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March 20, 2013
Xiangwu (David) Zeng, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, director of the Center for Shale Energy Research and Education and a leading expert on earthquakes, will lead this week’s Public Affairs Discussion group talk, titled “Shale Gas: Opportunities and Challenges.” The talk will take…
March 20, 2013
The first think[ box ] designer in residence is Daniel Cuffaro, professional designer and head of the industrial design department at Cleveland Institute of Art. Cuffaro holds open office hours in think[ box ] each Monday from 1 to 5 p.m. This is a unique opportunity for free consultations with an…
March 20, 2013
On Thursday, March 28, the Department of Religious Studies and the President’s Interfaith Community Service Campus Challenge will sponsor “What’s the Impact of a New Pope? An Interreligious Perspective.” The talk will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Inamori International Center for Ethics and…
March 20, 2013
In the next Faculty Work-In-Progress session, Tim Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, will lead a discussion titled “Bibles Hot and Cold.” Biblical scholars in the early decades of the print era were aware their challenge was not simply to put biblical content into pre-formatted…
March 19, 2013
All members of the ӰƵ community are invited to attend Passover Seder and Shabbat celebrations at the Cleveland Hillel. Seders begin at 7 p.m. on March 25 and 26. On March 29, a Shabbat service will begin at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a full dinner. Registration is required…
March 19, 2013
All members of the ӰƵ community are invited to attend a talk with Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, Friday, March 22. Benza’s talk, titled “A View from the Death House,” will give an inside look at the complex issues surrounding capital punishment and…
March 19, 2013
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the next Flora Stone Mather Center for Women WILD Wednesday talk, "International Women's Discussion.” The event will be an informal conversation on women's roles in other countries and experiences in transitioning to the United States. Women…
March 19, 2013
On March 22, Operation Smile, the Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) and the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) will present a medical-speaker panel on cleft lips and palates. All are invited to talk to enjoy a catered lunch while learning, networking and meeting…
March 19, 2013
Two young men who shared the same name and lived in similar Baltimore-area neighborhoods wound up on opposite sides of prison bars. One Wes Moore became a Rhodes Scholar and bestselling author; the other is serving a life sentence in a Maryland prison. The story of how they both found trouble…
March 18, 2013
The Ethics Table brown bag lunch series will continue Wednesday, March 20, with a brainstorming session on the ethical irrelevance of empirical reality, looking at ways empirical reality obscures ethics. The meeting will be held in Thwing Center’s Cleveland Room from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on…