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Town Hall of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University announced new academic partnership
Contact: Kathy Friedrich
(216) 241-1919
admin@townhallseries.org

June 2010—Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and Town Hall of Cleveland are proud to announce a new partnership. CWRU will be the new academic sponsor for Town Hall of Cleveland, who is celebrating 80 years of public forum lectures for audiences in Northern Ohio.

CWRU adds stability and stature to the Town Hall not-for-profit organization. Their support will enable Town Hall to continue its mission of educating and informing audiences on a wide range of diverse topics. This union fits perfectly with CWRU's commitment to groundbreaking research, state-of-the-art educational opportunities and life-long learning.

"Town Hall of Cleveland claims a proud history of presenting provocative, dynamic and influential speakers, and we are delighted to serve as its academic partner," stated Barbara R. Snyder, President of CWRU.

Town Hall of Cleveland is one of the oldest and most established public forums for educating citizens on diverse topics. Speakers in the past have included President George H. Bush, Ken Burns, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Tim Russert to name a few.

CWRU officials also look forward to giving their students the opportunity to participate in the well-established Town Hall distance learning program which reaches more than 500 high school students per lecture.

Speakers and topics for the 2010-2011 season includes:

• September 27, 2010 - Ending America's Dependence on OPEC Oil
  T. Boone Pickens, energy activist and chairman, BP Capital Management
    
• October 25, 2010 - Too Big to Fail
  Andrew Ross Sorkin, chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New York Times"
    
• November 8, 2010 - Business Sense and Sensibility
  Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don't Get Fat
    
• December 13, 2010 - Living Life to the Fullest
  Ronan Tynan, internationally acclaimed singer and member of The Irish Tenors
    
• January 24, 2011 - The Art of Leadership and the Business of Social Change
  Bill Strickland, president and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporation
    
• February 7, 2011 - Electronic Medical Records
  John Halamka, M.D., chief information officer of the CareGroup Health System
    
• March 14, 2011 - Success Story: A Modern Tale of Love, Neurons and Fulfillment
  David Brooks, bi-weekly op-ed columnist for "The New York Times"

For more information, call Kathy Friedrich at Town Hall (216) 241-1919 or e-mail admin@townhallseries.org.

For tickets, call (216) 241-1919 or visit www.townhallofcleveland.org.

About Town Hall of Cleveland
The mission of Town Hall of Cleveland is to educate and to inform, through an annual series of public lectures, an audience of attentive and active citizenry in northern Ohio, promoting no particular social or political agenda other than to enrich the depth and quality of the public discourse essential to a free society. This annual speaker series is a not-for-profit organization, celebrating its 80th season.

About Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University improves people's lives through preeminent research, education and creative endeavor. We realize this goal through: Scholarship that capitalizes on the power of collaboration; Learning that is active, creative and continuous; and Promotion of an inclusive culture of global citizenship.

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