Events
February 24, 2015
The Graduate Professional Council (GPC) will hold its general body meeting today (Feb. 24) from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Student Organizations Center in the Tinkham Veale University Center. Students are invited to come to: meet other graduate students on campus, help shape graduate student life…
February 24, 2015
The SAGES program at Case Western Reserve University has been a major part of the university’s effort to make students aware, from the moment they set foot on campus, of the benefits of a seminar approach to learning. But do students perceive the benefits of seminars? Do they understand why there…
February 24, 2015
The Division of Student Affairs is seeking undergraduate, graduate and professional students, faculty and staff to participate in a focus group to revise the sexual misconduct poster series. Since the early 1990s, the sexual misconduct bathroom poster campaign has been an instrumental educational…
February 24, 2015
The Case Iranian Society will host a special session on “Persia, Iran and the Jews” on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m. in the White Building, Room 411. Peter Haas, chair and the Abba Hillel Silver Professor of Jewish Studies, will be the distinguished speaker at the event, discussing Jewish history…
February 24, 2015
The Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity will sponsor an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, Feb. 27, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Engagement Space located in the Tinkham Veale University Center. Approximately 900 pints of blood are needed daily to meet the need of Northeast Ohio…
February 24, 2015
Cynthia Willett, professor in the Department of Philosophy at Emory University, will present the third biennial Issa Lecture in environmental philosophy today at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 309. The lecture is named after a Case Western Reserve University student who majored in philosophy,…
February 23, 2015
Why do some societies fare well, and others poorly, at reducing the risk of early death? In his award-winning book, Wealth, Health, and Democracy in East Asia and Latin America, Professor James McGuire shows that the public provision of basic health care and other inexpensive social services has…
February 23, 2015
The Department of Anthropology will celebrate National Anthropology Day on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial 201. This event is rescheduled from Thursday, Feb. 19, when the university was closed. The celebration will include pizza, raffles, prizes, and a screening of the…
February 23, 2015
Joel Beinin, professor at Stanford University, will present “High-Risk Activism and Popular Struggle Against the Israeli Occupation in the West Bank” Monday, March 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A. Scholars have long distinguished between normal political protest and…
February 23, 2015
The first faculty Power of Diversity Spring 2015 Lecture will be held Wednesday, Feb. 25, with Blanton S. Tolbert, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry. Tolbert will present on “Molecules of HIV: The Importance of Diverse Perspectives” at 3 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center…