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Singer Oleta Adams to headline African American Alumni Association Dinner Dance
Oleta Adams will be the featured performer​ at the ​African American Alumni Association Dinner Dance, which this year is co-sponsored by the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, in the Tinkham Veale University Center…
Film scholar to examine marriage in movies during Oct. 13 lecture
As long as there have been feature movies there have been marriage movies, and yet Hollywood has always been cautious about how to label them—perhaps because, unlike any other genre of film, the marriage movie resonates directly with the experience of almost every adult coming to see it. In the…
Georgetown scholar to give talk on gender and politics Oct. 9
Michele L. Swers, associate professor of government at Georgetown University, will give the keynote address for the Conference on Women, Gender and Conservative Parties in the 21st Century. Her lecture, "Women in the Club: Democratic Women, Republican Women and the Politics of Women's Issues,"…
Nursing school to give away cupcakes tomorrow in recognition of National Midwifery Week
For the third straight year, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University is celebrating National Midwifery Week by giving away 1,000 mini cupcakes—one for every 10 babies born annually into the hands of certified nurse midwives in Ohio. The event starts at…
Kappa Alpha Theta to hold bone marrow drive today
Kappa Alpha Theta will hold a bone marrow drive on Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fribley Commons and the Leutner Pavilion Fireside Room. The bone marrow will be donated to Be a Match, a nonprofit organization that manages the largest and most diverse marrow registry in the…
Register your car, banner or float for the 2014 homecoming parade
Show your school spirit by participating in the 2014 homecoming parade Saturday, Oct. 18. Register your car, banner or float online by Oct. 15 to participate in the parade. This year’s theme is #CWRUThrowback. To learn more about how to build a float, visit wikihow.com/Build-a-Float. The…
Workshop on domestic violence in LGBT community set for Oct. 8
Learn about and discuss domestic violence issues in the LGBT community at a “Domestic Violence Awareness Workshop.” The workshop will take place Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Thwing Center, room 201. The event is free and open to the public. Allies are welcome.
Sign up to participate in Stephanie Tubbs Jones Homecoming Fun Run
The campus community is invited to participate in the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Homecoming 5K and 1-mile Fun Run on Saturday, Oct. 18, beginning at the North Residential Village Starbucks. Registration and check-in begins at 7:30 a.m. with the race beginning at 8:30 a.m. All proceeds from the race…
Discuss ”An Intellectual Adventure: the Academy as a Place of Stupification” at next Ethics Table brown bag lunch
The next meeting of the Ethics Table brown bag lunches will focus on the first chapter of The Ignorant Schoolmaster, which is titled "An Intellectual Adventure." Download "An Intellectual Adventure" as a PDF for advance reading. The chapter tells the story of Joseph Jacotot, who, in the early…
Author to visit natural history museum for talk on biotechnology, re-engineering animals
Mike Weiss, chair of the Department of Biochemistry and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Health Advisory Board, will co-host author Emily Anthes, author of Frankenstein's Cat: Biotechnology and the Re-engineering of Animals, as part of the museum’s Explorer Lecture Series. Biotechnology has…