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On Tuesday, April 9, join the Secular Legal Society for a presentation by Mano Singham on “God, Darwin, and the Constitution: The Essential Tension.” During his talk, Singham will attempt to disentangle the legal, scientific and religious strands of the conflict over the origins of life, which pits...

The Lubrizol Foundation and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will present Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) Awards Banquet Dinner Thursday, April 18. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Thwing Center Ballroom, WISER will celebrate students and collaborators who have provided outstan...

“Comparative Effectiveness Research: From All Angles,” the third annual, two-day conference, will be held May 22-23 at Case Western Reserve University. The conference will feature a number of distinguished speakers presenting on a variety of medical-field topics including policy, physician practice,...

During the April 5 community hour, a panel will examine the relationship between religion and science. Are the two mutually exclusive, supportive or something different? The discussion will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Nord Hall 310. William Deal, Severance Professor of the History of Religion and profe...

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and the Cleveland Museum of Art invite poetry lovers to a talk by poet Forrest Gander, who will share his work in the museum’s Reid Gallery from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 7. Following his presentation, Gander will announce the winners of the 2013 Poetry...

It’s been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in southern states, but some would argue the cycles of oppression slavery created still exist today. To better understand how the U.S. can learn from and deal with its past, we should turn to Germany—as well as Steven...

During this Friday’s Public Affairs Discussion Group, faculty members Anthony Jack and Shannon E. French will explore the application of their work on the field of military ethics and the issue of what occurs when enemies are dehumanized. Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy a...

All members of the campus community are invited to attend the Ethics Table brown bag lunch series to discuss the ethics of student loans and the cost of higher education at private institutions. Can the average amount of debt students at private universities accrue be justified—and if not, with who...

Allison Dorsey, professor of history at Swarthmore College, will give the guest lecture for the Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American Studies Friday, April 5. Dorsey will speak on "Race, Wills, and 'Family:’ Securing Land and Opportunity in Redeemed Georgia." The talk is free and open to the...

A Body of Art, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's health and humanities interest group, will host “BONES: A ShowCASE of Art in Medicine” April 2. The event, held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Bolwell Building conference room A, will be a night of food, music, visual arts, poetry, prose an...