Events

The first meeting of the Ethics Table brown bag lunch will take place next Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cleveland Room in Thwing Center. The topic will be being a democratic citizen in the aftermath of Ferguson. Coffee and light dessert will be served. Bring your own…

The Omicron Chi chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi—the professional business fraternity—will host several rush events Sept. 8-18, including a “meet and eat” and an AKPsi Q&A panel. There will be opportunities to meet brothers, enjoy free food and improve your professional skills.

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will host a lunch panel discussion with alumna Barbara “Dusty” Roads on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at noon at the Center for Women, TVUC 248. Roads is a former stewardess and union leader who led a landmark sex discrimination case in the airline industry, along…

The idea behind Cosmic Inflation is that the universe underwent a very early period of "hyperexpansion". This idea provides the only explanation to date of several basic things about the universe that otherwise we might have to attribute to pure coincidence. In March of this year, the Bicep2 team…

The Case Western Reserve University Hacker Society will host its third annual student-run conference, Link-State 2014, on Saturday, Sept. 20 in Hovorka Atrium. If you're interested in user experience, tech entrepreneurship, security, testing, software architecture and design, and other similar…

On Sept. 8, there will be an informational webinar on the London study abroad program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Participation in the RADA program through Case Western Reserve is an opportunity to work with the oldest and most prestigious theater-training program in England. The…

A progressive international conference in Cleveland, Ohio, this fall will explore how cutting-edge innovators and forward-thinking leaders are moving beyond traditional notions of social responsibility and sustainability to full-spectrum flourishing and profitability. Flourish & Prosper: The…

William Marling, professor of English, will lead this week’s Public Affairs Discussion on his new book Gatekeepers: How World Literature Circulates. We take the fact that we read authors from other countries for granted. But how does that work? How do some works become part of the public sphere of…

The First Thursdays at the Farm series will continue today, Thursday, Sept. 4 , with a free event at the University Farm, from 5 to 8 p.m. The farm is at 8 Valley Ridge Dr. in Hunting Valley. The event, presented by Constantino’s Market and University Farm, will feature wine and appetizer samples,…

The campus community is invited to a Lunch and Learn Session on Elsevier’s Reaxys, an online workflow solution for research chemists. The session, facilitated by Elsevier representative Theresa Buiel, will take place Friday, Sept. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. in Clapp Hall 405. Reaxys is based on the…