Events

The Case Western Reserve University Office for Sustainability will host its inaugural Big Green Event. Join the office for networking and celebration Thursday, Nov. 20, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A. A wide variety of groups engaged in sustainability across…

Spoken English Language Partners (SELP) invites the campus community to learn about Bollywood, the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai. Often featuring catchy and danceable songs, Bollywood is a multimillion-dollar industry. At the event, attendees will learn about popular films, actors…

The Beat UPTOWN, which featured eight weekly free live concerts, local foods and other activities this summer, resumes with a seasonal offering: The Beat UPTOWN—The Great Marshmallow Roast. The Great Marshmallow Roast will be held Thursday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Toby’s Plaza, at the corner…

The Case Western Reserve University Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa national honorary society will hold a chapter meeting for Monday, Nov. 24, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Mather House, Room 100. All members of Phi Beta Kappa (faculty, staff, graduate and professional students, and postdoctoral fellows, as…

John A. List, the Homer J. Livingston Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, will present “Using Field Experiments in Economics” at The Howard T. McMyler Memorial Lecture on Friday, Nov. 14, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Ballroom in the Tinkham Veale…

The campus community is invited to "A Night of Solidarity with West Africa," a fundraising event to combat the spread of Ebola, on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A. The event will feature music, educational speakers, dinner and raffle…

Linda Ehrlich, associate professor of modern languages and film studies, will give a 15-minute talk about the book she edited, Good Films, Cheap Wine, Few Friends: A Memoir by film director Juan Luis Buñuel, and provide an introduction to the showing of Viridiana, by Luis Buñuel, father of Juan…

Undergraduate students are invited to join Dean of Undergraduate Studies Jeffrey Wolcowitz for the Dean’s Study Break on Monday, Nov. 10, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hovorka Atrium. Dean’s Study Breaks are casual events that provide an opportunity for students to chat informally with Dean Wolcowitz,…

The Badminton Club will host its second tournament of the semester on Friday, Nov. 14, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center. There will be both singles and doubles brackets. First and second place winners will receive prizes. Food and drinks will be…

The moon is not only Earth’s nearest neighbor in the solar system, but it also is similar enough to Earth in many aspects of its chemical composition to be a virtual twin. One striking difference, however, is the near total lack of water on the moon. The Apollo missions of the early 1970s looked…