Events

Case Western Reserve University will be closed Dec. 25–Jan. 1. In addition to previously scheduled holidays on Dec. 25, 26 and 29 and Jan. 1, President Barbara R. Snyder announced before Thanksgiving that the university also would close Dec. 27 and Dec. 28 to give employees an additional two days…

Residence halls will close today (Dec. 21) at 3 p.m. for winter break. Students can move back in Thursday, Jan. 11, at 9 a.m. For more important room and board dates for the 2017–18 academic year, visit students.case.edu/housing/resources/documents/1718/calendar.html.

Join Bob Hall, director of Case Western Reserve University’s Professional Development Center, and Denise Douglas, associate dean of executive education in the Weatherhead School of Management, for an online seminar titled “Introduction to Emotional Intelligence.” Hall and Douglas will explore the…

University Health & Counseling Services will offer QPR suicide prevention training for students, faculty and staff Wednesday, Jan. 10, from noon to 1 p.m. in Wickenden Building, Room 321. QPR—question, persuade, refer—is designed to increase one's ability to recognize suicidal thoughts and…

The university community can hear from award-winning journalist and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Nikole Hannah-Jones at the 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. Hannah-Jones, who writes about civil rights and social injustice for The New York Times Magazine, will be the featured speaker at the event.…

Have you been studying for finals all week? Take a break tonight at Late Night Breakfast. Held today (Dec. 14) from 9:30 to 11 p.m. at Fribley and Leutner dining halls, this event is free to all Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students. Students do not need to have a meal plan, but…

The 2017-2018 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series continues today (Dec. 14) from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Mark Vogelsberger from MIT will present “Simulating the Universe.” About the lecture Modern supercomputer simulations model the evolution of the universe…

Meet author Rahiem Brooks Monday, Dec. 18, at 1 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble University Bookstore. Brooks will sign copies of his new book, A Butler Christmas, which is a romantic suspense novel.

Graduate students are invited to join the Graduate Student Council for its Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. Attendees can explore Uptown establishments throughout the night. The event, held Thursday, Dec. 14, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Jolly Scholar. The event will continue at the following…

Laura Samuel Although it is known that low-income individuals may have poorer health than their wealthier peers, it is unknown what programs and policies can improve their health outcomes. At the next Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) seminar, Laura Samuel of Johns…