Thursday, October 9 . . . University Library GIS Technology Conference: "Sustaining
the Future and Understanding the Past." By invitation only. Some
sessions may be open but seating is limited and reservations are required.
Kelvin Smith Library, 12:15-2:30 p.m. Contact: Gina Midlik, 368-5292
(gmm2).
Thursday, October 9 . . . Skeletal Research Center Seminar Series: "Implementing
Adult Bone Marrow-derived Stem Cell Therapies for Cardiovascular and
Neurological Disease," Joseph Wagner. Co-sponsored by the Biology
Department. 405 Clapp Hall 4 p.m. Contact: (ddb9)
Thursday, October
9 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "A Genomic Approach
to Drug Discovery," John M. Wetzel. Refreshments, 4:15 p.m., Clapp
Hall balcony. 108 Clapp Hall 4:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/chem.
Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622 (pme2).
Thursday, October 9 . . . Center
for Women Creative Writing Group: At the first meeting there will be
discussion on how this group will
operate. There are many possibilities. Read and critique the group's
work; Discuss common readings; Listen to speakers. 303 Thwing Center,
7-8:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette
Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).
Thursday, October 9 . . . Biochemistry Seminar: "Control
of RNA Chain Elongation in Bacteria," Irina Artismovitch. E501
School of Medicine, noon. Contact: Sakeenah Bari-Harold, 368-3334 (sxb84).
Friday,
October 10 . . . Weatherhead School of Management presents: " Building
a Better World Just Might Be the Next Frontier," Rosabeth Kanter.
Please register on Web site. 202 Dively Building, 1 p.m. http://www.weatherhead.case.edu/alumni/kanter.htm.
Contact: Retta Holdorf, 368-1156 (rmh2).
Friday, October 10 . . . Frederick
K. Cox International Law Center War Crimes Research Symposium: Sexual
Assaults of International Consequence:
A Symposium on the Suppression of International Crimes Against Women.
Roy Gutman, will deliver the keynote address at noon. CLE credit available.
A59, Moot Court Room, School of Law, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contact: Development
and Public Affairs, 368-3308 (lawalumni).
Friday through Sunday, October
10 through October 12 . . . 2003 Kavli Foundation-CERCA (Center for
Education and Research in Cosmology and
Astrophysics) Conference: "The Future of Cosmology." Co-sponsored
by the Physics Department. By invitation only. Strosacker Auditorium
and Shafran Planetarium, 8 a.m. Contact: Lawrence Krauss, 368-4257
(Krauss).
Monday, October 13 . . . Biochemistry Literature Seminar: "JNK
cascade and its involvement in apoptosis," Jiayi Yang E501 School
of Medicine, noon. Contact: Sakeenah Bari-Harold, 368-3334 (sxb84).
Tuesday,
October 14 . . . Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium: "What
can Lorentz Electron Microscopy Teach us About Nano-crystalline Magnets?" Marc
De Graef. 411 White Building 4 p.m. http://scumbag.case.edu/colloquium/index.php.
Tuesday, October 14 . . . Mini Med School: Medical School for the
Rest of Us. Third of five sessions: "Cardiology: Heart Failure
and Heart Disease in Women." Host: Ileana Pina. Registration fee:
$75 for the entire series. Space is limited. Register early. Frohring
Auditorium, Biomedical Research Building, 6:30-8:30 p.m. http://www.cme.case.edu/minimedschool.
Contact: 368-2975.
Thursday, October 16 . . . CIM New Music Festival
Symposium: Contemporary composition and performance techniques for
the flute. Robert Dick,
guest artist. Cleveland Institute of Music 4 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.
Thursday, October 16 . . . Cleveland Institute of Music Symposium: "Contemporary
Techniques on the Flute," Robert Dick. Cleveland Institute of
Music, 4 p.m. http://www.cim.edu. Contact: 791-5000.
Thursday, October
16 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "Mechanistic
Studies of Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions," Alvan Hengge. Refreshments,
4:15 p.m., Clapp Hall balcony. 108 Clapp Hall 4:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/chem.
Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622.
Thursday, October 16 . . . Center
for Women: Act III Roundtable. Discussion group for women in or nearing
retirement. 309 Thwing Center, 4-5:30
p.m. http://www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette
Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).
Thursday, October 16 . . . Biochemistry Seminar:
TBA, Jack F. Greenblatt. E501 School of Medicine, noon. Contact: Sakeenah
Bari-Harold, 368-3334
(sxb84).
Friday, October 17 . . . Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Women's
Voices Series: Jerusalem Women Speak. Three women-one Jewish, one Christian
and one Muslim-converse across religious and
cultural boundaries as they share personal stories of life in Jerusalem.
Panelists: Yehudit Leshet, Mai J. Nassar and Zleikha Muhtaseb. Panel
moderator: Joan Campbell. Harkness Chapel, 3:30 p.m. Contact: Cathy
Varga, 368-6996 (ctv1).
Friday, October 17 . . . Center for Women: Reception
for Junior Women Faculty with Children. Information sharing, possible
support group.
309 Thwing Center, 4 p.m. http://www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen.
Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).
