The Department of History and CWRU History Associates will welcome Manisha Sinha, the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut, for the biannual Ubbelohde Lecture Thursday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C
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Livestream link to the event: https://case.edu/livestream/s3
In Fast Company, an American business magazine, Ted Steinberg suggests that your neighbor’s picture perfect lawn might actually be painted grass. According to Steinberg, “Our desire for a blanket of green grass is a relatively new phenomenon.”
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