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CWRU Protective Services has cable locks available for laptop computers. The locks can be purchased for $39 each or rented for $10/year with a $30 refundable security deposit. For details, contact Karen Gregor at 368-6811 or at kag4. Weight group to start new session CWRU's Weight Watchers At-Work program for faculty, staff, students and friends of the University starts its next session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. May 1 in the Spartan Room of Thwing Center. The 14-week session is available for the price of 12 weeks. The cost is $138, which can be paid by cash, check or charge. The payment can be divided into three payments of $46 when paying by check. For more information or to register, contact Sara McIntyre at 368-3924 or sym2.
EASE@Work will provide information on summer camp programs, seasonal child care and other similar activities from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 1 in Thwing Atrium. Call 241-3273 or 800-521-3273 or contact Carolyn Gerich at 368-2458 or cag16 with questions.
CWRU offers graduate programs in nonprofit management through the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, and the majority of classes are offered in the evening to accommodate working professionals. An information session on these and other programs and how University employees, their spouses or dependent children can take advantage of the tuition waiver benefit to enroll to earn a master's degree on a part-time basis will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 1 in the 1914 Room of Thwing Center. Students, faculty and alumni will be present and refreshments will be served. RSVP to Rebecca Zirm at 368-6025 or rez4.
R. Timothy Hunt, Nobel laureate in physiology and medicine (2001), will give the Hanna Lecture, from 11 a.m. until noon May 6 in E501 of the School of Medicine. Hunt's talk will be entitled "The control of events in the cell cycle." British biochemist Hunt shared the Nobel prize with fellow Briton Paul M. Nurse and American researcher Leland H. Hartwell. The team's research will improve understanding of the way cancer cells develop and new approaches to tackling it. To learn more, e-mail Richard Zigmond at rez.
Case for UNICEF is conducting a fund-raising drive to raise $3,000 by the end of the semester to assist children in Iraq. The drive is being sponsored by several campus organizations. Contributions may be made at donation boxes in the University Library, Thwing Center, Leutner and Fribley commons, Tomlinson Hall, the Biomedical Research Building, Strosacker Auditorium during movie nights, the Cleveland Institute of Music on concert nights and the Cleveland Institute of Art student services office. For details, go to http://ww.unicef.org.
Volunteers are needed to serve as judges for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which CWRU will host May 11-17. A doctorate or professional degree or six years of professional experience in one of the fields to be judged are required. Categories include behavioral and social sciences, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, computer sciences, earth and space sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, gerontology, mathematics, medicine and health, microbiology, physics and zoology. Judges are required to attend orientation the evening of May 13 at the Cleveland Convention Center. Actual judging will take place all day May 14. Questions may be directed to Christine Moravec at isef2003@ccf.org or visit http://intelisef2003.org.
CWRU's School of Dentistry needs 100 youths between the ages of 11-18 to serve as patients for the incoming orthodontics class that arrives July 1. CWRU offers a free screening to see if the youths qualify for braces. If selected as a patient, a youth's complete orthodontic work is normally around $1,800 and must be paid at the beginning of treatment. For information or appointments, call 368-3249.
The Cleveland Museum of Art will host public workshops beginning May 2 in preparation for the June 14 Parade the Circle Celebration. Basic workshops feature artists who will assist participants in making masks, costumes and giant puppets using paper mache, cloth and recycled materials. The museum also offers special workshops for stilt-dancing and batik-a color dyeing technique to create costumes and banners. There is a fee or classes. Group rates, scholarship assistance and multiple workshop passes are available. To learn more or to register, call the museum's community arts office at 707-2483.
Christian LaMantia, director of CWRU's office of research compliance, will present the seminar HIPAA Compliance Checkup: Human Subject Research at two different times-from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and from 2-3 p.m. May 2, both in the Toepfer Room of Adelbert Hall. The seminar is to update investigators and research staff on the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 compliance programs. Seating is limited. Attendees are asked to RSVP for either session by contacting Maureen at 368-6925 or mxd4 by April 30. Parking will be validated and attendees may bring their own refreshments.
A new bus route connecting University Circle with Shaker Square and Coventry will begin making rounds this summer. The Regional Transit Authority's 11th Community Circulator also will stop at red, blue and green line rail stations and go through Little Italy. The route will use 18-seat buses that look like oversized vans. The buses, circulating at 30-minute intervals, will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The cost is 75 cents a ride, but CWRU students can board free with their RTA passes.
The Center for Women book Discussion Group will feature Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston May 7 and Dust Tracks On The Road, also by Zora Neale Hurston, on June 4. All meetings are from noon to 1 p.m. in Crawford 720. To learn more, contact Rosemary Alexander at rka2.
The Manor House at Squire Valleevue Farm will be undergoing renovations. In order to complete the work required, the house must be closed to meetings and events for the months of July, August and September 2003. The construction involved will include installation of a new sandstone patio, waterproofing and replacing front lawn drainage. If the work is completed prior to the projected date, the house will reopen then. Contact Lisa Battista, Manor House administrator at manorhouse@po.cwru.edu, with questions or concerns.
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