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Keithley Symposium keynote speaker: Dread Scott
The 2022 Keithley Symposium keynote speaker will be Dread Scott, who makes revolutionary art to propel history forward. Scott’s talk, hosted by the Department of Art History and Art, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. Scott doesn’t a...
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Learn about campus initiatives rooted in protecting human rights
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948, it laid out the inalienable rights all human beings have. These rights—agreed upon by countries around the world—include the freedom from discrimination, access to justice, right to education, and righ...
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Profiles of Inclusive Excellence Speaker Series: Faye Gary
The African American Alumni Association, in partnership with Case Western Reserve’s Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and African American Studies Minor, invites members of the Case Western Reserve University community to attend a Profiles of Inclusive Excellence event Thursday, ...
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Fall semester-in-review opening reception
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to the Art Studio’s fall semester-in-review opening reception Monday, Dec. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Art Studio is located at 2215 Adelbert Road. This exhibition will feature student works in ceramic, textile, painting, drawing, ar...
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Retired professor commits $1.5 million to advance research in child psychology
Growing up as an only child, Sandra Walker Russ made the most of her solitary hours. Through role playing, singing, reading and expressing herself artistically, the unstructured playtime she enjoyed in her early developmental years would later serve as the foundation for a career studying the connec...
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Russian Song Ensemble concert
Case Western Reserve University’s Russian song ensemble will perform during a concert Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m. in Denison Hall. The concert will feature a variety of vocal music performances and folk dances to showcase this semester's work in RUSN 305, a course offered by the Department of Mod...
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Music faculty members, students present at National Association for Music Education Biennial conference
Faculty members Lisa Huisman Koops and Nate Kruse of the Department of Music, along with graduate students Jessica Steuver and Dennis Giotta, presented four research sessions and one poster session this past November at the National Association for Music Education Biennial conference. The presenta...
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Case Western Reserve researchers publish article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
This past September, “Scalable Synthesis and Characterization of Multilayer γ-Graphyne, New Carbon Crystals with a Small Direct Band Gap,” written by researchers of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry was published in the Journal of the American Chemi...
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“How to Get a Head in Ancient Israel: Exploring the Book of Judith”
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a remote lecture titled “How to Get a Head in Ancient Israel: Exploring the Book of Judith” Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, instructional associate professor of Jewish studies at University of Houston, will lead this sessi...
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Book talk: It's a Setup: Fathering From the Social and Economic Margins
Tim Black, professor in the Department of Sociology, will discuss his new book, It's a Setup: Fathering From the Social and Economic Margins (Oxford University Press, 2021), Friday, Dec. 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. in Mandel Center, Room 115. The event is free of charge and open to all members of the univ...