Events

As the semester winds down, all graduate and professional students are invited to relax and unwind at “Friendsgiving” on Wednesday, Nov. 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Student Organization Center, Tinkham Veale University Center. This is an opportunity to mingle with other graduate students and…

The Writing Resource Center's General Campus Workshop Series will conclude with a session titled "Reflection and Revision." The session will take place Friday, Nov. 21, from 12:35 to 1:35 p.m. on the first floor of Bellflower Hall. Just in time for end-of-the-semester final papers, writing…

The campus community is invited to attend a free screening of award-winning documentary Inside Buffalo on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at Strosacker Auditorium. The film tells the history of World War II's 92nd Buffalo Division, the first African-American combat unit—a segregated unit that fought…

Film director Olayinka Hassan will present her 11-minute short film, The Antidote of Life, on Friday, Nov. 21, at 12:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 309. Originally a chemist, Hassan decided to return to school to pursue her graduate studies in directing. Hassan’s film combines her two passions,…

The University Compliance Office will continue its monthly "Speaking of Privacy" information sessions for Case Western Reserve University employees to learn practical tips to apply to their jobs. The next session, focused on the proper management of students’ education records per the Family…

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will present a videoconference discussion with Werewere Liking, acclaimed novelist and playwright and founder of the Pan-African Center for the Arts in Abidjan, Cote-d'Ivoire. The discussion will be in French and will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18,…

Delta Gamma, Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Epsilon will sponsor American Red Cross blood drives Wednesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Thwing Center ballroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Approximately 900 pints of blood are needed daily to meet the need of Northeast Ohio hospitals…

The next meeting of the Ethics Table group will be on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and will continue with the discussion on ethical decision-making, on the topic, “Can the university promote ethical decision-making?” The discussion will focus on a piece by John Frye, a former Ethics Table Fellow (2013-14),…

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things, will speak on Monday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Tinkham Veale University Center’s Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Grand Ballroom. Her appearance in the third lecture in the William N. Skirball Writers Center…

On Monday, Nov. 17, there will be a screening of the film Born in Goma, followed by a discussion with the physician and filmmaker, Chris Carpenter. Carpenter traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to work at the HEAL African Hospital. During his journey, he met three special patients, each…