Events
January 19, 2012
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visited campus yesterday to learn more about Department of Energy-funded and other energy-related research at Case Western Reserve University. During his visit, he toured a lab in the White Building and listened to presentations from faculty members and graduate…
January 18, 2012
The Public Affairs Discussion Group kicks off the new semester with the discussion “Hype, Hope and Health Policy.” Joseph White, the chair of the Department of Political Science, the Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics and the director of the…
January 18, 2012
CWRU Engineers Without Borders will host its semiannual kickoff meetings Jan. 25 and 26 from 7 to 8 p.m. on the second floor of Thwing Center. Participants from various international and local service-through-engineering based projects will give presentations on what they do. All students,…
January 18, 2012
The Lab Management Series continues Jan. 25 with “Research Budgets 101,” presented by Diane Domanovics, assistant vice president for research administration. The workshop, held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Thwing Center’s Spartan Room, will cover mysterious facts about your research budget, such as…
January 18, 2012
An information meeting will be held Jan. 24 for those interested in becoming part of Case Western Reserve University’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). During the meeting, which will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Adelbert Hall’s Toepfer Room, participants will learn the goals of CERT…
January 18, 2012
Tickets for the Chinese Students and Scholars Association’s Chinese Lantern Festival Banquet go on sale Jan. 20. The event, which features authentic Chinese food, performances and culture shows, will be held Feb. 12 from 5:30 to 10 p.m. in Thwing Center Ballroom. Tickets will be on sale Jan. 20…
January 17, 2012
The documentary My So-Called Enemy will be screened Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. The documentary is the story of six Israeli and Palestinian teenage girls who traveled to the U.S. in 2002 to participate in a women’s leadership program, Building Bridges for Peace. The film discusses…
January 17, 2012
The CWRU Employee Wellness Program will host a free health seminar on spine health Jan. 20, noon to 1 p.m., in Adelbert Hall’s Toepfer Room. David Hart, associate professor of neurological surgery and director of the Spinal Neurosurgery Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, will…
January 17, 2012
If there is one thing college faculty all agree on, it is the value of teaching students to think critically. That unanimity disappears, however, as soon as one probes a little deeper to ask how to recognize critical thinking—surely a pre-requisite for assessing it so that one can know if one's…
January 17, 2012
Graduate Student Senate will host the first-ever Graduate Student Research Symposium April 4 at 3:30 p.m. during Grad Student Appreciation Week. Graduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit their research abstracts. Several winners will be selected and will have the opportunity to…