Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Members of the campus community are invited to attend the 2012 Alumni Celebrating Recovery event, Sept. 28 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The event, sponsored by Case Western Reserve’s Prevention & Recovery Services, begins with an open house welcome at 5 p.m. with Jes Sellers, director of University Counseli...

STAND, a student group that advocates for refugees, victims of genocide and internally displaced persons, will hold an informational meeting Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the Office of Multicultural Affairs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. During the event, attendees will discuss fundraising activities for ...

The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host a talk on “Discovering Today’s Poland” Sept. 27 from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in the Mandel School Room 320A. Led by Kathleen Farkas, associate professor at the Mandel School, and Richard Romaniuk, adjunct instructor, “Discovering Today’s Poland” will p...

Amish group convicted in hate crime trial for beard-cutting attack ideastream: Sixteen members of an Amish church group were convicted of conspiracy to commit hate crimes against other Amish by cutting off their beards and hair, but the defense has indicated it plans to appeal the convictions. Scho...

The Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University is pleased to announce the following recipients of the 2012 Alumni Association Awards, which will be presented at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 28 at the Homecoming All-Alumni Luncheon, held at Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center on the C...

Case Western Reserve University has joined institutions such as Cornell University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and Stanford University in leading a program to encourage women to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathemat...

Information Technology Services (ITS) and Youngstown company Turning Technologies will host a Learning Forum Sept. 28 highlighting the work of Harvard University’s Eric Mazur. The three-hour seminar, beginning at 12:30 p.m. in AW Smith 329, will provide an overview of Mazur’s teaching method, which...

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will continue its Faculty Work-in-Progress series Sept. 27 with a talk on “Fruitfulness” by Chris Haufe. Haufe, an assistant professor of philosophy, works on problems in the history and philosophy of science, particularly biology. In his talk, he’ll discuss...

Michelle Alexander, author of New York Times bestseller The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, headlines an upcoming series of free weekly citywide book discussions—one of which is taking place on campus Sept. 25. The citywide book discussions, which began Sept. 11, will...

The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will hold information sessions for its spring study abroad courses, which are open to all undergraduate and graduate students as well as alumni and professionals in health and human service fields. The programs include a course on child welfare in Guatem...