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SOURCE (Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors) will host two information sessions this month, providing tips on earning research positions. The sessions, titled “How to Find an Undergraduate Research Position,” will take place Nov. 7 at 12:30 p.m. in AW Smith Building 329 and…

The Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (CCEL) will offer service trips to New Orleans and Nicaragua during spring break. The New Orleans trip involves volunteering at a variety of nonprofit organizations, including some that work with people affected by Hurricane Katrina. The cost of the…

Benelect open enrollment kits have been sent by campus mail to benefits-eligible faculty and staff. The packets contain the Benelect 2013 guide, a summary of key considerations to help in decision making, the Benelect 2013 price sheets, and instructions for making elections in the online enrollment…

Fifty female sixth grade students will be on campus Nov. 8 for “Introduce a Girl to Science Day,” sponsored by the Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. From 9:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., students from Monticello Middle School and Citizens…

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host “The Morning After,” a discussion about the impact of the national election on local governments, nonprofit organizations and the people. Terry Hokenstad, Distinguished University Professor, will moderate the panel.…

The Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution will present the Elmer F. and Ellen Law Burwig Lecture Nov. 8 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the law school’s moot courtroom. This year’s topic is “Mass Incarceration, Retributive Justice and the Penal Substitution Doctrine of…

In the early 21st century, speculative fiction’s genres and subgenres are bursting their boundaries and flooding mainstream and young adult literature: Science fiction. High fantasy. Cyberpunk, steampunk, sword and sorcery. Why this contemporary boom in alternate narrative worlds? Why deep space…

The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History made its own history 25 years ago when it was launched as the first modern encyclopedic-style reference book to chronicle a detailed history of a major U.S. city. A quarter-century later, the encyclopedia still serves as an invaluable one-stop tool and crash…

Weatherhead School of Management faculty member Mark Taylor recently was elected vice president of academics for the auditing section of the American Accounting Association. The AAA is a premier organization for accounting professionals and scholars. Taylor, who joined the faculty in 2009, is a…

The American Dental Association House of Delegates elected Ronald Lemmo, senior clinical instructor in the School of Dental Medicine, as its new treasurer. Lemmo (DEN ’84) is a past president of the Ohio Dental Association and has also served as chair of the ODA Finance Committee and chair of ODA…