Events

Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Association (IDEA) will host a Biomimicry Lunch 'n’ Learn panel on Thursday, Nov. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. in Peter B. Lewis, Room 201. The event will feature two speakers, each with their own biomimetic tech startups: Emily Kennedy is CEO of Hedgemon LLC,…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a talk with Mansfield Frazier Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Frazier, community activist and entrepreneur, leads The Vineyards and BioCellar of Château Hough, an urban vineyard located in Cleveland at the intersection of…

The Ethics Table Brown Bag Lunch series will continue Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11:30 a.m. in Thwing Center’s Cleveland Room. This meeting will cover Stephen Gardiner’s call for a global constitutional convention to protect the rights of future generations. Gardiner is professor of philosophy and the…

On Wednesday, Nov. 11, the Case Western Reserve University community will join colleges and universities across the United States to honor military veterans by participating in the Veterans Day Commemoration and National Roll Call event, scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. outside of Adelbert…

Students from all areas of study are invited to attend the Bioethics International Programs Information Session Friday, Nov. 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. in the School of Medicine, Room TA200. While the Department of Bioethics hosts each of the programs that will be featured at the fair, the programs are…

The Case Western Reserve University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa national honorary society will hold a meeting Monday, Nov. 16, from 2 to 3 p.m. in Mather House, Room 100. All members of Phi Beta Kappa among the faculty, staff, graduate and professional students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as…

The Frontiers of Astronomy series will continue Thursday, Nov. 12, from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Jennifer Johnson, professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, will give a presentation titled “The History of the Milky Way Written in the Stars.” She will discuss…

Reproduction, birth and women’s health in the 19th century shaped the practice of obstetrics today. One of the biggest changes with wide-reaching consequences has to do with anesthesia, and the use of ether and chloroform to kill pain but also to render the laboring mother unconscious. Why has the…

The Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC) will host the second Critical Conversation Monday, Nov. 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Thwing Center’s Bellflower Lounge. Critical Conversations serve as a continuation of the “We Belong Here” discussion that took place this past academic year. Organizers…

The Church of the Covenant will offer free brunch for all students—from undergraduate to post-docs—Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Student Community at Covenant sponsors this event. Students can get to the brunch by heading downstairs once they enter the church, which is located…