Events

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…

Visit the Jolly Scholar on Friday, Nov. 15, between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. for “Stigma is a Drag,” a drag show presented by Student Leaders Advocating for Mental Health (SLAM) and the LGBT Center. Tickets for the show, which can be purchased at stigmaisadrag.eventbrite.com, are $4 and include a…

Not many think of composers getting fired, but it happened to George Frideric Handel, the composer of such great works as the Messiah, Water Music and Music for Royal Fireworks, when the Elector of Hanover ousted him in 1713. How and why it happened is the subject of the talk, “Politics in Early…

The Weatherhead Economics Society will host the National Association of Business Economists networking dinner and professional economists panel Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. in the Peter B. Lewis Building, Room 258. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet economics students and professionals…

The Environmental Law Society will host a screening of the award-winning documentary, Bidder 70, the story of one university student's act of civil disobedience to protect the American wilderness from oil and gas exploitation. In 2008, Tim DeChristopher placed a bid on 14 parcels (22,500 acres) of…

As a part of the Prevention Research Center Seminar Series, the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods will host the “Partners in Education, Evaluation and Research (PEER) Fellow Poster Presentation.” Presenters include: Lena Grafton, Susan G. Komen Nicole Wright,…