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Center for Global Health and Diseases' James Kazura comments on spread of Zika virus
Obama may meet Zika head on in Cuba The New York Times: James Kazura, director of the Center for Global Health and Diseases, explained how “it’s only a matter of time” before the Zika virus spreads to countries where the dengue virus is endemic, including Cuba, where President Barack Obama plans to…
Law's Jonathan Adler talks about implications of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death
Scalia's death undercuts conservative hopes on unions, abortion Bloomberg: After the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, explained that cases that already were argued and put to a private vote are preliminary results. "Any of…
Watch free screening of film that depicts life with bipolar disorder
A free screening of Touched with Fire, which depicts life with bipolar disorder, will be held Wed., Feb. 17, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. A New York Times Critics’ pick, the film is “a love story between two bipolar poets,” produced by Spike Lee and directed by Paul Dalio, who…
Hear from panelists on how studying the humanities helped their law careers
The Baker-Nord Center for Humanities will hold a panel discussion for undergraduate students Monday, Feb. 22, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. The Humanities@Work event will feature panelists explaining how their background in humanities impacted their eventual careers in law. The panel…
International graduate students: Develop spoken English skills with upcoming seminar
This spring, Educational Services for Students (ESS) will offer a fee-based seminar for international graduate students to improve their spoken English skills. The five-week, 10-hour seminar will begin during the week of March 14. The schedule of the class will be determined based on students'…
Faculty: Find out how to conduct mid-semester evaluations to improve classroom experience
Halfway into the semester is a good time to take stock of how your course is going. First of all, you've had enough time to get a sense of what your students are like, and they've gotten a sense of you. But more importantly, it still leaves you with time to make the kinds of crucial course…
Discover how African-American children’s literature became a genre of resistance
The Schubert Center for Child Studies will host Michelle Martin, the Augusta Baker Chair and professor in childhood literacy at the University of South Carolina, for a lecture, titled “Brown Gold: African-American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance.” Martin will present her talk…
CWRU receives funding to lead research in energy storage for defense, aerospace industries
Funding establishes campus-based Center of Excellence with university and corporate partners The State of Ohio’s Federal Research Network (FRN) awarded Case Western Reserve University $1.65 million over two years to research and develop energy storage resources for the defense and aerospace…
Performances of "The Cripple of Inishmaan" to be held in Eldred Theater Feb. 19-21, 26-28
The Cripple of Inishmaan will open at Eldred Theater this week, with performances scheduled for Feb. 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 21 and 28 at 3 p.m. The play, written by Martin McDonagh, is about a Hollywood movie crew searching for talent in rural Ireland and follows the story of…
Tomorrow's Ethics Table brown bag lunch to cover testing of normative theories
The Ethics Table brown bag lunch series will continue Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 11:30 a.m. in Thwing Center’s Cleveland Room. Chris Haufe, assistant professor of philosophy, will speak on testing normative theories, or to what extent ethical theory ought to be tested as to its assumptions and…