Friday, October 17 . . . "Decoding
Spike Trains Instant-By Instant," Barry
J. Richmond. Sponsored by the Neural Engineering Center and Cleveland
FES Center. 105 Biomedical Research Building, 8:30 p.m. Contact: 231-3257.
Monday, October 13 . . . 2003 Michelson-Morley Award and Lecture: "Brane
New World," Stephen Hawking. Ticket prices are $30, $50 and $150.
Severance Hall 8 p.m. http://www.case.edu/events/mml. Contact: 368-4303
(mmlecture).
Thursday, October 16 . . . "The Zen Patriarch of the
Birds' Nests: Exploring the 17th Century Painting by Tawaraya Sotatsu," Yoshiaki
Shimizu. Sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies. Harkness Chapel,
4:30 p.m. Contact: Cathy Varga, 368-6996 (ctv1).
Thursday, October 16 . . . Seventh Annual John T. Carey Memorial Lecture: "The
Importance of Innate Immunity in Preventing HIV Infection and Disease," Jay
A. Levy. Co-sponsored by Center for AIDS Research and UHC Special Immunology
Unit. 105 Biomedical Research Building, noon. http://www.clevelandactu.org/events.htm.
Contact: Robert Bucklew, 844-2247 (bucklew.robert@clevelandactu.org).
Friday,
October 17 . . . Lectures in History, Anthropology and Literature: "A
Body of Polio: Defining a Disease in the United States, 1916-1955," Kathryn
McGowan. Second of three lectures in this series featuring the work
of the College of Arts and Sciences. Cleveland Room, Thwing Center,
4 p.m. Contact: Chris Flint, 368-2362 (cxf33).
Friday, October 17 .
. . Raymond F. Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science and Engineering: "A
Micro-Rheological Approach to Flow-induced Crystallization. Modeling
and Experimental Evidence," Nino Grizuti.
108 Clapp Hall, 3 p.m. Contact: 368-3596 (macro).
LUNCHTIME MEETINGS
Friday, October 10 . . . Lectures in History, Anthropology, and Literature: "Upon
a Hill: The Industrialization of Chestnut Hill, a Nineteenth-Century
Residential Suburb," Geoff Zylstra. First of three lectures in
this series featuring the work of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Cleveland Room, Thwing Center, 4 p.m. Contact: Chris Flint, 368-2362
(cxf33).
Friday, October 10 . . . Public Affairs Forum: "Good Intentions,
Bad Timing and Ugly Politics: The Clouded Future of Americorps," Glenn
Odenbrett. Beverages and cookies provided. 15 Crawford Hall noon. http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/PADG.htm.
Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).
Thursday, October 16 . . . Staff
Development Seminar: "The Origins
of Prozac: The History and Philosophy of Depression," Jonathan
Sadowsky. Strosaker Auditorium, noon. Contact: Tina Jurcisin, 368-2834
(tmj).
Thursday, October 16 . . . Eldercare Resource Group: "POAs
and Living Wills," Hyatt Legal Plans. 13 Crawford, noon. Contact:
Carolyn Gerich, 368-2458 (cag16).
Friday, October 17 . . . Public Affairs
Forum: "The Transformation
of Public Housing," Arthur Naparstek. Beverages and cookies provided.
15 Crawford Hall noon. http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/PADG.htm. Contact:
Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).
DISSERTATION DEFENSES
Tuesday, October 14 . . . "Test of a Model to Predict Adaptive
Functioning and Depression in School-aged Children," Hsiu-Ju Chang,
nursing. Adviser: Jaclene A. Zauszniewski. 203 J School of Nursing,
2 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14 . . . "Entrepreneurial Alertness: An Exploratory
Study," Zhineng Li, marketing and policy studies.
Adviser: Robert D. Hisrich. 3 Peter B. Lewis Building, 9 a.m.
Friday,
October 17 . . . "Characterization of Estrogen Down-regulated
Gene 1 (EDG1) from Sequence to Function: Role in Breast Cancer and
Regulation of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Transcriptional Activation," Bryan
Matthew Wittman, pharmacology. Adviser: Monica Montano. E501 School
of Medicine, 2 p.m.
Registration and up to date class information for classes listed below
is available online at http://kslearn.case.edu.
If you encounter technical problems or error messages with the process
call 368-2991. All classes are held at 215 Kelvin Smith Library unless
otherwise noted.
Monday, October 13 . . . MS Access Topics: Tables and Relations, 8:30
a.m. to noon; Industry Info Online, noon to 1 p.m.; MS Excel Evaluate
and Interpret Data, 1-4 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14 . . . Photoshop: Introduction,
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Discovering the Digital Media Center of
Ohio Link, Art, Video
and More, noon to 1 p.m., class meets in LLO6.
Wednesday, October
15 . . . Finding Research Articles Online, noon to 1 p.m.; Adobe
Acrobat 6, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 16 . . . Copyright at Case,
1-2 p.m., class meets in LL06; Dreamweaver: Advanced, 1:30-4:30 p.m.
For schedule changes and contest results visit: http://www.case.edu/orgs/varsity/varsity.html.
