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Church of the Covenant to celebrate Black History Month with speaker series
To celebrate Black History Month, the Church of the Covenant will host three guest preachers to give sermons and "adult forum" discussions. Marilyn Sanders Mobley, vice president for the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and professor of English, will present the first sermon…
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity to colonize chapter on campus
Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity will be on campus Feb. 9 to begin a four-week process to colonize a new chapter at Case Western Reserve University. Two members of Pi Kappa Phi’s national staff, Erik Cote and Nick Prichodko, will be on campus during this time looking for men who are interested in becoming…
Meet Dean Wolcowitz at Dean's Study Break Feb. 3
Undergraduate students are invited to join Dean of Undergraduate Studies Jeffrey Wolcowitz for the Dean’s Study Break on Monday, Feb. 3, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Thwing Atrium. Dean’s Study Breaks are casual events that provide an opportunity for students to chat informally with Wolcowitz and other…
Attend panel on women's success in STEMM fields Feb. 6
The Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable, Society of Women Engineers, National Society of Black Engineers and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers will present a panel on women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) on Thursday, Feb. 6, from noon 1 p.m.…
Police study validates officers as first social responders
A newly released study in Law Enforcement Executive Review reports that citizens and police officers from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority in Cleveland praise the role of police as first social responders. The study was based on a random mail survey of 60 residents who received…
Political Science's Kathryn Lavelle weighs in on State of the Union address
State of the Union Ideastream: Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs, joined a recent episode of The Sound of Ideas to discuss President Obama’s State of the Union address.
Researchers discover breakthrough in understanding the secret life of prion molecules
New research from David Westaway, director of the Center for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta, and Jiri Safar, co-director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center and associate professor in the Departments of Pathology and Neurology at Case…
Professor Glenn Starkman to discuss Higgs Boson's importance at upcoming lecture
The campus community is invited to join the Jewish Alumni Network and the Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association for "An Evening of Learning with Glenn Starkman" on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Siegal Lifelong Learning Facility (26500 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood). At the…
Celebrate CWRU's Strengths Month with free strengths assessment
The Office of Student Activities and Leadership, with support from Interfraternity Congress and the Panhellenic Council, named February Case Western Reserve University's "Strengths Month." To celebrate, the office will offer StrengthsQuest assessment and informational sessions for free to a…
Attend inaugural Moms Offering Moms Support meeting Feb. 5
The new Moms Offering Moms Support (MOMS) group, presented by the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, will hold its inaugural meeting Wednesday, Feb. 5, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Thwing Center's Spartan Room. The meetings are open to all pregnant women and mothers who are faculty, staff,…