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University community shows excitement for SpringFest and more
The end of the semester is rapidly approaching, and with it comes plenty of events to celebrate university community’s hard work all year. In this week’s connect poll, we wanted to know what events students, faculty and staff were most excited for: Research Show CASE, Relay For Life, SpringFest,…
Law's Jonathan Adler writes about climate change
What does it take to convince libertarians and conservatives that climate change is a problem? The Washington Post: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote about his beliefs about climate change and the challenge…
Sherry Turkle delivers F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture at CWRU
How smartphones make us flee from conversations and want to talk less, according to technology expert Sherry Turkle The Plain Dealer: Sherry Turkle, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self and author of The Flight from Conversation, recently gave the F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished…
”Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us” selected as common reading book
Author, acclaimed social psychologist Claude M. Steele to speak at fall convocation Claude M. Steele was a young boy when he first realized how being black could define his identity and shape his world. He was walking home with friends on the last day of school in Chicago when he discovered that…
Compete against other residence halls by reducing energy use
Case Western Reserve University is participating for the first time in Campus Conservation Nationals, a three-week national residence hall competition to reduce electricity usage. For the competition, residence halls have been split into three competition groups by area to compete for prizes: the…
Leonard Gelfand STEM Center to host summer camps for middle school students
The Leonard Gelfand STEM Center is working in partnership with Tech Corps to offer programming and robotics Techie Camps at think[ box ] this summer. Techie Camps are full-day, week-long technology experiences designed specifically for elementary and middle school students. The goal of Techie Camps…
Baroque Orchestra to give free, public concert Sunday
The Case Western Reserve University Baroque Orchestra will present “Virtuosi à Due: Concertos for Trumpets, Natural Horns, Violins, and Basses” Sunday, April 19, at 8 p.m. at Harkness Chapel. Julie Andrijeski, senior instructor of music, will direct the performance. The concert is free and open…
Watch Spartan baseball play at Progressive Field on April 21
The Case Western Reserve University baseball team will take on Ohio Northern University at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, on Tuesday, April 21 at 2 p.m. All members of the campus community are invited to watch the Spartans play, using a special flier to attend the game for free.…
2014-15 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series concludes today with talk on interactions among stars
The 2014-15 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will conclude today (April 16) with a talk by Alison Sills, professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Sills will give a presentation titled “Stellar Mergers and Interactions: Yes, Virginia,…
Attend Relay For Life April 18-19 to celebrate, remember and fight back
On Saturday evening, the Coach Bill Sudeck Track in North Residential Village will glow in remembrance of those who have lost their battle with cancer and in support of those who are fighting it. The 8:15 p.m. Luminaria Ceremony is one of the most recognizable events of the 18-hour Relay For Life,…