Events
March 18, 2013
Join panelists Thursday, March 28, for a discussion of “Faith on the Web: Transformations in Religious Experience.” Digital communications via the Internet and social media have fundamentally transformed how people learn about and participate in religious practice. Religious institutions in the…
March 18, 2013
Tickets are now on sale for the 41st annual International Dinner, scheduled for Saturday, April 6, in Thwing Center ballroom. Tickets—$10 for undergraduate students and $15 for graduate students and others—can be purchased in the International Student Services office (Tomlinson Hall 143). At the…
March 17, 2013
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship will hold its 2013 colloquium, “Exploring Collaboration in Digital Scholarship,” April 8-9. This year's event will highlight how the production and support of digital scholarship is a necessarily collaborative process, and is better because of…
March 16, 2013
Employees are encouraged to attend a variety of workshops on retirement planning. All workshops are free and will be facilitated by planning experts from The Vanguard Group and TIAA-CREF. All classes are outlined below. Register online for classes.
Join the Plan
Who should attend: New hires…
March 15, 2013
RePlay for Kids will host a toy repair and modification workshop Tuesday, March 19, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Nord Hall 310. During the workshop, individuals will adapt or repair toys so Northeast Ohio children with disabilities can use them. Most repairs involve testing and fixing broken wires or other…
March 14, 2013
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities’ Revolution Film Series will continue Monday, March 25, with a showing of My Perestroika. The documentary will be shown from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Wolstein Research Building auditorium. Robin Hessman, a Russian-trained documentary filmmaker and producer,…
March 14, 2013
Sven Hessle, professor of social work at Stockholm University and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Social Welfare, will present “Swedish Child Welfare - Development and Current Challenges” on Thursday, March 21. Hessle will begin the lecture with a discussion of Sweden’s formerly…
March 13, 2013
Canadian doctor Robert Reid, who founded www.Sexualityandu.ca, will discuss reproductive health in an electronic age for the Percy Skuy Lecture at the Dittrick Medical History Center. His talk, on Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. in Ford Auditorium of the Allen Memorial Library, is free and open to…
March 13, 2013
Ariel Kalil, director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy at the University of Chicago, will present “The Long Reach of Early Childhood Poverty” on Thursday, March 21. The talk is part of the Schubert Center for Child Studies’ Conversations on Children in Research, Policy, and…
March 13, 2013
The Commencement Office will host one more Doctoral Fitting Day to help new PhD, JD, MD, DNP, DMD, DM and DMA graduates get ready for commencement. The last Doctoral Fitting Day will be Friday, March 15, at the Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students can be…