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With blood drives happening on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at four convenient locations across campus, next week will be the biggest week of the academic year for drives on campus. The American Red Cross will be on campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates: Tuesday, Sept. 16, Thwing…

Kelvin Smith Library will present a “Science & Engineering Info Fiesta” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in Nord Hall, room 356. The event will feature free food, prize giveaways, resource demonstrations and more. All Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff are…

Betty Yopko Weibel, author of The Cleveland Grand Prix, will discuss and sign copies of her book on Wednesday, Sept. 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble university bookstore. Home to inventors of the first automobile, airplane and professional baseball team, Ohio also is the…

Case Western Reserve University invites the campus community to a special one-day workshop on Biomedical and Health Informatics, to be held Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the new Tinkham Veale University Center. This workshop brings together thought leaders in an educational forum to examine contemporary…

Every day, researchers make strides in understanding the roots of autism and ways to support those living with the disease. On Sept. 14, members of the Case Western Reserve community will demonstrate their support for scientists and families by taking part in Cleveland’s Walk Now for Autism Speaks…

Three years after the “Occupy” movement, Noah Smith, professor of philosophy at the University of Leeds, will offer a critical analysis of its mission, trajectory and final outcome. The event will take place Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 4 p.m. in Clark Hall 206 and is co-sponsored by the Department of…

Case Western Reserve’s student-led Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will take part in its annual Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) drill on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 8 a.m. on campus. An MCI is any accident or disaster that requires additional responding units than the local departments can handle in…

Timothy Black, associate professor of sociology, will present “Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Citizen Reentry: Developing a Social Justice Frame” at the next Social Justice Institute brown bag lunch. The event will be from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Mather House 100.

Imagine going to a conference without an agenda. No topics have been determined. No keynote speakers have been invited. No presentations or panel discussions have been arranged. That idea, and its freedom for creativity, will become a reality at the NorTech Innovation UnConference, sponsored in…

After the launch of Google Hangouts last year, all events created with Google Calendar automatically included a link to a corresponding video call. While this feature is helpful to some, it may be confusing for event attendees who expect a meeting to be held via Google Hangouts when this was not…