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October 13, 2015
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.…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…
October 13, 2015
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…