Saturday, October 11 . . . Soccer vs. Brandeis University: men's,
11 a.m.; women's, 1:15 p.m.; football @ Maryville College (TN), 1:30
p.m.
Wednesday, October 15 . . . Volleyball @ College of Wooster, 7
p.m.; men's and women's cross country @ Edinboro University Rag Relays,
5
p.m.
Friday, October 17 . . . Soccer vs. Emory University: men's
1 p.m., women's 3:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, October 18 and 19 . . . Volleyball UAA Round Robin @ Rochester, TBD.
Saturday, October
18 . . . Football @ Carnegie Mellon University, noon.
Sunday, October
19 . . . Soccer vs. Carnegie Mellon University: men's 11 a.m., women's
1:30 p.m.
Adults $3, children 12 and under $2, 10-film pass $25, semester pass
$50. For more information visit: http://films.case.edu/schedule.html.
Contact: Case Film Society, 368-2463.
This week's films will be shown in Schmidt Auditorium.
Friday, October
10 . . . "The Italian Job." 7 p.m., 9:30
p.m. and midnight.
Saturday, October 11 . . . "La Cite des Enfants
Predus." 7
p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Friday, October 10 . . . Cleveland Institute of Music: Faculty Recital.
Lawrence Angell, double bass; Mary Kay Fink, flute/piccolo; Paul Kantor,
violin; Anita Pontremoli, piano; with guest artists Sonja Braaten,
violin; Lembi Veskimets, viola; and Martha Badwin, cello. Clevland
Institute of Music. 8 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.
Sunday, October 12 .
. . Cleveland Institute of Music: Faculty Recital. Barrick Stees, John
Clouser, Phillip Austin and Jonathan Sherwin (all
guest artists), all bassoon, and Randall Fusco (guest artist), piano.
Cleveland Institute of Music
4 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.
Wednesday, October 15 . . . Aki Festival
of New Music: Robert Dick, composer and flutist, with Mary Kay Fink,
flute. Cleveland Museum of
Art, 7:30 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.
Wednesday, October 15 . . . The CIM Orchestra, Louis
Lane, conductor, Elizabeth Shumann, piano. Works by Ravel, Chopin and
Shostakovich.
Seating passes required. Cleveland Institue of Music, 8 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.
Saturday,
October 18 . . . Chapel, Court and Countryside: Early Music at Harkness. "Flights
of Fantasy," Second City Musick. An
informal Q&A session follows the engagement. Series subscription
$70 or $65 for students, seniors and EMA members. Single tickets: $20
or $18. Harkness Chapel, 7:30 p.m. http://music.cwru.edu/ccc. Contact:
Beverly Simmons, 283-4649 (bxs6).
Friday through Sunday, October 9, 10 and 11 . . . Eldred Drama Series
2003-2004: "The Miss Firecracker Contest." Matinee at 2:30
p.m. October 12. General admission $10, adults 60+ and Case faculty
and staff $7 and students with ID $5. Eldred Theater 8 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/thtr.
Contact: 368-6262.
October 9, 11, 16, 18, 21, 23 and 25 . . . MFA Conservatory
Ensemble Spotlight Series: "Twelfth Night." Matinee: October
18 at 4 p.m. General admission $10; Case students, faculty and staff
$5.
The Cleveland Play House Brooks Theater, 8499 Euclid Avenue. 8 p.m.
http://clevelandplayhouse.com.
Contact: Ticket Office, 795-700.
October
10, 15, 17, 2 and 24 . . . MFA Conservatory Ensemble Spotlight Series: "Hay
Fever." Matinees: October 12 and 16 at 2 p.m..
General admission $10, Case students, faculty and staff $5. The Cleveland
Play House Brooks Theater, 8500 Euclid Avenue. 8 p.m. http://clevelandplayhouse.com.
Contact: Ticket Office, 795-700.
DEADLINES
Friday, October 10 . . . Graduate student payroll forms due. 5 p.m.
Friday, October 17 . . . Last day to register your participation in
the Case Heritage and Cultural Celebration. Registration form is
available online. Completed form may be faxed to 368-8948 by 5
p.m. http://www.ceru.edu/finadmin/humres/eerel/hcregistration.pdf.
Contact:
Carolyn Gerich, 368-2458 (cag16).
OTHER EVENTS
October 9 through October 12 . . . Fall for the Circle. University
Circle Inc. sponsors events at member institutions. Call for a schedule
of events. http://www.universitycircle.org. Contact: 791-3900.
Saturday,
October 11 . . . Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory and Continuing
Education Open House. Light refreshments provided. Cleveland
Institute of Music 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.
Tuesday, October
14 . . . Center for Women Film Presentation: "Rabbit
Proof Fence." 310 Thwing Center, 8 p.m. http://www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen.
Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).
Wednesday, October 15 .
. . Vanguard Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions. Reservations
required. You may register online. 209 Crawford
Hall, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/finadmin/humres/benefits/1on1.html.
Contact: 1-800-662-0106, ext. 14500.
Saturday, October 18 . . . Metropolitan
Opera National Council District Auditions: Community Concert Event.
Cleveland Institute of Music,
1:30 p.m. Contact: 766-5738.
