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October 13, 2017
All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic is a 56-minute film about Bakelite, the first totally synthetic plastic, invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland. Prior to inventing this world-changing material, Baekeland invented Velox photographic paper. Hatsuo “Ken” Ishida, professor in the Department of…
October 13, 2017
The International and Multicultural Exchange (TIME) will commemorate Chuseok, a major Korean holiday akin to Thanksgiving in America, with an event Oct. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Thwing Center ballroom. There will be food from Korea House. This will be a chance for the community to learn more about…
October 13, 2017
If you have a cause you want to support or need anything new for your organization, consider participating in #GivingTuesdayatCWRU. The campaign is Case Western Reserve’s take on #GivingTuesday, an international day of philanthropy. This year, the campaign will take place Tuesday, Nov. 28. Let the…
October 13, 2017
Case Western Reserve University's Habitat for Humanity chapter now is accepting applications for its winter break trip to Dade City, Florida. Participants will stay at a community center and help build a home for a partner family during the week of Jan. 6–14. After each day's building, students…
October 13, 2017
Are you Unitarian Universalist or seeking a spiritually alive, radically inclusive and justice-centered faith community at Case Western Reserve University? The CWRU Unitarian Universalist community meets every Sunday at noon in the sacred room at the Interfaith Center, located at the Church of the…
October 13, 2017
The Esports Club will host a Wii Sports tournament Sunday, Oct. 15, from 4 to 8 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 356. Students can compete in Wii tennis, boxing and bowling. Participants should show up promptly at the start of their game’s designated time slot: Tennis: 4 to 5 p.m. Boxing: 5 to 6…
October 13, 2017
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, the Beamer-Schneider Professor in Ethics, will present the next Power of Diversity lecture, titled “Poverty and Depression, the Power of Imagination, and One Still Secret of Justice.” It will be held Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Senior Classroom at the Tinkham…
October 12, 2017
The Eleanor Squire Library at the Cleveland Botanical Garden will host a fall book sale Oct. 27-29. Thousands of gardening, botanical, and horticultural books and prints will be available just in time for the holidays. The book sale hours will be: Friday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. …
October 12, 2017
The Players' Theatre Group’s first production of the semester will be Boy Gets Girl, written by Rebecca Gilman and directed by Laura Mosteller. The show will be held Friday, Oct. 13, and Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Eldred Black Box. There is a $5 suggested donation for the show. CaseCash…
October 12, 2017
“How Medicine Became Modern” exhibition opens at tech symposium Friday You can put your hands directly on history starting this weekend at the Dittrick Medical History Center at Case Western Reserve University. On Friday evening, the Dittrick Museum, on the third floor of the Allen Memorial…