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News and Announcements
- Welcome Arts and Sciences faculty, staff, and friends to the 2005-06 academic year at Case. For a video welcome message from Case President Edward Hundert, visit http://www.case.edu/menu/president/.
- The fruits of several major Arts and Sciences initiatives — in student and faculty recruitment, curricular reform, program development, and facilities creation — will be visible in the College and across the university starting this semester. Read more about the remarkable changes taking place in Arts and Sciences this fall in the on-line version of art/sci, the bi-annual newsletter for faculty, staff, alumni and friends of Arts and Sciences, at http://www.case.edu/artsci/newsletter/index.html.
- The first of four fall semester T.G.I.F. get-togethers for Arts and Sciences faculty is scheduled for this Friday from 4:30-6:30 pm in the Hovorka Atrium. Click here for a complete list of the 2005-06 T.G.I.F. events.
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Humanities and jury chair of The Cleveland Foundation's Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, will address the incoming first-year class at Case through its SAGES program Thursday, September 15, at 11:30 a.m. in Severance Hall. His talk, “Pursuing a Dream: W.E.B. Du Bois and His Encyclopedia,” is free and open to the general public. Gates' talk is co-sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and the SAGES program at Case, and The Cleveland Foundation's Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. SAGES students are expected to attend the event, with the remaining seats open to the public. Because of limited seating, registration is recommended by visiting http://www.case.edu/events/hlgates/.
- Arts and Sciences is already gearing up its event offerings for fall. For example, Arts and Sciences faculty are being encouraged to attend the College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Fellowship Panel discussion “How I got my Guggenheim” at 12:30 pm in Crawford Hall room 720 today. Also today, the Public Affairs Discussion Group kicks off its first weekly gathering for the fall semester with the talk: “Roberts Rules?” by Ken Ledford, associate professor of history and law at Case; and Jon Entin and Mel Durchslag, professors of law at Case. As always, a complete listing of events in Arts and Sciences can be found at http://connection.case.edu/cas/content/eventList.cfm.
- Do you have news to share on a recent achievement or upcoming event? If so, send your news to Cathy Varga at ctv1@case.edu.
- The university will observe the Labor Day holiday next week on Monday, September 5. University offices will be closed and no classes will be in session.
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.
Friday, 9/2/2005 at 12:30 pm in Crawford Hall room 720 - “How I got my Guggenheim”: College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Fellowship Panel
Friday, 9/2/2005 at 12:30 pm in the Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall - Public Affairs Discussion Group: “Roberts Rules?” by Ken Ledford, Associate Professor of History and Law at Case; and Jon Entin and Mel Durchslag, Professors of Law at Case
Friday, 9/2/2005 at 4:30 pm in the Hovorka Atrium - Arts and Sciences Faculty T.G.I.F.
Tuesday, 9/6/2005 at 4 pm in Sears Hall room 552 - "The Luminous Tip of the Dark Matter Iceberg" by Mike Hudson, Waterloo
Thursday, 9/8/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - “Nanoparticles for Photochemical Applications” by Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University
Wednesday, 9/14/2005 at 4:30 p.m. in Gund Hall A59 - Moot Court - “Crimes of the Genome: Literature and the Gene for Violence” by Jay Clayton, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Chair of English, Vanderbilt University
Wednesday, 9/14/2005 at 7:30 PM in Harkness Chapel - Lecture Recital: Debra Nagy (music)
Thursday, 9/15/2005 at 11:30 am in Severance Hall - "Pursuing a Dream: W.E.B. DuBois and His Encyclopedia" by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Thursday, 9/15/2005 at 4:30 pm in Clapp Hall room 108 - "Crystallographic Snapshots of Metalloproteins” by Catherine L. Drennan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, 9/15/2005 at 4:15 pm in Rockefeller Hall room 301 - “The Ubiquity and Power of Analogies in Physics” by Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University – part of the Physics Colloquium Series
Friday, 9/16/2005 at 4 pm in Clark Hall, room 206 - Music & Culture Lecture Series: "In the Beginning: Creation Scenarios from Mozart to Schubert" by Maynard Solomon, biographer
Saturday, 9/17/2005 at 10 am in Clapp Hall, room 108 - Screening of Gosho's "The Izu Dancer"
Saturday, 9/17/2005 at 7 pm in the Cleveland Cinematheque at The Cleveland Institute of Art - Film Screening: Gosho’s "Where Chimneys are Seen,” preceded by an intro, "Living Life to the Fullest," by Professor Arthur Nolletti, Jr., Framingham State University
Sunday, 9//18/2005 at 7:30 pm in Harkness Chapel - Lisa Rainsong: Faculty Composition Recital
If you would like to subscribe to this weekly e-mail announcement, contact Cathy Varga at ctv1@case.edu.
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