[NEohioPAL]Free Event: April 12, 2007 - Award-winning performer Anna Deavere Smith at Case Western Reserve University

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Free Event=3A April 12=2C 2007 - Award-winning performer Anna Deavere =

Smith at Case Western Reserve University=92s Annual Research ShowCASE =

event

Please join us for the annual Case Western Reserve University Research =

ShowCASE event on April 11 =26 12=2C 2007=2E This event is free and open =
to =

the public=2E

For more information and to register on-line=2C please visit=3A
http=3A//showcase=2Ecase=2Eedu

This session will be of particular interest to NEohioPal readers=3A

Who=3A
Guest Speaker
Anna Deavere Smith=2C Playwright=2C Actress and MacArthur Foundation Fell=
ow
Ms=2E Smith=92s bio=3A
http=3A//www=2Eroycecarlton=2Ecom/speakers/smith=2Ehtml
=93Hailed by Newsweek as =93the most exciting individual in American =

theater=2C=94 playwright and performance artist Anna Deavere Smith uses =

her singular brand of theater to explore issues of race=2C community and =

character in America=2E She was awarded the prestigious MacArthur =

Foundation =93genius=94 Fellowship for creating =93a new form of theater =
=97 a =

blend of theatrical art=2C social commentary=2C journalism and intimate =

reverie=2E=94=94

What=3A
Race and the Nation =96 Snapshots of America in Change =


When=3A
Thursday=2C April 12=2C 2007
10=3A30 am =96 12=3A00 noon

Where=3A
Veale Convocation Center on the campus of Case Western Reserve =

University in Cleveland
On Adelbert Road=2C between Cedar Road and Euclid Avenue
Map=3A
http=3A//ora=2Era=2Ecwru=2Eedu/showcase/ResearchShowCASEParkingMap=2Epdf

Details on the forum=3A
This forum will begin with a theatrical presentation of voices from =

America by award-winning author and performer=2C Anna Deavere Smith=2E Ms=
=2E =

Smith transforms herself onstage into characters that explore issues =

of race=2C community and character in America=2E  The panel will then ope=
n =

up to a discussion of the increasing complexity of American race =

relations=2E  Concern over persistent disparity in the health-care =

systems where inclusion and exclusion criteria affect access to =

quality health care is a part of our nation=92s fabric=2E  Are we bridgin=
g =

the gap=2C or making it wider=3F  These questions and others will be =

explored at this compelling forum=2E

The forum will be moderated by Dee Perry=2C Ideastream Host - Around =

Noon=2E =


Panelists are=3A
- Richard E=2E Grant=2C M=2ED=2E=2C Edgar B=2E Jackson Chair for Diversit=
y and =

Clinical Excellence=2C Case Professor in the Department of Orthopedic =

Surgery=2C and University Hospitals Orthopedic Surgeon
- Charles Modlin=2C M=2ED=2E=2C Cleveland Clinic Urologist and Director o=
f =

Men=92s Diversity Health Center
- Derek Raghavan=2C M=2ED=2E=2C Ph=2ED=2C Cleveland Clinic Medical Oncolo=
gist and =

Director of the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center and Chairman of =

the Cancer Division
- Kristin Williams=2C D=2ED=2ES=2E=2C Case School of Dental Medicine Assi=
stant =

Professor=2C Department of Community Dentistry
- Rhonda Y=2E Williams=2C Ph=2ED=2E=2C Case Associate Professor of Histor=
y=2C =

Ethnic Studies and Women=27s Studies Programs=2E

For information on the Race and the Nation forum=2C please visit=3A
http=3A//ora=2Era=2Ecwru=2Eedu/showcase/session=2Easpx=3FUID=3DD7969065-3=
3AA-438E-
B554-741F1BFFD1E8

Additional information=3A
Research ShowCASE 2007 is a free public event held in the Veale =

Convocation Center on the campus of Case Western Reserve University=2E   =

Hundreds of scientists and scholars will come together on April 11th =

and 12th=2C 2007 at Case Western Reserve University Veale Convocation =

Center to celebrate the broad range of research being conducted at =

Case and its affiliates=2E =


With over 500 poster presentations and live demonstrations=2C Research =

ShowCASE is the perfect opportunity for business=2C government and civic =

leaders=2C researchers and investors to meet=2E  Provocative forums =

throughout the day highlight research in the context of current local =

and global issues and the commercial aspects of research and =

discovery=2E  =


This year=92s panels include The Information Revolution with guest =

speaker Ambassador Joseph Wilson=2C author of The Politics of Truth=2C =

Race and the Nation =96 Snapshot of America in Change=2C with guest =

speaker Anna Deavere Smith=2C actress=2C playwright and MacArthur =

Foundation Fellow=2C Fast Forward =96 the Future of Funding=2C including =

guest speaker John Osher=2C Entrepreneur and Spin Brush Developer and =

Magic Technology =96 Advances in Bio-Imaging=2C including speakers from =

the academic and corporate research areas of the newest bio-imaging =

technology=2E   =


For more information and to register on-line=2C please visit=3A
http=3A//showcase=2Ecase=2Eedu