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March 27, 2013
Analysis: Obama's climate agenda may face setbacks in federal court Reuters: President Barack Obama’s plan to use the Environmental Protection Agency to drive climate change could be in peril. "It's certainly possible that the EPA has recognized that it needs to be a little less aggressive in its…
March 27, 2013
Best image of big bang afterglow ever confirms standard cosmology Science: Researchers working with the European Space Agency’s Planck observatory released the most precise measurements of the afterglow of the big bang, confirming cosmologists’ standard model. "We're always hoping to find new…
March 26, 2013
Michael Salinger, a renowned poet and educator, will present a workshop in poetry and performance, titled “Outspoken–Figuratively Speaking.” His workshop, sponsored by the Popular Culture Working Group, will take place March 29 from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. in Clark Hall 309. The workshop will help…
March 26, 2013
On Thursday, March 28, students who took the fall 2012 course “Special Topics in Italian: The Slow Food Movement” will present a documentary based upon their experience at the international summit Terra Madre in Turin, Italy. The short documentary film, Hungry for Slow Food, will premiere at 7…
March 26, 2013
Lorry Wagner, president of the Cleveland-based Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo), will be on campus April 9 to give a talk titled “Icebreaker: You Can’t Spell Experience Without Erie." The talk is part of the Great Lakes Energy Institute Speaker Series. With no offshore-wind…
March 26, 2013
Students from the East Cleveland City Schools are getting an early slice of campus life and learning in a new hands-on mentoring program launched this month by Case Western Reserve University. The “Provost Scholars” program matches 11 eighth- and ninth-graders selected from Shaw High and Heritage…
March 26, 2013
What makes a community? Is it the geographic location? A group of people who share common interests? During Cleveland Program 2.0, participants will have a chance to explore their own definition of a community, and then learn more about what makes the neighborhoods of Cleveland…
March 26, 2013
Given that government policy makers seldom have the scientific knowledge that may affect funding decisions, how can scientists maneuver their work through the complicated government bureaucracy? There is a growing need for scientists of all kinds—social, physical, medical and engineering—to become…
March 26, 2013
All members of the campus community are invited to take part in Spring SatCo Saturday, March 30. Spring SatCo classes include trips to the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Participants can go hiking in Garfield Park, tour Lakeview…
March 26, 2013
WISER, the Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable, will host its annual fundraiser dinner April 3. The event will benefit the organization’s adopted public school in Bangalore, India, through the nonprofit organization Soujanya Sevashrama (SEVA) and its international outreach program, “Nurture…