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Calendar Items from the September 25, 2003, Campus News


Thursday, September 25 . . . Case/UH/CCF Musculoskeletal Research Seminar Series: Speaker #1: "Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," Arnold I. Caplan. Speaker #2: "Micro-CT Imaging Applications in Orthopaedics," Kimberly A. Powell. Frohring Auditorium, 105 Biomedical Research Building, 4 p.m. Contact: (Valerie.Schmedlen@uhhs.com).

Thursday, September 25 . . . English Department Reading Series: "Gum Dipped: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town," Joyce Dyer. 1st Floor, Guilford Hall, 4:30 p.m. http://www3.uakron.edu/uapress/dyer.html. Contact: Mary Grimm, 368-2355 (mcg3).

Monday, September 29 . . . Skeletal Research Center Seminar Series: "The Clot Thickens: Remodeling Brain After Stroke," Michael Chopp. 123 Millis Science Center, 4 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/biol/skeletal. Contact: Debbie Bush, (ddb9).

Monday, September 29 . . . Department of Biochemistry Literature Seminar: "BRCA1 and X Chromosome Inactivation," Chiao-ying Chang. E501 School of Medicine, noon.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . Mini Med School: Medical School for the Rest of Us. First of five sessions: "Genetics: Newborn Screening." Host: Art Zinn. 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.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . Materials Science and Engineering Fall Colloquium: "Polymeric Electrolyte Fuel Cells: Materials Issues," Tom Zawodzinski. 411 White Building, 4 p.m. http://scumbag.case.edu/colloquium/index.php.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . Excellence in Leadership . . . A Foundation. Tenth "flight" begins. A foundation program is the opportunity for supervisors to come together to network and learn necessary supervisory and leadership skills bringing an "appreciative approach" to the workplace. Dively Center for Executive Education, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact: Terri Ramage-Louis, 368-4503 (tar4).

Wednesday, October 1 . . . Career Center: Bound for Graduate School? "Graduate Admissions Essays: What Works, What Doesn't and Why," Donald Asher. Hatch Auditorium, Baker Building. 8-9 p.m. Contact: Eric L. Dicken, 368-4433, (eld6).

Thursday, October 2 . . . 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 2 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "Exploring Methods in Carbohydrate and Alkaloid Synthesis," David Y. Gin. Refreshments: 4:15 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall. 4:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/chem. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622 (pme2).

LECTURES

Thursday, September 25 . . . Sixth Annual Greenfield Lecture: "The IKK Complex as a Coordinator of Innate and Adaptive Immunity," Michael Karin. Reception following in W344. E501 School of Medicine, 4 p.m. http://pharmacology.case.edu. Contact: Jackie Martin, 368-4617 (jxw65).

Thursday, September 25 . . . Chemistry Colloquium: "Bioinspired Organometallic Chemistry: From Nickel-Containing Enzymes to Modern Synthetic Methods," Lanny Liebeskind. Refreshments: 4:15 p.m. 108 Clapp Hall, 4:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/chem. Contact: Pat Eland, 368-3622 (pme2).

Friday, September 26 . . . Raymond F. Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science and Engineering: "Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes," Michael Rubinstein. Auditorium, Clapp Hall, 3 p.m. Contact: 368-3596 (macro).

Monday, September 29 . . . "Paradoxes of Real Existing Globalization: Elite Discourses, Grass Roots and Back Streets." Jonathan Freidman. Sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology and History and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities. 1914 Lounge, Thwing Center, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact: Kathleen Dowdell, 368-2264 (kjd4).

Monday, September 29 . . . "The Freedom Ride and the Australian Sixties," Ann Curthoys. Sponsored by the Department of History. 100 Mather House, 4 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/hsty. Contact: Marissa Ross, 368-2380 (mar14).

Wednesday, October 1 . . . History's Harvest: Feasting Through the Centuries. "Serving Up Food History: Intellectual Nutrition or Just Empty Calories?" Alan Rocke. 10 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 6:30-9:30 p.m. http://www.case.edu/artsci/hsty.Contact: Marissa Ross, 368-2380 (mar14).

Thursday, October 2 . . . Frank J. Battisti Memorial Lecture: "Removing Impediments to Equal Opportunity," Kurt Schmoke. CLE credit available. A59 Moot Court Room, School of Law, 6-7 p.m. http://www.law.case.edu. Contact: Development and Public Affairs, 368-3308 (lawalumni).

Friday, October 3 . . . Raymond F. Boyer Lecture Series in Macromolecular Science and Engineering: "Helical Oligomers and Folding Driven Polymerization," Jeffrey Moore. Auditorium, Clapp Hall, 3 p.m. Contact: 368-3596 (macro).

LUNCHTIME MEETINGS

Thursday, September 25 . . . Staff Development Seminar: "Managing Stress through Meditation," William Hale. Open to all university employees. Brown bag lunch. 13 Crawford Hall, noon. Contact: Tina Jurcisin 368-2834 (tmj).

Friday, September 26 . . . Center for Women Faculty Brown Bag Lunch. Networking opportunities and informal discussion. Beverages and dessert provided. 303 Thwing Center, noon. http://www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Friday, September 26 . . . Public Affairs Forum: Featuring Edward R. Brown on "Private Pensions: Indications of
Impending Disaster." Beverages and cookies provided. 15 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/PADG.htm. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

Monday, September 29 . . . Center for Women: Staff Brown Bag Lunch. Networking opportunities and informal discussion. Beverages and dessert provided. 303 Thwing Center, noon. http://www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Wednesday, October 1 . . . Center for Women Book Discussion Group: "Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern-day Jordan," Norma Khouri. Bring your lunch. 720 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.cwru.edu/president/uwc/calendar.html. Contact: Rosemary Alexander, 368-2008 (rka2).

