Events

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host Peruvian poet and social activist Roger Santiváñez Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m. in Clark Hall Room 206. Santiváñez’s lecture is titled “Violence and Literature in Contemporary Peru.” One of the best-known…

Jeff Sharlet, author, investigative journalist and TV political commentator, will be on campus Nov. 9 for a discussion, “The Noise of Democracy Occupying Our Minds.” The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Ford Auditorium and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Sharlet’s…

The campus community is invited to “Guantanamo Tribunal on Trial: A Screening and Panel Discussion of The Response” Nov. 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in School of Law Room 157. The Response is an award-winning courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals,…

Science Café Cleveland presents “Prions: From Cannibalism to Mad Cows and New Mechanism of Brain Diseases” on Nov. 14, discussing the interesting and controversial prion diseases—a group of diverse brain-wasting disorders that includes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Fatal Familial Insomnia in…

In the upcoming Anton and Rose Zverina lecture, “Something Borrowed, Something Blue: The Strange History of Aristotle’s Masterpiece,” Mary E. Fissel, professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, explores the history of one of the most important popular medical…

Standing as bookends on a decade of architectural milestones are the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the 2010 opening of the world’s tallest building in Dubai. What’s happened between those hallmark events is what Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin…

The Department of Human Resources invites faculty and staff to attend the annual Benefits Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Thwing Center Ballroom. Please drop by to make your 2012 Benelect elections, speak with Benefits Staff and…

Take part in the CWRU Free Wellness Seminar on diabetes Nov. 7 from noon to 1 p.m. in Adelbert Hall’s Toepfer Room. Join Laurie Sadler, MD, FACP, to learn how to prevent diabetes and stay healthy if you or a loved one has the condition. She will also answer any questions. Register for the event…

On Nov. 8, Case Western Pro-Life will host a lecture with Clement Persaud, former professor of medical microbiology and biotechnology at Canadore College in Northern Ontario. Persaud’s lecture, “The Humanity of the Embryo,” will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. A question and answer…

For its annual programming on men and gender event, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will bring in former NFL player Don McPherson for the discussion “You Throw Like a Girl.” For more than 20 years, McPherson has used the power and appeal of sport to address complex social issues. For this…