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Upcoming Baker-Nord lecture to focus on ’50s architectural style
The architectural style of the 1950s, made popular by fashion magazines and such fictional television families as the Nelsons and Cleavers, is the focus of the 2013 Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture and Sculpture. The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities invites the campus community to hear...
Sign up for free geographic information systems, statistics workshops through CaseLearns
Space is still available in the following CaseLearns courses, open to all Case Western Reserve University faculty, staff, students and alumni: Making Your First Map In this workshop, attendees will receive a general introduction to GIS (geographic information systems) and ArcGIS (v10.2) software. At...
This week’s Public Affairs Discussion group to cover freedom of press
The weekly Public Affairs Discussion Group will continue this week with a talk titled, “Press Freedom and the Edward Snowden Affair.” Jim Sheeler, the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing, will lead the discussion, which will take place Friday, Nov. 1, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. i...
Eat, drink and play for Autism Speaks at this year’s Puzzle Palooza
Visit the Jolly Scholar on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. for Puzzle Palooza—an evening of competitive games and activities themed around autism awareness. Enter as a team of four to six and compete against other teams in various games to win prizes. All proceeds will go to Autism Speaks. Donated priz...
Learn about challenges of law-medicine careers at Nov. 1 lecture
For the last pre-law event of the semester, Sharona Hoffman will present a talk titled "What is Law-Medicine?" on Friday, Nov. 1, from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356. Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, professor of bioethics and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, will...
Volunteer at RePlay for Kids toy repair workshop
RePlay for Kids will host a toy repair and modification workshop Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Crawford Hall A09. Volunteers will adapt or repair toys for children with disabilities in Northeast Ohio. Most repairs involve testing and fixing broken wires or other simple repairs. Anyone inter...
Ubbelohde lecture to cover subjectivity, social movements of the 1990s
Janice Radway, the Walter Dill Scott Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, will give the annual Carl W. Ubbelohde lecture, titled "Girls, ‘Zines, and Divergent Networks of Dissent: Some Thoughts on Subjectivity and Social Movement in the 1990s.” The lecture will take place ...
Gender studies scholar Lynne Huffer to present on campus next week
Lynne Huffer, the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University, will be on campus next week for multiple talks. Huffer is the author of numerous books and is a pioneer in the idea of queer feminism. On Monday, Oct. 28, she will present a talk “Ethics...
Award-winning author to speak about, read from new book, "Among the Blood People: Politics and Flesh"
O’Henry prize-winning author Thomas Glave will speak about his new book, Among the Blood People: Politics and Flesh on Wednesday, Oct.30, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Glave was named a Village Voice “Writer on the Verge” in 2000. He is the author of Whose Song? And Other Stories, Words...
Dutch practitioner to discuss citizen groups' euthanasia movement at Bioethics Day event
As a part of Bioethics Day, Gerrit Kimsma will give a talk on euthanasia and its associated movements. Kimsma is a Dutch general practitioner who has been deeply involved in the development and regulation of euthanasia in the Netherlands. Euthanasia traditionally has been performed by physicians on...