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The community is invited for a day of lectures and discussion with faculty experts to examine and celebrate the life and times of civic activist Newton D. Baker, addressing his impact on the intellectual and political life of Northeast Ohio and beyond. The symposium is Sunday, April 19, from 1:30…

Cleveland photographer and Case Western Reserve instructor Barney Taxel presents what he describes as a “visual symphony,” with four melodic themes of “The Vision,” “The Place,” “The Heart” and “The Journey” in his latest book, The Lake View Cemetery: Photographs from Cleveland’s Historic Landmark…

A follow-up conversation to “From Ferguson to Cleveland: An Open Dialogue” will take place on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 7-8:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 309. This event is part of a series: From Conversation to Action: Social Justice Read-Ins & Teach-Ins. Discussion facilitators will be Shakyra…

The City of Cleveland and OneCommunity are installing the nation’s first commercially available metropolitan 100-gigabit network. The 100-gigabit network will connect in downtown Cleveland, through Cleveland’s Health-Tech Corridor (HTC) to University Circle. The innovative $1.02 million project…

Siemens will donate up to $1 million to Stand Up To Cancer to support accelerated cancer research Earlier this week, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic joined a national movement called “The Baton Pass” to help raise funds for…

During Taiwanese Minister of Health and Welfare Wen-Ta Chiu’s delegation of Taiwanese health officials, researchers and practitioners to Cleveland later this month,the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging will host a day-long symposium on Aug. 20, titled "Toward Integrating Acute and Long Term Care in…

Case Western Reserve University historian John Grabowski and three university students created a history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Cleveland in a new exhibit at the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS). The exhibit, “The Victory of Self: The LGBT…

When the 2014 Gay Games descend on Cleveland and Akron Aug. 9-16, Northeast Ohio—and the Case Western Reserve University campus—will help foster an inclusive environment. The university, ranked by The Huffington Post in 2013 as one of the top 25 Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender (LGBT)-friendly colleges…

As part of New Student Orientation, all incoming first-year students can participate in the Center for Civic Engagement & Learning’s annual “CWRU Connects: Serving our City” Thursday, Aug. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. CWRU Connects allows members of the Class of 2018 to get to know each other and…

The 2014 Case for Community Day is Friday, Sept. 19, from noon to 4 p.m., at the Thwing Center. Case for Community Day encourages faculty, staff and students to spend an afternoon volunteering and connecting with the Greater Cleveland Community. Past volunteer efforts have included donating blood,…