Events

Chilean author and human rights activist Emma Sepúlveda-Pulvirenti will be on campus Oct. 9 for two talks: “Seventy Days of Night, 33 Miners Trapped: The Hidden Story of a Rescue and the Women of the Miners, the True Heroines of the Story” and “Obama and the Latino Vote.” Sepúlveda-Pulvirenti is a…

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and the Office of the Provost invite the campus community to the Mather Spotlight Awards and Women of Achievement Luncheon, a lunch being held Oct. 12 to honor women faculty and notable women heroes. President Barbara R. Snyder will greet guests at the…

UCITE's lunch session on Thursday, Oct. 4, will focus on the university's SIS (Student Information System) as well as the Office of Undergraduate Studies. Kate Kraus, associate registrar, will provide a general overview regarding the SIS Faculty Center (grade rosters, course rosters, permissions,…

More than 2,500 attendees—including nearly 1,100 alumni, 500 family members and hundreds of current students, faculty and staff—celebrated Homecoming, Alumni and Family Weekend this past weekend, taking part in more than 100 events scheduled throughout four days. The weekend marked the first time…

This week, the semiannual Humans vs. Zombies game at Case Western Reserve will begin. The game, a 24-hour, 10-day outdoor game of tag in the style of a Zombie Apocalypse, begins Oct. 3 and will continue through Oct. 13. Players on the Human team carry Nerf blasters, while players on the Zombie team…

Women faculty: The Women Faculty Leadership Development Institute of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will host “Shameless Self-Promotion: Communicating with Credibility” Monday, Oct. 15. Christine Zust, the author of Everything I Do Positions Me: The Simple Path to Professional Success,…

On Oct. 3, the law school will present the Arthur W. Fiske Memorial Lecture, titled “The Role of the FDIC in the Financial Crisis.” Martin J. Gruenberg, acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., will lead the talk at The Union Club (1211 Euclid Ave.). The event is from 4:30 to 5:30…

Headline news increasingly reports reactions to information gone viral. “Is There Revolutionary Potential in Rising Expectations?”—a talk by cultural anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, founder and president of Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR) in Mumbai, India—will address…

The C-SPAN “Campaign 2012 Bus,” which is on a promotional and educational tour of college campuses across the country, is scheduled to stop at Case Western Reserve University Tuesday, Oct. 2. The C-SPAN bus will be parked at the Kelvin Smith Library oval from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Faculty, staff,…

The Choices 2012: Exploring Academic & Experiential Opportunities Fair, sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies, will be held Friday, Oct. 5, during community hour from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in the Veale Center. The fair will provide students the opportunity to learn about major, minor…