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Homeowner shoots 16-year-old intruder on Johnston Street in Akron WEWS: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, said that a recent shooting in Akron appears to be a textbook example of Ohio's Castle Doctrine. “Somebody's breaking into the house, they are in the house, the person is defending…

'Honor' from local author Thrity Umrigar tackles love, death, and a clash of cultures ideastream: Thrity Umrigar, a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English, discussed her new book, Honor, following the fictional story of a young female journalist named Smita as she…

Kids and omicron BA.2 variant. What are the risks? Healthline: Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the BA.2 subvariant of omicron. “The COVID-19 vaccines have been proven safe and effective, and are our best method to prevent severe disease, hospitalization,…

Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center opens at CWRU Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Nick Barendt, executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems, discussed the opening of the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Center—part of a small group of such…

The Case Western Reserve University Class of 2021 graduated in the very midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite having at least a full year of their undergraduate experience impacted by health and safety protocols, including having more limited access to certain experiential education activities,…

The Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater invites all members of the campus community to attend "The Art & Business of Motion Capture" Thursday, April 14, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Maltz Performing Arts Center. Motion and performance capture are becoming increasingly…

The final production of the Department of Dance at Case Western Reserve University’s 2021-22 season will be Imagatorium. The production will feature original works by Master of Arts candidate Haiyan Chen, second-year graduate students El-drick Aboagye and Shadrach Arthur, along with senior…

Join Case Western Reserve University's Social Justice Institute for the last of its spring 2022 Research Lunch Series Wednesday, April 20, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13 (ground floor). Dana Prince, an assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of…

The U.S. government has imposed new economic sanctions and export controls on Russia and Belarus. These sanctions are evolving. Russian and Belarus join other embargoed and sanctioned countries including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Crimea Region of the Ukraine. Because these U.S. export…

Simone de Beauvoir is best known for The Second Sex, but also published a four-part memoir that stands as a chronicle of post-war French intellectual culture. The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a talk with Laura Hengehold, professor in the Department of Philosophy, examining…