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Second Compassion Feast to be held Nov. 11, featuring free vegan cuisine
The Case Animal Rights and Ethics Society (CARES) and University Program Board will host the second Compassion Feast Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. in Nord Hall 310. This free event will feature plant-based food from Falafel Café, Whole Foods, Flaming Ice Cube, and pizzaBOGO. Dinner will be followed by a presen...
200 free tickets available to Thursday night’s Monsters game
The Lake Erie Monsters have donated 200 complimentary tickets to Case Western Reserve University for Thursday night’s game. The puck drops Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena. Faculty and staff can pick up two tickets per Case ID in the Student Activities & Leadership Office in Thwing Center N...
Faculty-student forum on academic integrity to be held Nov. 11
There will be a faculty-student forum on academic integrity this Friday, Nov. 11, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Clapp Hall 108. This semester’s forum, sponsored by the Office of Greek Life and UCITE, will discuss topics such as the Academic Integrity Board process, its impact on students, what is cons...
Next ISO lecture topic is “Do the Locomotion: Lucy’s Feet were Made for Walking”
Join the next Institute for the Science of Origins’ noontime lecture, “Do the Locomotion: Lucy’s Feet were Made for Walking,” to be held Nov. 16 at noon in Ford Auditorium. Carol Ward, from University of Missouri’s Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, will lead the lecture. Ward’s resear...
CWRU among partners to donate 400 Nooks to CLE schools
Kids must see their lives as too valuable to risk The Plain Dealer: A partnership including Case Western Reserve University, the Third Federal Foundation, the U.S. Attorney’s office, Barnes & Noble and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt supplied two Cleveland schools with 400 Nook e-readers preloaded with t...
NY Times Magazine features CWRU research about fish in aquariums
Introducing a Very Quick Read The New York Times Magazine: A researcher at Case Western Reserve University found that cramped aquariums can make fish more aggressive....
Modern songwriting is not poetry, says music's Ross Duffin
They're playing our poem Chicago Tribune: Centuries ago, poems and songs were regarded as the same thing, but “today’s cultural gatekeepers” insist poetry and song lyrics are different. One reason: “Modern poetry is more intellectual than modern songwriting,” said Ross W. Duffin, Fynette H. Kulas P...
Learn about Adobe Connect updates in Nov. 10 UCITE session
This Thursday’s UCITE session will focus on changes to Adobe Connect. The discussion, led by Information Technology Services’ Kristen Kolenz, will be held Nov. 10 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Herrick Room of the Allen Memorial Library. Kolenz will give an overview and tour of Adobe Connect Version 8’...
Nursing student working to create mobile health care clinic in Haiti
Monique Balthazar has a dream for her relatives in Haiti. As part of her dual doctorate program, the second-year graduate student at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University wants to create a mobile health clinic to reach inhabitants of the remote, mountainous ar...
Deadline extended for winter break service learning/study abroad in Costa Rica
The deadline has been extended to Nov. 18 for the three-credit course/service learning to Costa Rica over winter break; only five spaces are left. The Department of Bioethics and the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning have teamed up to offer a two-week experience Jan. 2-14 in Costa Rica that ...