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April 02, 2013
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…
April 02, 2013
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…
April 02, 2013
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…
April 02, 2013
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…
April 01, 2013
A Body of Art, ӰƵ 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…
April 01, 2013
On Thursday, April 4, the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will present the next installment of its Book and Author Series featuring Richey Piiparinen and Anne Trubek, co-editors of Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology. Rust Belt Chic: The Cleveland Anthology provides an inside-out…
April 01, 2013
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities’ Revolution! series will continue April 4. Ted Morgan, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and noted biographer, will share his experiences covering revolutions in Algeria, the Belgian Congo and Vietnam in “Revolutions I Have Known.” Drawing upon research for…
April 01, 2013
The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission seeks energetic, dedicated individuals to volunteer for the 2013 National Senior Games, presented by Humana and Year of Vitality community programming series. ӰƵ will be a host site for many of the events, taking place July…
March 28, 2013
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine’s Phi Delta Epsilon medical fraternity chapter will hold its third annual basketball tournament to benefit Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. The three-on-three basketball and shoot-out tournaments will be held at ӰƵ’s Veale Center…
March 28, 2013
The ӰƵ chapter of Autism Speaks U will recognize World Autism Awareness Day April 2 with a reception at 6 p.m. The reception will take place in the Peter B. Lewis building, which will be lit up in blue in honor of the day. All are invited to enjoy pastries provided by…