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October 25, 2017
The Physics and Astronomy Club and the Physics Graduate Student Association will collaborate to host the 20th annual Pumpkin Drop Monday, Oct. 30, at 12:35 p.m. outside Strosacker Auditorium. Watch as the groups test the laws of gravity by dropping pumpkins off the roof to reenact Galileo's…
October 25, 2017
Cyrus Taylor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Albert A. Michelson Professor in Physics, will lead the next Origins Science Scholars Program event. He will present “Particle Detectors: Modern Cathedrals” Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 5:30 p.m. at the Tinkham Veale University Center. Talk…
October 24, 2017
The Physics and Astronomy Club will host a talk by John Ruhl, the Connecticut Professor in the Department of Physics, Wednesday, Oct. 25, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Rockefeller Building, Room 301. In his talk, titled “The Physics of Climate Change,” Ruhl will review the basic physics of climate…
October 24, 2017
The university community is invited to hear from Peter Lu, a physicist at Harvard University, about the mathematics underlying the patterns of medieval Islamic art. His lecture is titled “Girih Tiles: Decagonal Geometry in Medieval Islamic Architectural Tilings and Beyond.” Photo by Peter…
October 20, 2017
The photography of Peter Lu will be celebrated at an opening reception for "Girih Tiles: Decagonal Geometry in Medieval Islamic Architectural Tilings & Beyond" Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 3 p.m. in the Kelvin Smith Library. Refreshments will be served. Lu’s Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities talk…
October 19, 2017
The Case Western Reserve University-Cleveland Museum of Art Joint Graduate Program in Art History and Museum Studies will hold its 43rd annual graduate symposium Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the museum’s Recital Hall. Titled “Ars et Scientia: Intersections of Science and the Visual Arts,” the…
October 19, 2017
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forums series continues with a discussion titled “A Look at the Political Crystal Ball for 2018.” The event will be held Thursday, Nov. 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma-Snow Branch (2121 Snow…
October 19, 2017
The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity will host a Viewpoint Forum titled “Freedom of Speech: Understanding Our Rights in Troubling Times” Monday, Oct. 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, ballroom A. The Viewpoint Forum is a campuswide dialogue…
October 18, 2017
The Case Western Reserve University Emergency Medical Service (CWRU EMS) will conduct a Mass Casualty Incident Drill in Nord Hall Sunday, Oct. 29, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please do not be alarmed by the multi-agency response to fake patients; it is a drill. CWRU EMS is partnering with multiple…
October 18, 2017
Players' Theatre Group (PTG) invites the campus community to attend its fall semester workshop production of John Logan's Red, directed by Brett DiCello. The play runs Thursday, Oct. 19, and Friday, Oct. 20, at Eldred Theater. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. About the…