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Siegal Lifelong Learning Program

Symposium to examine life and legacy of civic leader Newton D. Baker
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 t...
Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret to discuss his latest book at Siegal Lifelong Learning lecture
Israeli author and filmmaker Etgar Keret will spend the evening of March 25 in Beachwood discussing his latest book, The Seven Good Years: A Memoir and the current situation in Israel. The book, a nonfiction account of Keret's personal life, follows on the successes of earlier books, Suddenly a Knoc...
”Jewish Ethics and Social Justice" author to speak Dec. 3 at Siegal Lifelong Learning’s Beachwood campus
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, author of Jewish Ethics and Social Justice: A Guide for the 21st Century, will discuss “Jewish Social Justice Activism: From Moses to Today” on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Beachwood campus of Case Western Reserve University’s Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning ...
Join world-famous chef Ferran Adria for symposium on food, creativity
The Institute for the Science of Origins, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will present a symposium titled “Food: Origins, Innovation, Imagination” Monday, Nov. 17, from 9 to 11 a.m. The symposium will be followed by a book signing and ac...
CWRU offers West Side Lifelong Learning Senior Scholars course on medieval pilgrimages
A well-received response to last year’s offering of a West Side Senior Scholars course prompted Case Western Reserve University’s Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program to return this fall with a new course, “Medieval Christian Pilgrimage: Canterbury, Santiago, Rome and Beyond.” The eight...
The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program hosts "Opening Day" activities
The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host an “Opening Day” of activities Thursday, Aug. 28, featuring an evening lecture with Kirk Schneider, a psychologist and spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic psychology. The event will preview fall programming and provide an...
Register for five-week Mini Med School—medical school ”for the rest of us”
Members of the campus community are invited to take part in the spring session of Mini Med School, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. Mini Med School is medical school “for the rest of us”—those not seeking a medical ...
Lifelong Learning Program presents daylong lecture series, “A Day at the University”
In one location, over a day of educational lectures, participants can go from exploring dark matter to learning how 3-D printing is revolutionizing industry to absorbing morsels of Cleveland’s past and future. “A Day at the University,” presented by the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Prog...
Professor Glenn Starkman to discuss Higgs Boson's importance at upcoming lecture
The campus community is invited to join the Jewish Alumni Network and the Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association for "An Evening of Learning with Glenn Starkman" on Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Siegal Lifelong Learning Facility (26500 Shaker Blvd., Beachwood). At the even...
Ethics Café public discussion forums kick off Sept. 23
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and the Beamer-Schneider Professorship in Ethics present the Ethics Café—a new informal public forum for the open discussion of current ethics issues. The program kicks off on Monday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 ...