of The Cleveland Foundation's Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, will address the incoming first-year class at Case through its SAGES program next week on Thursday, September 15, at 11:30 a.m. SAGES students are expected to attend the event, with the remaining seats open to the public. Because of limited seating, registration is recommended by visiting http://www.case.edu/events/hlgates/.
- The Center for Chemical Dynamics, co-directed by Cather Simpson and Clemens Burda (chemistry), has received a grant to purchase “ultrafast instrumentation” equipment to conduct a broad spectrum of studies on the ways chemical molecules behave in the very beginning of chemical reactions. The grant was principally written by Simpson, and co-written by Burda and Mary Barkley (chemistry). For more information on the grant - and on how the new equipment will be used - visit http://www.case.edu/news/2005/8-05/simpson.htm.
- The most recent edition of the Case Research Newsletter is now available at http://ora.ra.case.edu/ospa/news/index.cfm.
- 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.
Friday, 9/9/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: "Why the Republicans Keep Winning In Ohio" by Rob Frost, Chairman of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County; and J. David Levey, Journalist and Consultant
Tuesday, 9/13/2005 at 5:45 pm in The Cleveland Institute of Art, McCullough 201L - "Art in Mind: Neuroaesthetics and the Problem of Reference" by Pradeep Dhillon, associate professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Editor, The Journal of Aesthetic Foundation
Wednesday, 9/14/2005 at 4:30 p.m. in Gund A59 - Moot Court (NOTE ROOM CHANGE) - “Crimes of the Genome: Literature and the Gene for Violence” by Jay Clayton, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Chair of English, Vanderbilt University
Wednesday, 9/14/2005 at 7:30 PM in Harkness Chapel - Lecture Recital: Debra Nagy (music)
Thursday, 9/15/2005 at 11:30 am in Severance Hall - "Pursuing a Dream: W.E.B. DuBois and His Encyclopedia" by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Friday, 9/16/2005 at 4 pm in Clark Hall, room 206 - Music & Culture Lecture Series: "In the Beginning: Creation Scenarios from Mozart to Schubert" by Maynard Solomon, biographer
Thursday, 9/15/2005 at 4:15 pm in Rockefeller Hall room 301 - “The Ubiquity and Power of Analogies in Physics” by Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University – part of the Physics Colloquium Series
Thursday, 9/15/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - “Crystallographic Snapshots of Metalloproteins” by Catherine L. Drennan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Friday, 9/16/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “The Federalist Society” by George W. Dent, Jr., Schott-van den Eyden Professor of Law at Case
Friday, 9/16/2005 at 2:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 405 - “The Global Carbon Cycle and the Duke Forest Free Air CO2 Enrichment Experiment” by William Schlesinger, Professor of Biogeochemistry and Dean of the Nicholas School, Duke University
Saturday, 9/17/2005 at 10 am in Clapp Hall, room 108 - Screening of Gosho's "The Izu Dancer"
Saturday, 9/17/2005 at 7 pm in the Cleveland Cinematheque at The Cleveland Institute of Art - Film Screening: Gosho’s "Where Chimneys are Seen,” preceded by an intro, "Living Life to the Fullest," by Professor Arthur Nolletti, Jr., Framingham State University
Sunday, 9//18/2005 at 7:30 pm in Harkness Chapel - Lisa Rainsong: Faculty Composition Recital
Monday, 9/19/2005 at 4 pm in the Millis Science Center, room 123 - "Smart Matrix for Wound Healing" by Richard A. Clark, M.D., director, Center of Tissue Engineering, State University of New York
Wednesday, 9/21/2005 at 4:30 p.m. in the Thwing Ballroom - “Architecture and Public Policy: The Decline of Cities and the Human Spirit” by Robert P. Madison, FAIA, architect (The Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture + Sculpture)
Wednesday, 9/21/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clark Hall room 309 - "Somatic Signing: A Semiotic Exploration of Michelangelo's Jacob-Joseph Lunette in the Sistine Ceiling” by William M. Jensen, Professor of Art History, Baylor University
Thursday, 9/22/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - "Direct Observation of Cholesterol Efflux from a Single Foam Cell using an Enzyme Modified Microelectrode" by James Burgess, Case
Thursday, 9/22/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clark Hall room 206 - “The Demise of the Welfare State in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Rewriting the Contract Between Citizens and Government”: Work-in-Progress Talk: Kelly McMann, Political Science at Case
Friday, 9/23/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Food, Religion, and Politics” by Peter J. Haas, Professor and Chair of Religion; Alan Rocke, Professor and Chair of History; and Joe White, Professor and Chair of Political Science at Case
Saturday, 9/24/2005 at 1 pm in Harkness Chapel - DMA Lecture Recital - Philip Low (music)
Saturday, 9/24/2005 from 8:30 am to 5 pm - JASON Expedition introduction 2005-06
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