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Volunteer at RePlay for Kids toy repair workshop
RePlay for Kids will host a toy repair and modification workshop Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Crawford Hall A09. Volunteers will adapt or repair toys for children with disabilities in Northeast Ohio. Most repairs involve testing and fixing broken wires or other simple repairs. Anyone…
Global Talk Series to focus on developing CWRU's international agreements
David Fleshler, associate provost for international affairs, will speak on “Developing International Agreements” this week as a part of the Global Talk Fall Series. Fleshler will examine how to connect with colleagues and build on existing international agreements, and how to identify and develop…
Ubbelohde lecture to cover subjectivity, social movements of the 1990s
Janice Radway, the Walter Dill Scott Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, will give the annual Carl W. Ubbelohde lecture, titled "Girls, ‘Zines, and Divergent Networks of Dissent: Some Thoughts on Subjectivity and Social Movement in the 1990s.” The lecture will take place…
Researchers develop way to inexpensively create nanodiamonds in lab setting
Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature. The nanodiamonds are formed directly from a gas…
Case Western Reserve to join the Higher Education Consortium
Universities in Ohio and nearby states to cooperate in faculty and staff recruitment The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve is joining the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which is designed to offer career information in a single location to cater to couples who work in higher education.…
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's Stan Gerson sounds off on impact of sequestration on research
Government shutdown over, but sequestration’s toll now taking effect Ideastream: The sequestration of the federal government will have substantial affects on research, particularly at Case Western Reserve. “It’s undoubtedly the case over an 18-month period that there will be a smaller workforce in…
National Sleep Research Resource Center to be established
A $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will establish the NHLBI National Sleep Research Resource (NSRR), a comprehensive, easily accessible and well-annotated national repository…
Gender studies scholar Lynne Huffer to present on campus next week
Lynne Huffer, the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University, will be on campus next week for multiple talks. Huffer is the author of numerous books and is a pioneer in the idea of queer feminism. On Monday, Oct. 28, she will present a talk…
5 questions with…PhD student, Parkinson’s researcher William Johnson
While an undergraduate student researcher at Ohio University, William Johnson gained a strong interest in blood cell development and gene regulation. So after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, he decided to take his passion for science to the next level. Johnson began…
Award-winning author to speak about, read from new book, "Among the Blood People: Politics and Flesh"
O’Henry prize-winning author Thomas Glave will speak about his new book, Among the Blood People: Politics and Flesh on Wednesday, Oct.30, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Glave was named a Village Voice “Writer on the Verge” in 2000. He is the author of Whose Song? And Other Stories,…