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President Barbara R. Snyder talks about free cybersecurity conference
Corporations, research institutes teaming up to fight growing cybercrime threat The Plain Dealer: CWRU and Cleveland Clinic launched an initiative for Cleveland to hold a free conferenceWednesday, Oct. 14, to help prevent hacking and other types of cyber attacks. President Barbara R.…
Verify new dependents for 2016 before Open Enrollment
Employees planning to add dependents to their benefits for the 2016 calendar year who are not covered by the employee’s 2015 benefits plan must provide appropriate dependent verification to Benefits Administration prior to making their elections during Open Enrollment this November. Providing…
Attend town hall meetings to learn more about benefit, wellness programs
The Department of Human Resources will hold town hall sessions about 2016 benefits and wellness programs for faculty and staff. The informational sessions will be held in the Allen Memorial Medical Library’s Ford Auditorium, on the following days and times: Thursday, Oct. 22, from 1 to 2…
Donate blood to American Red Cross Oct. 15
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on campus Thursday, Oct. 15, from 2 to 7 p.m. in the Fribley Commons Fireside Room. The Murray Hill and Carlton Road communities will sponsor the blood drive as a top vs. bottom of the hill competition. All blood donors during the month of October…
2015-2016 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series launches Oct. 15 with presentation on Hubble Space Telescope
In cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Astronomical Society, the Department of Astronomy will sponsor the 2015-2016 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series through the support of the Arthur S. Holden Sr. Endowment. Renowned astronomers from across the country…
Find out which tools to use for grassroots advocacy at next PRCHN seminar
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) seminar series will continue Wednesday, Oct. 14, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the ground floor conference room of the BioEnterprise Building. Cresha Auck Foley, grassroots director at the American Heart Association for Ohio and…
Prepare for Inamori Prize winner’s campus visit with tomorrow’s Ethics Table Brown Bag Lunch
In advance of Martha C. Nussbaum’s visit to campus later this week to receive the 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize, the next Ethics Table Brown Bag lunch will feature a discussion on her work. The brown bag lunch will be held Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Thwing Center’s Cleveland…
CWRU researchers find sensory feedback shapes individuality
Hillel Chiel with one of the slugs used in the study. Photo by Mike Sands. We can quickly tell from the way someone walks whether that person is young or old, male or female, healthy or sick, because patterns of movement vary from one person to the next. In fact, we often can recognize a friend…
CWRU, Cleveland Museum of Art collaboration named a top art exhibition to see this fall
Early in its history, art professionals believed photography had no place in an art museum. The practice mostly was thought of as a mechanical process—considered too close to reality to be a fine art. The way photography is viewed has changed considerably since that time—thanks mainly to a group…
Alumnus to give talk on experience with Peace Corps in Panama
Alexandra Litofsky (CWR ’12, GRS ’13, environmental engineering) will give a talk on her experience with the Peace Corps in Panama today (Oct. 13) from 4 to 5 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 341A. Litofsky serves as an environmental health volunteer in Panama. Students are encouraged to attend to…