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Graduate Student Appreciation Week
The Office of Graduate Student Life is hosting its annual Graduate Student Appreciation Week from April 6-10. This year's program is going virtual.  Graduate students can join us for daily trivia, a virtual scavenger hunt, professional development tips of the day and a daily raffle. The rest of…
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Sears think[box] adapts in response to COVID-19
Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] is providing targeted prototyping, design and fabrication support for Case Western Reserve researchers and local medical professionals working on projects to address needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff from Sears think[box] set up an…
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Blanton Tolbert, of the Department of Chemistry, makes breakthroughs with an international team of scientists on an anti-viral to combat COVID-19
Scientists from Case Western Reserve are developing an anti-viral to slow COVID-19 WKYC-3: Blanton Tolbert, a professor of chemistry, was highlighted for being a part of an international team of scientists and researchers who are on the forefront of developing a way to slow down the spread of the…
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Director of Entrepreneurship Michael Goldberg comments on the work-from-home phenomenon
In a crisis, there's no place like home Crain’s Cleveland Business: Michael Goldberg, executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, weighed in on the phenomenon of employees working from…
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Kelvin Smith Library expands access to content and research assistance
The Kelvin Smith Library continues to adapt its resources for the Case Western Reserve University community in response to the changes caused by COVID-19. Working closely with publishers and nonprofit information providers, the library is able to significantly increase access to electronic content…
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Nursing's Shanina Knighton discusses how to deal with delivered packages safely amid COVID-19 concerns
Packages and coronavirus: How to safely pick up deliveries during a pandemic Cleveland.com: Shanina Knighton, instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, weighed in on the possibility of contracting COVID-19 from bringing a delivered packed into a home: “One thing we have to realize…
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Sign up for The Observer's weekly online edition
The Observer has launched a new weekly newsletter (in lieu of the print newspaper) for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester. Staff members are also updating stories on The Observer website. Sign up for The Observer’s weekly email.
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Brooklyn native and natural disasters Historian Ted Steinberg calls his city's closeness both a blessing and a curse
Ground Zero: How New York became the epicentre of the global coronavirus outbreak The Independent (UK): Ted Steinberg, Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke as a historian of natural disasters in America and as a Brooklyn native, to agree…
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Compliance training module completion deadline extended to April 30
The COVID-19 crisis has sharply increased the workload of many CWRU staff and faculty members. At the same time, during this period of working remotely, there are others who now have the bandwidth to focus on tasks and projects that are important but may have been put off. In light of this…
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"Natural Sciences at a Distance: Engaging and Assessing Online Science Students"
[U]Tech’s Teaching + Learning Technologies team is hosting a webinar with strategies for designing effective online learning activities for science courses. “Natural Sciences at a Distance: Engaging and Assessing Online Science Students” will be held Thursday, April 9, from 3-4:30 p.m. via…