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October 04, 2012
The university bookstore is available to host or assist with author events. Employees at the Barnes and Noble bookstore can order the books in any quantity, attend the book signing at any location, host the event and help publicize it. Local authors interested in having a reading or signing are…
October 04, 2012
On Thursday, Oct. 11, Daniel Balderston, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Pittsburgh, will visit campus for a talk titled “A Discourse on Method: How Borges Wrote.” The lecture, sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and the Speakers Committee from…
October 04, 2012
The Kaiser Permanente Endowed Lectureship in Bioethics, presented by the Department of Bioethics, will be held Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building. Christine Cassel, president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine and ABIM Foundation, will lead a…
October 04, 2012
On Monday, Oct. 8, Case Western Reserve University will welcome more than 700 prospective undergraduate students and their families to campus. The large crowd is a testament to the university’s growing national reputation—and evidence the high-quality research and academics that take place at Case…
October 04, 2012
Artificial inspiration Nature: About 65 million people live with chronic pulmonary obstruction disease, many of whom require lung transplants. Relatively few lungs are donated, and so new technologies that serve the same purpose are needed. Joseph Potkay, research assistant professor in the…
October 04, 2012
The future of Wi-Fi is already on these college campuses Wireless Design & Development: Because of its leadership on the Gig.U project, Case Western Reserve University is named one of the 10 schools that are “the future of Wi-Fi.” “By now, we expect that Case Western [Reserve] is well-versed…
October 04, 2012
Trouble with math ideastream: Christopher D. Butler, director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Mathematics, joined “The Sound of Ideas” to discuss recent findings that the U.S. lags dozens of other countries in math. He and members of the panel took on issues such as why Americans…
October 04, 2012
Results of billion-dollar treasure hunt in Hindu temple to be revealed Fox News: Last summer, archaeologists opened the underground chambers of a 16th century temple in southern India, where they discovered chambers containing sacks of diamonds and gold, crowns and other antique jewelry. The…
October 04, 2012
The Connor Integrative Medicine Network at University Hospitals once again presents four-week yoga and meditation classes, offered at a discounted price for Case Western Reserve University employees. The hatha yoga course, held Tuesdays Oct. 9–30 from 6 to 7 p.m., blends a variety of levels of…
October 04, 2012
Beta Theta Pi will host the 28th annual Stephen P. Arnold Walkathon on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Leutner Pavilion. The Walkathon raises money for the Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland, which aims to raise awareness of diabetes in the greater Cleveland area. Free food will be provided,…