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March 09, 2015
A free tobacco cessation program will be offered for faculty, staff and students from April 1 through May 20. During the program, participants will: Assess their readiness to end tobacco use Identify personal motivations and obstacles Develop awareness of techniques to avoid possible…
March 09, 2015
As part of the Cleveland Digestive Diseases Research Core Center Seminar Series, Professor of Medicine Fabio Cominelli will present “The Role of the TL1A and DR3 in Intestinal Inflammation.” The presentation will take place on Wednesday, March 11, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Iris S. and Bert…
March 06, 2015
The Institute for the Study of Origins will sponsor a public talk titled "Tools for Tots: Broken noses, disenfranchised midwives, and the rise of birth technology." SAGES fellow Brandy Schillace will present the talk at Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern on Wednesday, March 11, at 6 p.m. Schillace,…
March 06, 2015
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods Seminar Series will continue with a presentation, titled "The Role of Self-Management in Managing Epilepsy and Reducing Complications." Martha Sajatovic, professor of psychiatry and epidemiology and biostatistics, will present this…
March 05, 2015
The 2014-15 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by Volker Bromm, professor in the Department of Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, today (Thursday, March 5) at 8 p.m. in the Murch Auditorium at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Bromm will present…
March 04, 2015
The Cleveland Digestive Diseases Research Core Center Seminar Series will host Colleen Croniger, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition, today (Wednesday, March 4) from noon to 1 p.m. in the Wolstein Research Building, Room 1413. Croniger will present a lecture titled, “The Role of…
March 04, 2015
The Department of Art History and Art will sponsor the Julius Fund Lecture in Medieval Art on Wednesday, March 18, at 5:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C. Asa Simon Mittman, professor at California State University, will deliver the lecture, titled “Real Monsters: Medieval…
March 04, 2015
President Barbara R. Snyder invites the campus community to nominate a non-faculty staff member for the President’s Award for Distinguished Service. This annual award honors staff members whose outstanding contributions to campus culture have a transformational effect on university colleagues,…
March 02, 2015
Members of the campus community are invited to take part in an “edit-a-thon” to improve Wikipedia coverage of women and the arts on Saturday, March 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kelvin Smith Library. A 2011 Wikimedia survey found that fewer than 13 percent of Wikipedia contributors are female. The…
March 02, 2015
Anne van Leeuwen, visiting lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, will present her current research and book project on the ethics of debt at the Ethics Table brown bag lunch. The discussion will be held Wednesday, March 4, at 11:30 a.m. in Thwing Center’s Cleveland Room. This will be the last…