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“Behind the Scenes with the Search Committee: The Academic Application Process”
The Graduate Studies Professional Development Center will offer the “Academic Job Search Series for Graduate Students and Postdocs in STEM Fields” with three sessions over the next three months. The first session, titled “Behind the Scenes with the Search Committee: The Academic Application…
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“Why Bob Dylan Matters”
Richard F. Thomas—a Harvard University classics professor, teacher since 2004 of the first-year seminar “Bob Dylan,” and a celebrated “Dylanologist”—makes a compelling case for why the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan endure and inspire. At a Baker-Nord Center for Humanities event, Thomas will…
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“Innovative, Holistic Solutions in Solving a 45-Year+ Community Problem: Infant Mortality—First Year Cleveland and Community Partners Doing Business Differently”
Cuyahoga County's 2015 infant mortality rate of 10.5 deaths per 1,000 live births was almost double the national rate. Causes and solutions to the local high rate of infant mortality are multifaceted and complex. The next Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) seminar will…
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Take the transportation survey to help improve campus options, calculate our carbon footprint
Case Western Reserve University, University Circle Inc., University Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic and many other local institutions are participating for the second year in an October transportation survey to gain more information on commuter patterns. The survey will help improve transportation for…
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Students living in residence halls: Complete survey by Nov. 8
The deadline for students living in residence halls to provide feedback on their resident assistant, assistant residential college/community director, and residential college/community director is Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 11:59:59 p.m. Each on-campus resident received a unique link in their email.…
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Benelect open enrollment materials available online; Benefits Fair this week
Benelect open enrollment materials will not be sent via campus mail this year. The 2018 Benelect guide, a summary of Benelect changes for this year, price sheets and instructions for making your elections in the online enrollment system are available through the 2018 Open Enrollment webpage.…
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Youth Enjoy Science grant brings diversity to cancer research
CWRU School of Medicine receives $2.5 million grant for Cleveland minority students Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.5 million to engage underrepresented minorities in…
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Tetris Live
Join the Master of Engineering and Management (MEM) office as it hosts Tetris Live, a human-sized Tetris game, Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 305. There will be free food for all. Download the flier. Learn more about the MEM program at case.edu/mem.
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Did You Know: National Youth Sports Program
Each summer, more than 500 economically disadvantaged youth ages 10-16 participate in the National Youth Sports Program at Case Western Reserve University. Through this five-week program, campers not only have the chance to expand their athletic skills in a variety of sports, but they also learn…
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Lecturer Lucy Biederman discusses new book, The Walmart Book of the Dead
CWRU professor Lucy Biederman explores corporate mythos in The Walmart Book of the Dead Cleveland Scene: Lucy Biederman, a full-time lecturer in the Department of English, discussed her new book, The Walmart Book of the Dead, which sardonically describes Walmart in the style of the Egyptian Book…