Friday, October 3 . . . Center for Women Staff Brown Bag Lunch Networking opportunities and informal discussion. Beverages and dessert provided. 303 Thwing Center 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. http:/www.case.edu/provost/centerforwomen. Contact: Ginnette Boyarko, 368-0985 (geb9).

Friday, October 3 . . . Public Affairs Forum: LaDonna Hatton, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, on "Managing the Justice System." Beverages and cookies provided. 15 Crawford Hall, noon. http://www.case.edu/artsci/cps/PADG.htm. Contact: Jeff Bendix, 368-6070 (jxb34).

DISSERTATION DEFENSES

Thursday, September 25 . . . "Immunoassay, Inhibition and Mechanistic Studies of Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation," Yuvaraju Balamraju, chemistry. Adviser: Robert G. Salomon. 123 Millis Science Center, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . "The Mediating Role of Organizational Legitimacy in Resource-based Models of
New Venture Performance," Branko Bucar. Adviser: Robert D. Hisrich. Room 121 Peter B. Lewis Building, 10 a.m. to noon.

COMPUTER CLASSES

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, September 29 . . . Adobe Acrobat 6, 2-4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . MS Access Topics: Queries, 8:30 to noon; Government Statistics on the WWW, 10-11 a.m.; Industry Info Online, noon to 1 p.m.; MS Excel List Management Tools, 1-4 p.m.

Wednesday, October 1 . . . E-mail Filters: Organizing E-mail, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Researching with Psych Info,
2-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 2 . . . Searching the Web: Can You Trust?, 1-2:30 p.m.

Friday, October 3 . . . Java Script Introduction, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

SPORTS

For schedule changes and contest results visit: http://www.case.edu/orgs/varsity/varsity.html.

Thursday, September 25 . . . Women's soccer @ Oberlin College, 5 p.m.

Friday September 26 . . . Volleyball @ Lakeland CC Tournament, TBD; women's and men's cross country @ CC Distance Festival, Raleigh, N.C., 2:45 p.m.

Saturday, September 27 . . . Men's and women's soccer @ Baldwin Wallace College, 8 p.m; volleyball @ Lakeland CC Tournament, TBD; football vs. College of Wooster, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . Women's soccer vs. Heidelberg College, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 1 . . . Men's soccer @ Otterbein College, 4 p.m.; volleyball @ Ursuline College, 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, October 3 and 4 . . . Volleyball UAA Round Robin @ Washington, TBD.

Saturday, October 4 . . . Men's soccer @New York University, 11 a.m.; women's soccer @ New York University, 1:15 p.m.; men's and women's cross country @ Loyola of Chicago Invitational, 11 a.m. (CST).

FILM

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.

Friday, September 26 . . . "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

Saturday, September 27 . . . "Blade Runner." 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, October 3 . . . "Finding Nemo." 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and midnight.

Saturday, October 4 . . . "Road to Utopia." 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.

CONCERTS

Sunday, September 28 . . . Cleveland Institute of Music Concert Series: CIM Orchestra Series faculty recital. Lisa Boyko, viola; Eliesha Nelson, viola, guest artist; Lembi Veskimets, viola, guest artist; Elizabeth DeMio, piano.
Severance Hall, 4 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.

Tuesday, September 30 . . . Pianofest 2003-2004: A series of musical salons by Cleveland Institute of Music students with commentary by Paul Schenly. Tickets $4 at door, students free. LePavillon, Cleveland Institute of Music, 7:30 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.

Wednesday, October 1 . . . Midday Music at CIM: Student Recital Series. Le Pavillon, Cleveland Institute of Music, 12:30 p.m. http://www.cim.edu. Contact: 791-5000.

Wednesday, October 1 . . . Faculty Recital: Richard Weiss, cello; Joela Jones, piano; Maximillian Dimoff, double bass; Donald Miller, drum set, guest artist. LePavillon, Cleveland Institute of Music, 8 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.

Friday, October 3 . . . Faculty Recital: Sandra Shapiro, piano; Peter Rejto, cello, guest artist. LePavillon, Cleveland Institute of Music, 7:30 p.m. http://www.cim.edu.

Sunday, October 5 . . . Community Concert Art Song Recital: Heather Ellen Chipman, soprano; Tyson Deaton, piano. Tickets at door: $8 general admission; $6 seniors, students and VARN members; free to CIM faculty and
students. LePavillon, Cleveland Institute of Music, 4 p.m. http://www.cim.edu. Contact: 614-451-3783.

OTHER EVENTS

Thursday, September 25 . . . Fall Career Fair. Open to all students. Employers must register for the event with the Career Center. Veale Convocation Center, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. http://www.case.edu/stuaff/careers. Contact: Lucia DiVieste, 368-4446 (lxd34).

Thursday and Friday, September 25 and 26 . . . TIAA-CREF Individual Retirement Counseling Sessions. Reservations required. 209 Crawford Hall, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: Kay Fulk or Alisia Powell, 1-877-209-3138.

Saturday, September 27 . . . JASON XV: Rainforests at the Crossroads: Teacher Professional Development. Fee $85. Lunch included. 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: Kathryn Kwiatkowski, 368-5075 (kmk21).

Friday and Saturday, October 3 and 4 . . . Family Weekend 2003. A variety of events at several campus locations. Registration in Thwing Atrium. 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Contact: Suzanne Leach, 368-2679 (sml12).

 

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