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October 28, 2013
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…
October 28, 2013
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…
October 25, 2013
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…
October 25, 2013
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,…
October 25, 2013
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…
October 24, 2013
As part of the Power of Diversity Lecture Series, the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity will present a lecture by John H. Flores on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 3 p.m. in the Thwing Center’s 1914 Lounge. Flores, the Climo Junior Professor and an assistant professor of history, will…
October 23, 2013
The Weatherhead School of Management's Office of Student Affairs is offering all faculty, staff and students discounted tickets to an upcoming production of the Paul Taylor Dance Co. Choreographer Taylor is the co-founder of America’s indigenous art of modern dance. The show will take place on…
October 23, 2013
The weekly Public Affairs Discussion Group will continue this week with a talk titled, “Why Performance Enhancing Drugs Should be Legal in Sports.” Max Mehlman, the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and director of the Law-Medicine Center, will lead the discussion, which will take place…
October 23, 2013
The Commencement Speaker Selection Committee is surveying the campus community for commencement 2014 speaker nominations. The committee considers the following criteria when selecting candidates: High degree of name recognition among students Notable achievements in academic, artistic,…
October 22, 2013
The non-profit, e-waste recycler RET3 will be on campus Friday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to collect e-waste materials on campus. Anyone from the University Circle or Case Western Reserve University community is welcome to drop off e-waste materials to the RET3 trailer, which will be located…