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News and Announcements
- The physics department has released a preliminary announcement about its World Year of Physics/Rockefeller Anniversary Event – “Einstein’s Legacy: Culture, Science, and Technology in the 20th and 21st Centuries,” scheduled for Nov 14, 2005 in Severance Hall. The day-long event is being held in conjunction with the worldwide World Year of Physics celebration, which marks the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s “miraculous year” in which he published three important papers describing ideas that have since influenced all of modern physics. Also being celebrated is the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Rockefeller Physics Laboratory at Case. The November 14 event will feature four internationally known figures, including two Nobel Laureates, and two bestselling authors, who will discuss the impact of Einstein and the science that followed him. The event is sponsored by the physics department, the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics (CERCA), the Case Alumni Association, SAGES, and the School of Medicine. For more information, visit http://www.phys.cwru.edu/events/WYOPannounce-2.pdf (Adobe Acrobat required).
- Several Arts and Sciences faculty were recognized recently as finalists in the Northern Ohio Live Awards of Achievement competition. Henry Adams (history) was honored in the writing category for his new book, "Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist.” Recognized in the community events category were James Edmonson, chief curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center in Arts and Sciences, as well as Percy Skuy, who donated the History of Contraception Collection to the Dittrick. Finally, Gary Galbraith and Karen Potter (dance) were honored in the dance category for the production of "Martha Graham's Primitive Mysteries." For more information on the awards, visit http://www.case.edu/news/2005/9-05/nolawards.htm.
- Another Arts and Sciences faculty member was featured in a major media outlet this week, as the research of Chris Mihos (astronomy) was highlighted in Monday’s USA Today. You can read the article about Mihos’ research on the workings of the Virgo cluster of galaxies at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2005-09-19-galaxy-collision_x.htm.
- The inaugural Samuel M. Savin SAGES lecture is set for October 14, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. in Amasa Stone Chapel. Edward G. Lawry, the Samuel M. Savin SAGES Fellow for Fall 2005 and professor of philosophy at Oklahoma State University, will give the talk “Liberal Education and the Knowledge Most Worth Having.” This annual lecture is presented in honor of Samuel M. Savin, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, whose leadership and vision were critical to the development of SAGES. For more information, visit http://www.case.edu/artsci/dean/SavinLawry.html.
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Arts and Sciences Events
Below is a list of talks, seminars and other events taking place next week in Arts and Sciences. For more information on these and other events, visit http://connection.case.edu/cas/content/eventList.cfm.
Opened Tuesday, 9/7/2005, on the first floor of MSASS - Photography exhibit: Features the indigenous Afro-Colombian people of El Chocó
Friday, 9/23/2005 at 12:30 pm in Clark Hall Room 206 (NOTE ROOM CHANGE) - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Food, Religion, and Politics” by Peter J. Haas, Professor and Chair of Religion; Alan Rocke, Professor and Chair of History; and Joe White, Professor and Chair of Political Science at Case
Saturday, 9/24/2005 from 8:30 am to 5 pm - JASON Expedition introduction 2005-06
Saturday, 9/24/2005 at 1 pm in Harkness Chapel - DMA Lecture Recital - Philip Low (music)
Monday, 9/26/2005 at 4 pm in the Millis Science Center, room 123 - "Dermal Fibroblast Support for Dermal Wound Repair" by J. Michael Sorrell, Ph.D., Skeletal Research Center, Case Western Reserve University
Monday, 9/26/2005 at 4:30 pm in Thwing Center - "The Paradox of Equality" by Deborah Stone, Ph.D.
Wednesday, 9/28/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clark Hall room 309 - "Rights to the Land of Israel: Claims and Compromises" by Gideon Shimoni, Rosenthal Visiting Fellow
Thursday, 9/29/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - ”Where's the probe? Exploring Interactions of Vanadium Oxometalates with Interfaces in Reverse Micelles" by Nancy E. Levinger, Colorado State
Thursday, 9/29/2005 at 7:30 pm, Schmitt Lecture Hall in the Agnar Pytte Science Center - “The Smell of Money: The Africanization of New York City” by Paul Stoller, professor of anthropology, West Chester University, Philadelphia
Friday, 9/30/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Iraq as a War Economy” b y Peter W. Moore, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Case
Friday, 9/30/2005 at 3 pm in Yost Hall room 300 - "Diameters of Sections of Convex Bodies" by Professor Alexander Litvak, University of Alberta, Canada, department of mathematics
Sunday, 10/2/2005 at 3 pm in Harkness Chapel - Joan Terr Ronis Prize Recital (music)
Monday, 10/3/2005 at 4 pm in the Millis Science Center, room 123 - "Cell-Based Therapies" by James E. Dennis, Ph.D., Skeletal Research Center, Case Western Reserve University
Thursday, 10/6/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - “Chemistry in Living Systems: New Tools for Glycobiology” by Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California
Thursday, 10/6/2005 at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall room 309 - “Women in Algeria: Between Military Dictators and Islamic Fundamentalists” by Alek Baylee Toumi, associate professor of French and Francophone studies, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Friday, 10/7/2005 in Guilford Dining Room and Parlor at 4:30 pm - Arts and Sciences Faculty T.G.I.F.
Friday, 10/7/2005 at 7:30 p.m. in Clark Hall room 309 - “Madah-Sartre: The Kidnapping, Trial, Conver(sat/s)ion of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir as Staged by Terrorists of the GIA” a dramatic reading of a play by Alek Toumi, associate professor of French and Francophone studies, U. of Wisconsin
Friday, 10/7/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Policies for Job Training” by Marcus Stanley, Assistant Professor of Economics at Case
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