Siegal Lifelong Learning Program

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November 15, 2018
Food is for eating. But it also provides a vehicle for expressing ethnic pride and national identity. Sometimes food articulates conflict, and other times it serves to foster coexistence.
Ari Ariel, adjunct assistant professor at University of Iowa, will present “Hummus Wars: Food, Identity and the...

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November 14, 2018
Partnering with the Medical Examiner’s Office, the Cuyahoga County Postvention Response Team reaches out to those most directly impacted by suicide loss, and provides valuable training to law enforcement teams and potential first responders.
People with substance use disorders are about six times m...

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November 13, 2018
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host two lectures by Aaron Koller, associate professor and chair of the Robert M. Beren Department of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University (New York).
The lectures are free for members of the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program. For nonmembers, the lectures co...

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November 08, 2018
The Origins Science Scholars Series will conclude with a talk by Ken Singer, the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A/B.
Singer will present “Lighting Up the World of Big Data: Optical Data Storage Using Quantum Mechanics.”
The event...

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November 08, 2018
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to a discussion titled “Tribe Talk: Jewish Community Conversation on the Pittsburgh Attack” Sunday, Nov. 11, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Dr.).
Brian Amkraut, executive director of the Laura and Alvin...

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November 06, 2018
Loosely modeled after the popular City Club Forum, the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host the Eastside Conversations, programs held once a month to discuss contemporary issues.
Daniel Goldmark, professor of music, will lead the next discussion in the series. He will present “The New ‘New” H...

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November 05, 2018
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host author Ruby Namdar for two lectures Nov. 15 and Nov. 16.
Namdar will present “Conversations On Judaism and the Arts: The Talmud as Inspiration for Contemporary Literature” Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Drive).
Reg...

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October 31, 2018
The Origins Science Scholars Series continues with a talk by Jesse Berezovsky, associate professor of physics, Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Berezovsky will present “Putting Spooky Quantum Reality to Work with Quantum Computers.”
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program ...

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October 30, 2018
The fall 2018 Mini Med Series will conclude with a talk titled “Lung Cancer” Monday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center.
Afshin Dowlati, the Rosalie and Morton Cohen Chair in Lung Cancer and the Lucile and Robert Gries Endowed Director of the Center for Cancer Drug Development...

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October 24, 2018
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s next Conversations at Judson Park event will be held Monday, Nov. 12, from noon to 1 p.m. at Judson Park (2181 Ambleside Dr.).
Elina Gertsman, professor in the Department of Art History and Art, will present “Medieval Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art.”
Her ...