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Employee Wellness Program offers free yoga classes for faculty/staff
The Case Western Reserve University Employee Wellness Program is offering free yoga classes for all faculty and staff members. Participants can choose from three yoga classes at 121 Fitness—or attend them all. Classes will be held Feb. 21, 6-7:30 a.m. (Yoga Flow), Feb. 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Yoga…
Three authors offer their takes on literary worlds Feb. 27
“Alternate Worlds,” or the other worlds presented in literature and comics, are up for discussion on Monday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in the Guilford House Parlor. The free, public event is cosponsored by the Department of English and the Popular Culture Working Group. Refreshments will be…
5 questions with…Engineers Without Borders leader Anjali Verma
She’s lived on both coasts—in California and New York—and calls Cleveland home while studying at Case Western Reserve, but that’s not nearly enough world experiences for Anjali Verma, a third-year biomedical engineering major. As the leader of Engineers Without Borders, Verma is helping deliver…
Greater University Circle Job and Resource Fair to be held on campus in March
Save the date: The Greater University Circle Job and Resource Fair, hosted by Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell and Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, will be held March 16. The fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Thwing Center Ballroom. This…
Program founded at CWRU honored with National Humanities Medal
From the National Endowment for the Humanities Earlier this week, President Barack Obama awarded the 2011 National Humanities Medals to eight individuals and one educational program for outstanding achievements in history, literature, education, philosophy and musicology—including one that got its…
Mandel School faculty member to lead discussion on child obesity as a form of child abuse
The upcoming Public Affairs Discussion Group will focus on child obesity, in a discussion called “Is Childhood Obesity a New Form of Child Abuse?” David Crampton, associate professor in the Mandel School of Applied Sciences, will lead the group’s session, held Feb. 17 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in…
Employee Wellness Program offering free chair massages to faculty/staff
The Employee Wellness Program at Case Western Reserve University will offer a free five-minute chair massage for faculty and staff. Feb. 20 from noon to 2 p.m. in Cramelot Café at Kelvin Smith Library and Feb. 24 from 4 to 6 p.m. at 121 Fitness Center. Space is limited, so register online for your…
Art history’s Jenifer Neils elected committee chair at American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Jenifer Neils, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History and Classics at Case Western Reserve University, has been elected to a four-year term as chair of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), beginning June 2012. The American School of…
Student meeting with provost, senior administrators rescheduled for Feb. 23
The discussion with the provost and senior administrators, originally scheduled for Feb. 10, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 23, from noon to 1 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. At this event, leadership will discuss new initiatives to enhance student learning and life experiences as well as…
Students to spend summer re-creating Ancient Rome’s Cosa in 3-D imagery
The study abroad experience will have an added dimension for a handful of Case Western Reserve University students—a third dimension, to be precise. This summer, three to five classics students will spend a month in Rome, where they will create a virtual 3-D reconstruction of an ancient Roman…