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January 24, 2019
Students can gain a better understanding of their talents and strengths potential through the StrengthsQuest initiative offered through the Office of Student Activities & Leadership. Students can start by taking the Clifton StrengthsFinder, a 30-minute online assessment. After taking the…
January 23, 2019
Microscopic examination of brain tissues of prion-infected animals. (Left) Staining shows spongiform degeneration. (Right) Staining shows intense misfolded prion protein. Prions can infect both humans and animals, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, mad cow disease in…
January 23, 2019
More than 50 student- and alumni-led companies entered the second Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition (MPSC)—nearly double the number from the contest’s first year. Now, ahead of the competition’s final round on May 29, its six finalists are working with an array of professional firms offering…
January 23, 2019
The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) invites faculty and staff to nominate exceptional undergraduate teaching assistants (TA) for the opportunity to speak at TA training. UCITE wants a small group of current or former outstanding TAs to speak at undergraduate TA…
January 23, 2019
The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s next session of the Data Analytics Boot Camp will begin Tuesday, Jan. 29. Classes will be held on the Case Western Reserve University campus Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. over 24…
January 23, 2019
Staff from University Technology’s (U[Tech]) Teaching + Learning Technologies team will host eight one-hour workshops on Turnitin this spring. Turnitin is Case Western Reserve University’s digital plagiarism detection tool. Accessed through Canvas, the tool helps ensure student academic writing…
January 23, 2019
All Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff are invited to a Christian Faculty and Staff Fellowship event, titled “Praying in the Academy.” Gordon T. Smith, president of Ambrose University, will speak at the event, which will be held Saturday, Feb. 2, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Crawford…
January 23, 2019
At this annual symposium, Case Western Reserve University faculty will briefly describe the accomplishments of the most recent Nobel laureates. The talk, titled “The 2018 Science Nobel Prizes—What Were They Given for?” will be held Thursday, Jan. 31, at 4 p.m. in Rockefeller Hall, Room 301. The…
January 23, 2019
Found Family, a group formed by the LGBT Center and University Health and Counseling Services, will host a reunion Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Guilford House lounge. The topic of this reunion will be "LGBTQ Fashion in the Midwest," featuring guest speaker Caitlin Hawkins. New…
January 23, 2019
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can enhance their skillsets at the university’s inaugural Professional Development Day next week. Staff, faculty, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars all are invited to get involved in the day, which will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29,…