Siegal Lifelong Learning Program

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Center will host a panel discussion concerning the effects of the Opportunity Corridor project, which began construction last summer. “Opportunity Corridor—Will the opportunity be realized?” will be held Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale Unive...

Alanna Cooper, director of Jewish Lifelong Learning with the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, wrote about her experience attending a burial to mark the end of a synagogue’s congregation in Pennsylvania. Facing dwindling numbers, the congregation at the Temple Hadar Israel in New Castle recently de...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer several courses on a variety of topics—ranging from the 1960s to the Booker Prize winners—beginning in January. Each course will last for eight weeks. Courses beginning in January are: Contemporary Feminine Voices (Sundays beginning Jan. 7) A Dec...

Darin Croft, professor of anatomy, will present a talk as a part of the Origins Science Scholars lecture series. His talk, titled “Global Climate Change: Past and Present,” will take place Tuesday, Dec. 5, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Talk details Are humans causi...

Michael Lewicki, associate professor of electrical engineering, and Ken Loparo, the Nord Professor of Engineering, will give the next Origins Science Scholars lecture. They will present “The Mind-Body Connection Part I: Is the Evolution of Perception Computational?” Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 5:30 p.m. i...

Morris Moscovitch, the Max and Gianna Glassman Chair in Neuropsychology and Aging in the Department of Psychology at University of Toronto, will present at the next Origin Science Scholars program event. His lecture, titled “The Mind-Body Connection Part III—Memory: How the brain maps memories in s...

Mike Martens, professor of physics, will present “Particle Accelerators: The World’s Largest Machines” at the next Origins Science Scholars Program series event. The session will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Free parking will be available. ...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Substance Abuse: Confronting Addiction series continues with a discussion titled “Suburban Challenges: Mayors’ Call to Action” Thursday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. at the Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Dr., Beachwood). Moderated by Vince Carrafi, chair of the Cuy...

Cyrus Taylor, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Albert A. Michelson Professor in Physics, will lead the next Origins Science Scholars Program event. He will present “Particle Detectors: Modern Cathedrals” Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 5:30 p.m. at the Tinkham Veale University Center. Talk det...

"What do you think an addict is?" That was the question Sheryl Hirsh, assistant director of the Laura and Alvin Siegal Jewish Lifelong Learning Program, posed to more than 100 law enforcement officials at the Ohio Attorney General's Law Enforcement Conference last fall. Some answers included: “dish...