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Compete with your student organization at CWRU-themed trivia night Oct. 16
Student organizations are invited to a night of Case Western Reserve University- and autumn-themed trivia. The student organization trivia night will take place Thursday, Oct. 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the Thwing Center atrium. The tournament winner will receive $100 worth of food for the…
Learn about careers in social work, nonprofit management at Mandel School open house
Students interested in social work and nonprofit management are invited to attend the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences open house on Saturday, Oct. 11. The event, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies…
Next Public Affairs Discussion Group to cover effects of high-stakes testing on students, schools
Dale Whittington, director of research and evaluation in the Shaker Heights City School District, will lead the next Public Affairs Discussion Group titled, “The Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Students and Schools.” The event will take place Friday, Oct. 10, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the…
Singer Oleta Adams to headline African American Alumni Association Dinner Dance
Oleta Adams will be the featured performer​ at the ​African American Alumni Association Dinner Dance, which this year is co-sponsored by the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, in the Tinkham Veale University Center…
Film scholar to examine marriage in movies during Oct. 13 lecture
As long as there have been feature movies there have been marriage movies, and yet Hollywood has always been cautious about how to label them—perhaps because, unlike any other genre of film, the marriage movie resonates directly with the experience of almost every adult coming to see it. In the…
Amputees discern familiar sensations across prosthetic hand
System providing sensation for more than two years Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident four years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his medicine bottles. Cotton balls give him goose bumps. Now, blindfolded during an experiment, he feels his arm hairs raise when a…
Case Western Reserve University Visible at Celebration for Discovery of Cystic Fibrosis Gene
The discovery of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene was hailed as a trailblazing breakthrough in 1989. Now, on the 25th anniversary of the discovery of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance (CFTR) gene, more than two-dozen CF innovators and clinicians, including five on the Case Western Reserve…
Ophthalmology's Thomas Steinemann discussed the danger of wearing non-prescribed contact lenses
Four frightening ways non-prescription costume contact lenses can ruin your vision American Academy of Ophthalmology: Thomas Steinemann, professor of ophthalmology, discussed the danger of wearing non-prescribed contact lenses. “There is a reason the FDA regulates the sale of contact lenses, and…
Music education's Lisa Huisman Koops presents car rides as an ideal time for parents to bond with children over music
Academic Minute: Mobile music making Inside Higher Ed: Lisa Huisman Koops, associate professor of music education, talked about how the closed environment of the car is the ideal location musically bond with your kids.
Law's Timothy Webster wrote about the growing conflicts in "greater China"
The West gets the blame, but it's China that Hong Kong and Taiwan fear Los Angeles Times: Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law and director of East Asian legal studies, wrote an op-ed about the turmoil in the East and who is to blame.  “It is the inhabitants of greater China—the ones whom…