Tri-C Westshore Campus celebrates the 'Year of the Brain'

The Cuyahoga Community College Westshore Campus announces an ongoing lecture series on the brain for the 2013-14 academic year. The Westshore Campus will host a conversational brown bag lunch series, as well as an evening interactive lecture series. Please note some lunch series conversations will occur at Corporate College West. All are free and open to the public.

The lunchtime lecture series is based on the "Charlie Rose: The Brain Series" program, which began airing on PBS in 2009. "The Brain Series" is a multi-part program hosted by Nobel laureate Eric Kandel, M.D., which explores the final frontier of neuroscience research examining current advances in brain science.

The evening lecture series will focus on a variety of brain-related topics. The sessions will include panel discussions with topic experts, interactive activities, games and demonstrations. Dates and topics subject to change.

  • Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “Your Brain at Westshore”
  • Thursday, Sept. 12, 1-2 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Great Mysteries of the Brain”
  • Thursday, Sept. 26, 1-2 p.m., Corporate College West – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The Creative Brain”
  • Thursday, Oct. 3, 1-2 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Post-traumatic Stress”
  • Wednesday, Oct. 9, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “Mysteries of the Brain”
  • Thursday, Oct. 17, 1-2 p.m., Corporate College West – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The Aging Brain”
  • Thursday, Nov. 7, 1-2 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Disorder of Motor Neurons”
  • Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “The Post-traumatic Brain”
  • Thursday, Nov. 21, 1-2 p.m., Corporate College West – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The Mentally Ill Brain”
  • Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “The Calm Brain: Science of Relaxation”
  • Thursday, Feb. 6, 1-2 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Consciousness”
  • Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “The Brain in Love”
  • Thursday, Feb. 20, 1-2 p.m., Corporate College West – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The Emotional and Vulnerable Brain”
  • Thursday, March 6, 1-2 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Autism”
  • Wednesday, March 12, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “Food for Thought”
  • Thursday, March 20, 1-2 p.m., Corporate College West – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “Schizophrenia"
  • Wednesday, April 9, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “What are you Thinking?”
  • Thursday, April 10, 1-2 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The Developing Brain”
  • Thursday, April 24, 1-2 p.m., Corporate College West – Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The Perceiving Brain”
  • Wednesday, May 14, 7-8:30 p.m., Westshore Campus – Brain Evening Series: “The Creative Brain”

The Westshore Campus is located at 31001 Clemens Road, Westlake. Corporate College West is located at 25425 Center Ridge Road, Westlake.

Join the conversation as we discuss "The Brain Series" and catch a glimpse into the next great frontier in science.

For additional information or schedule updates, visit www.tri-c.edu/YearoftheBrain.

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Volume 5, Issue 18, Posted 10:31 AM, 09.04.2013