Events
March 01, 2012
Ever wondered what other places of worship look like? This is an opportunity to visit and have brief tours of a Hindu temple, a Muslim mosque, a Christian church, and a Jewish synagogue. The event will take place March 4 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Meet at Hillel for free chartered buss…
March 01, 2012
Gmail creator and Case Western Reserve University alumnus Paul Buchheit (CWR ’98; GRS '98, computer engineering) will speak to 1,750 students who grew up using the technology he created when he delivers the 2012 commencement address May 20 in Veale Convocation Center. Buchheit, a partner at the…
February 29, 2012
Cleveland Hillel Foundation and Hillel Undergraduate Leadership Council will host an interfaith Shabbat March 2 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Guests can come see a Shabbat service at 6 p.m. and participate in a traditional Shabbat dinner at 7 p.m., where they can discuss and learn Jewish traditions and…
February 29, 2012
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and Newman Catholic Campus Ministry will host Claudio Betti, assistant to the president of The Community of Sant’Egidio, March 2. Betti will discuss “Spreading Peace Through Dialogue and Service.” His talk will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the…
February 29, 2012
Ethics and values can be a difficult discussion in college courses, as they can stir up powerful, sensitive and potentially negative feelings. But they also are critical to discuss. In order to address this issue, the Beamer-Schneider Professorship in the philosophy department, assisted by the…
February 29, 2012
In previous financial crises, there was often discussion of how the IMF and World Bank tried to solve the problems, but there has been practically none since the start of the financial crisis in 2008. The topic of this week’s Public Affairs Discussion Group will be “Does the Fire Department Have a…
February 29, 2012
The power of celebrity is the power of contradiction and paradox. Celebrities are extraordinary and typical, trendy and transcendent, vulnerable and omnipotent; they can seem simultaneously masculine and feminine, straight and gay, and the greatest stars appeal across ethnic, religious, linguistic…
February 29, 2012
The Case Western Reserve University Department of Music and the Church of the Covenant will present Transformations, a collaborative concert event featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region and Saint-Saën’s Organ Symphony. The concert will be held in the newly renovated sanctuary…
February 28, 2012
Case Western Reserve University students can take part in ShowCASE, an annual charity open mic night at Jolly Scholar on March 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The goal of the event is to raise money for Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, which helps provide global health and access to…
February 28, 2012
Chemical engineering professor Daniel Lacks and assistant professor of classics Paul Iversen will lead the March 1 UCITE on international learning experiences for students. Lacks and Iversen both have used UCITE’s Nord grants to provide opportunities for Case Western Reserve University students to…