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April 23, 2012
Did you know Weight Watchers meets regularly on campus? One group meets every Thursday at noon in Thwing Center. All are welcome to attend. For more information, including details on how to join, contact gail@case.edu. Another Weight Watchers at Work group meets every Thursday from 12:30 to 2…
April 23, 2012
The Community Advisory Board of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Shaker Heights and the Shaker Heights Public Library, will present “It’s Not Your Mother’s Politics II: Finding Your Voice.” This interactive discussion among generations…
April 23, 2012
Last year, five faculty members were named Glennan Fellows for the 2011-12 academic year. In an upcoming program, they’ll each present how they used their Glennan Fellowships to facilitate their growth as teachers and scholars. Their talks will be held May 2 at noon in the Herrick Room of the Allen…
April 23, 2012
Case Western Reserve University’s third annual Lavender Graduation, which honors and applauds graduating LGBTQA students by formally recognizing their experiences, contributions and accomplishments during their time at CWRU, will be held at Alumni House May 1. A ceremony will begin at 6 p.m., and a…
April 23, 2012
Mitt Romney says annual new business startups have dropped by 100,000 since Barack Obama became president PolitiFact: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, helped uncover the truth behind Mitt Romney’s claim that the number of new businesses that have started…
April 23, 2012
Cleveland TED conference speakers set their sights high The Plain Dealer: At the TEDxCLE event, 13 speakers discussed everything from politics to poetry. This included Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, who put several dozen people into “Buzzkill” T-shirts to illustrate…
April 23, 2012
Earth Day at 42: Evolution from confrontation to collaboration, even as fracking divides The Plain Dealer: A recent national poll found young people’s interest in the environment has waned recently. “Some of it might be the economy, but I think some of it is just an indication that it’s a movement…
April 23, 2012
Earth Day: Recycling benefits beyond the environment WKYC: Cuyahoga County residents recycled nearly as much as they threw away in 2010. Stephanie Corbett, director of sustainability, said one of the most common misconceptions about recycling is that the items are not actually processed and that…
April 23, 2012
Students from Case Western Reserve chat with students in Hong Kong via a telepresence screen. One Friday night this semester, nearly 20 social work master’s students entered a meeting room at Kelvin Smith Library and took their seats. Within minutes, the high-definition screen in the room lit up,…
April 22, 2012
Come learn about the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ fall 2012 travel courses during two informational meetings. Both meetings will be held in the Mandel School: April 24 from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. in room 320A, and April 25 from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. in room 112. The Health, Human and Social…