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Welcome students to CWRU by participating in the International Friendship Program
Help Case Western Reserve University international students feel welcome in Cleveland by participating in the International Friendship Program. The program is designed to help students transition to life in the U.S. by matching faculty, staff and alumni hosts with international students. Hosts and…
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5 questions with… medieval art historian, Professor Elina Gertsman
One need not travel far to see where Professor of Art History and Art Elina Gertsman found inspiration for her new book, The Middle Ages in 50 Objects (Cambridge University Press, 2018). All of the 50 pieces that she and her co-author, Barbara H. Rosenwein (Loyola University, Chicago), explore in…
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Student Information System to be unavailable for maintenance early Aug. 5
Due to scheduled maintenance, the PeopleSoft Student Information System (SIS) and SIS Mobile will be unavailable on Sunday, Aug. 5, from 3 to 6 a.m. For more information, contact the [U]Tech Service Desk at help@case.edu or 216.368.4357 or visit help.case.edu.
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Several faculty, alumni named American Academy of Nursing fellows
Four faculty members and seven alumni of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing were named to the 2018 class of fellows for the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). In total, CWRU affiliates represented 11 of 195 members of this year’s class. The faculty fellows are: Celeste Alfes, associate…
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Engineering’s Rigoberto Advincula elected to National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines
Rigoberto Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines, one of the highest honors the country awards scientists. Advincula was officially inducted at the Investiture Ceremony in Manila…
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Mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics’ Nick Gurski appointed as journal editor
Nick Gurski, assistant professor of mathematics, has been appointed as a founding editor of the new journal Compositionality, named after the principle that describes and quantifies how complex things can be assembled out of simpler parts. The open-access journal will feature research using…
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School of Medicine researchers report new findings on brain substance
Scientists find possible method for repair of cell damage from MS UPI: A group of School of Medicine researchers, led by Drew Adams, the Thomas F. Peterson, Jr. Professor of Novel Therapeutics, and Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics, have gained…
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Interactive Commons' Mark Griswold discusses benefits of virtual reality in education
Schools and colleges try virtual reality science labs. But can VR replace a cadaver? EdSurge: Mark Griswold, professor of radiology and faculty director of Interactive Commons, explained why using virtual reality software for medical students offers benefits that studying cadavers doesn’t, as well…
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Begun Center's Jane Timmons-Mitchell shares advice for parents of bullied children
Little mean girls: Helping your daughter swim in those choppy social waters The Washington Post: Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, recommended that parents who suspect their child is being bullied should listen…
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Charity yoga at the farm
Julie DiBiasio, assistant director of admissions at Weatherhead School of Management and a yoga instructor, will lead a Vinyasa yoga class Saturday, Aug. 4, from 10 to 11:15 a.m. at the Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms, outside the November Meeting Room. The class, hosted by the Wellness…