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Documentary on prominent Native American activist shown

Nathan Lesch, Staff Reporter March 29, 2019

In conjunction with the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning, LGBT Center, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, Ellipsis Institute for Women of Color in the Academy, Lake Erie Native American Council...

Advocate for women’s education in Israel speaks at CWRU

Nihal Manjila, Staff Reporter March 29, 2019

On Monday, March 25 Case Western Reserve University hosted a presentation by Amal Abu Alkom, an advocate for women’s education in Israel. She was accompanied by Gabe Axler who translated Alkom’s words...

Author, journalist Timothy Egan gives talk

Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter March 22, 2019

We are storytelling people. This is the message author Timothy Egan shared during his visit to Case Western Reserve University on March 19 as a part of the Writers Center Stage series. An award-winning...

Prominent Arab-Israeli conflict scholar speaks on campus

Nathan Lesch, Staff Reporter March 22, 2019

On Tuesday night, in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center, Mouin Rabbani spoke to Case Western Reserve University students and University Circle community members about “Israel,...

Lecture focuses on racial disparities in treatment of autism

Lev Pearlman, Contributing Reporter March 1, 2019

On Feb. 26 Dr. David Mandell, the Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, delivered the third annual Kessler-Freedeim Lecture. The event...

Long-shot Democratic nomination candidate Andrew Yang visits Cleveland library

Long-shot Democratic nomination candidate Andrew Yang visits Cleveland library

Grace Howard, News Editor March 1, 2019

On Feb. 24, Andrew Yang, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, spoke to a packed room at the Mayfield Branch of Cuyahoga County Library about his 2020 presidential campaign and platform....

Academic Integrity Board hosts Eaton executive

Katharine Toledo, Staff Reporter March 1, 2019

On Friday, Feb. 22, the Case Western Academic Integrity Board (CWRU AIB) hosted its concluding event of I-Week, a keynote address from guest speaker Mark Lekan of the Eaton Corporation. Lekan serves...

Courtesy of Cleveland Eats Twitter
A scene from the 2017 edition of the Cleveland Eats Festival. This past month, festival organizers announced it would no longer continue.

Cleveland Eats festival canceled

Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter March 1, 2019

A beloved Cleveland festival is no longer. The widely attended Cleveland Eats Tri-C Culinary Festival has been canceled after only two years. Michael Huff, the dean of the Hospitality Management Center...

Latest Think Big discussion focuses on humanities

Maryam Iqbal, Staff Reporter March 1, 2019

On Monday, Feb. 25, there was another discussion led by Case Western Reserve University Provost Ben Vinson as part of the university’s “Think Big” initiative, aiming to involve the entire campus...

Engineering Challenges Carnival kicks off E-Week

Jordan Reif, Staff Reporter March 1, 2019

Hundreds of students aged 2-18 years-old from the greater Cleveland area gathered at the Thwing Center last Saturday for the Engineering Challenges Carnival. Kicking off the week-long celebration of engineers,...

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