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The weekly Public Affairs Discussion Group will continue this week with a talk titled, “The Opportunity Corridor and Beyond: Transportation Issues in University Circle.” Debbie Berry, vice president of planning and real estate development for University Circle Inc., will lead the discussion, which…

Academic Minute: History of Municipal Water WAMC Northeast Public Radio: John Broich, assistant professor of history, discussed his most recently published book, London: Water and the Making of the Modern City, and examined the issue of public water as a right of all United States citizens.

A year later, murder case resonates in India Philly.com: A year after the murder of a 61-year-old Indian woman and her infant granddaughter, the case's implications are being felt in India as well as the United States. Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies, suggests that this event, among…

Civil rights lawyer Fred Gray speaks at Case Western Reserve University Call & Post: Alumnus Fred Gray, a renowned civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., returned to his alma mater to speak to students. He also discussed his updated book Bus Ride to…

Supreme Court considers government prayer The News Herald: Jessie Hill, professor of law and associate dean for faculty development and research, discussed a recent court case on the topic of government prayer. “This case is just another example of the difficulty we get into when the court starts…

The moral responsibility of volunteer soldiers Boston Review: Shannon French, director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, added to the debate of whether or not soldiers should have a right of selective conscientious objection if they believe a conflict to be unjust. She…

The 2013-14 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by Risa Wechsler, associate professor in the physics department at Stanford University, on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Murch Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Wechsler, a member of the Kavli…

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the campus community is invited to join a discourse on “The Ethics of Relationships” on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence. The event aims to critically examine the virtues employed in our interactions with…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities’ Interpreting Capitalism series will continue this week with a lecture by Jonathan Sperber, the Curators’ Professor of History at the University of Missouri, titled “The Falling Rate of Profit: Karl Marx’s Struggle to Prove the Demise of…

Faculty members are urged to submit their spring 2014 textbook orders now to ensure timely arrival at the Barnes and Noble university bookstore and to allow the greatest potential cost savings for students. Through FacultyEnlight, an online adoption platform, faculty members can research and adopt…