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February 22, 2017
The Institute for the Science of Origins will host distinguished Kenyan paleoanthropologist Isaiah Nengo for two talks on evolution. Nengo will present “Empire of the Apes! The African roots of ape lineages” Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern. In addition, Nengo will…
February 22, 2017
The Department of Bioethics’ Medicine, Society and Culture track will host Nadia El-Shaarawi, assistant professor of global studies at Colby College, for a talk titled “Solving Displacement: Iraqi Refugees, Mental Health, and the Double Bind of Vulnerability.” El-Shaarawi will draw on ethnographic…
February 22, 2017
The CWRU Science and Human Rights Coalition will host a talk with Dan Lacks, the C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His talk, titled "The Challenges Facing Scientists in Myanmar and Libya,” will be held Friday,…
February 21, 2017
The Social Justice Institute and Kappa Alpha Theta will host "Pasta for CASA: Empathy and Action for Youth Impacted by Foster Care," a dinner to raise money for court appointed special advocates. The dinner will be held Wednesday, March 1, from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the Thwing Center…
February 20, 2017
In honor of Black History Month, the Daniel Hale Williams Pre-Med Society will host a talk with Virginia Dee Banks-Bright (MED ’74), chief of infectious disease at UPMC Horizon Health System in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. Her lecture, titled "Overcoming Gender and Racial Barriers in Medicine,” will…
February 20, 2017
The History Associates will host Renee Sentilles, associate professor of history, for its next History Faculty Discussion. She will give a talk titled "Tomboys and Other Girls" Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern. Sentilles will talk about her upcoming book,…
February 17, 2017
The Players’ Theatre Group will perform Baby with the Bathwater today (Feb. 17) and Saturday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. in Black Box at Eldred Theater. The play by Christopher Durang is a dark comedy about a man named Daisy who struggles to establish his identity following a troubling childhood. This…
February 17, 2017
Hear from the winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection Competition at a reception Friday, Feb. 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Kelvin Smith Library. This year, the competition was open to different forms of expression, including poetry, short story, art and photography. Faculty, staff and students…
February 17, 2017
The Toni Morrison Read-In, held in celebration of Black History Month and Morrison's 86th birthday, will be held today (Feb. 17) from 11 a.m. to noon in the Guilford House parlor. During the event, members of the Department of English and other university community members will have an opportunity…
February 15, 2017
Beverly Daniel Tatum, a nationally recognized educator, race scholar and author, will be the featured guest at the upcoming Power of Diversity event at Case Western Reserve University. Free and open to the public, the “Dialogue on Diversity” event will be held Thursday, Feb. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in…