Events

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities’ Interpreting Capitalism series will continue this week with a lecture by historian Ellen Schrecker titled "Hired Education: Capitalism and the Academic Community." Schrecker, professor of history at Yeshiva University, will present a perspective on how and…

As a part of International Education week, the Case Western Reserve University community is invited to consider the upcoming Winter Olympics through the lens of LGBT rights at "From Russia to Cleveland: Politics, Sports and the LGBT Experience." At the event, a panel of speakers will speak about…

On Friday, Nov. 15, the Case Western Reserve University Middle Eastern Cultural Association will host its annual fall hafleh, “Return of Jafar.” All members of the campus community are invited to stop by The Spot in Leutner Commons at 8 p.m. for Middle Eastern food, dancing, karaoke, a DJ and live…

The Case Western Reserve African Student Association will host its annual Cuisine Expo in The Spot on Saturday, Nov. 16, from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. All members of the CWRU community are invited to enjoy African dishes, music and more. Admission is free, but wristbands will be sold for $1 and…

Case Western Reserve University’s Eldred Theater will present Black Comedy, by Sir Peter Shaffer, Nov. 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 17 and 24 at 2:30 p.m. This British farce follows the antics of a “borrowing” gone wrong. After helping himself to an absent neighbor’s treasures in order to…

The weekly Public Affairs Discussion Group will continue this week with a talk titled, “The Opportunity Corridor and Beyond: Transportation Issues in University Circle.” Debbie Berry, vice president of planning and real estate development for University Circle Inc., will lead the discussion, which…

The 2013-14 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by Risa Wechsler, associate professor in the physics department at Stanford University, on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Murch Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Wechsler, a member of the Kavli…

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the campus community is invited to join a discourse on “The Ethics of Relationships” on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence. The event aims to critically examine the virtues employed in our interactions with…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities’ Interpreting Capitalism series will continue this week with a lecture by Jonathan Sperber, the Curators’ Professor of History at the University of Missouri, titled “The Falling Rate of Profit: Karl Marx’s Struggle to Prove the Demise of…

Serpil C. Erzurum, professor and chair of the Department of Pathobiology, will discuss “Pulmonary Hypertension: New Insights into Pathogeneses and Rationale for Therapies” at the 14th annual Jerome I. Kleinerman, MD, Lecture. The lecture will be Thursday, Nov. 14, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Wolstein…