Events

The first in a series of Lab Management and Administration workshops for women faculty will be held Sept. 20 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Spartan Room of Thwing Center. Panelists Helen Salz, professor of genetics, and Yu-Chung Yang, professor of biochemistry, will discuss Lab Organization and…

About 12.5 million slaves were transported across the Atlantic between 1501 and 1867, and charting who they were, where they came from and where they went has been a challenge for historians. Authors of the Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, this year’s winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award…

David Eltis and David Richardson, recipients of the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction for Atlas of the Transaltantic Slave Trade, will discuss new findings and new directions for future research in a Sept. 14 lecture, “Digital Scholarship and the African Diaspora.” Eltis is Robert W.…

The Case Western Reserve University Women’s Club will host its Fall Tea Sept. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Alumni House. For more than 50 years, the Fall Tea has been the traditional opening event of the season, and it’s an occasion to renew friendships and meet new members. Membership is open to all…

A memorial will be held for June I. Watt, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Associate Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, on Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. at Judson Park (2181 Ambleside Rd. Cleveland). Watt died July 4. Born June 23, 1918, Watt received her master’s degree in…

Since 2002, students from Japan’s Waseda University have come to campus every fall. On Sept. 12, third-year Case Western Reserve University Japanese language students will present in Japanese to the visitors; on Sept. 14, the Waseda students will present their research in English. The entire…

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will award its 2011 Inamori Ethics Prize on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to human rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa. Mtetwa will be recognized for her efforts to fight injustice in her home country of Zimbabwe. The celebration begins with an academic…

Fall registration for three-credit fall travel courses to Bangladesh and Ecuador ends Sept. 9. Meeting dates for more information are Sept. 6, 7 and 9 from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. in the Mandel School of Applied Social Science Room 112. The courses are registered for fall, travel during winter break,…

This month’s Employee Wellness Free Cooking Demo, held Sept. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. in Nord Hall 310, will be “Farm to Fork, from Bon Appetit & the University Farm.” Bon Appetit Chef Robbie Washington, along with Chris Bond, horticulturist from the University Farm, will discuss the benefits of…

On Friday, Sept. 9, President Barbara R. Snyder will hold an open forum with the Case Western Reserve University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). The meeting will take place in Clark Hall’s Baker-Nord Center Room 206 at 12:30 p.m. This meeting is open to all…