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Think Forum: Robert Sapolsky
Sapolsky (Photo credit: Thompson McClellan Photography) The 2017-18 Think Forum lecture series will open with Robert Sapolsky Thursday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel. Sapolsky, a primatologist and a professor of…
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Safe Zone Friend workshop
Safe Zone Friend is part one of three in the CWRU Safe Zone Series, an LGBTQA+ education and advocacy workshop and network open to CWRU students, staff and faculty. It will be held Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Residence Hall Multipurpose Room. Register…
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Sexual Assault and Violence Educators speak-out event
Join Sexual Assault and Violence Educators (SAVE) for a speak-out event against intimate partner violence and domestic violence Thursday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Thwing Center Atrium. This is a safe space where everyone is welcome, including survivors, friends and community. There will be free…
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“Need to Succeed: The Surprising Power of Needs-Driven Health Technology and Innovation”
The Case Western Reserve University community is invited to attend the fall 2017 Ford Distinguished Lecture featuring Paul Yock, director of Stanford Biodesign, and Michael Ackermann, executive chairman of Oyster Point Pharmaceuticals Inc. The speakers will deliver their lecture “Need to Succeed:…
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Women of Achievement Luncheon celebrating Mather Prize honorees
The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and the Office of the Provost have announced this year’s recipients of the Mather Spotlight Prize for Professional and Academic Achievement, Leadership and Service to Faculty Staff and Students. The Women of Achievement awards honor women faculty’s…
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“Iraq and Syria, 1941: Working Around Lies, Exaggerations, Distortions, and Deletions to Tell a Little-known Story of WWII”
In spring 1941, the Iraqis and the Vichy French in Syria made agreements with the Axis powers that might have had disastrous consequences for the Allied war effort if the Allies hadn’t improvised a jerrybuilt force to respond. In a Baker-Nord Center for Humanities Faculty-Work-in-Progress talk,…
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“Invisible Immigrants: Spaniards in the U.S. (1868-1945)”
For a complex set of reasons, the story of Spanish immigration to the United States is practically unknown. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tens of thousands of Spaniards settled in compact enclaves all over the country, including large numbers in the Cleveland and Canton areas. James…
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“What Does Segregation Cost Us? What Can Social Work Do About It?”
Open to the entire campus community, Amy T. Khare, a research affiliate for the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, will present her latest paper, “Fair Housing and Inclusive Communities,” part of The Grand Challenges for Social Work. Hosted by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel…
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Substance Abuse: Confronting Addiction series: “What Goes Into Training First Responders? Why Should We Care?"
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Substance Abuse: Confronting Addiction series continues with a discussion titled “What Goes Into Training First Responders? Why Should We Care?" Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Dr., Beachwood). Attend this event to…
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Social Justice Institute October Research Lunch
The Social Justice Institute (SJI) will host its October Research Lunch, featuring SJI Fellows Matthew Rossman and Elizabeth Nalepa, Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. Matthew Rossman Rossman, a professor of law, will present "Not the Sharpest Tools in the…