Events

The 2012 International Dinner will be held Saturday, March 31, in Thwing Center. A reception will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in Thwing Atrium, with the dinner following in the ballroom from 6 to 8 p.m. Entertainment and dancing will take place after the dinner in Thwing Atrium until midnight. Now in ...

IMPROVment, Case Western Reserve University’s premier short-form improv comedy troupe, will host the first Cleveland Improv Comedy Festival on the Eldred Theater Main Stage this Saturday, March 24, at 8 p.m. The event will feature professional groups such as Point of No Return Improv from Cuyahoga ...

The Public Affairs Discussion Group will tackle the “Environmental Dimensions of Fracking” in its Friday meeting. Matthew Sobel, the William E. Umstattd Professor of Industrial Economics, professor of operations and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will lead the discussion,...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and to help promote awareness and prevention, the Employee Wellness Program will sponsor a discussion on the topic March 23 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building 932. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women, an...

The Office of Undergraduate Studies will host a pre-law information session titled “Lawyers Talking about Their Professions” on March 23, 12:30-1:45 p.m., in Nord Hall 400. Franklin C. Malemud, who works in probate and trust litigation at Reminger Law Firm, Melanie Shakerian, who is the director of...

The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies—created by faculty members from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University and Oberlin College—will sponsor a screening and panel discussion of the Jordanian film Transit Cities at the Cleveland Internation...

The topic of this year’s Rush McKnight Labor Law Lecture will be “The Assault on Collective Bargaining Rights in the Public Sector.” Joseph E. Slater, the Eugene N. Balk Professor of Law and Values at University of Toledo College of Law, will lead the talk March 28 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot...

The Lab Management Series will continue March 29 with “Everything You Wanted to Know About Grantswomanship But Were Afraid to Ask.” Suzanne Rivera, associate vice president for research, will discuss where to find funding opportunities, how to best develop a proposal, how to create and manage a budg...

Mae C. Jemison, the first woman of color to go into space, is now exploring new horizons as the founder of The Jemison Group Inc., a Houston-based technology-consulting firm that integrates critical sociocultural issues into the design of engineering and science projects. When she visits campus Marc...

As part of the ongoing RecycleMania contest, there will be an e-waste drive March 23 for all faculty, staff, students and community members to safely discard equipment with electrical or electronic components. Items accepted include unusable or obsolete computers, scanners, copiers, printers, cables...