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SIS and SIS Mobile to be unavailable this weekend
The Student Information System (SIS) will undergo scheduled maintenance this weekend. The system will be unavailable from Friday, July 21, at 3 p.m. to Sunday, July 23, at 9 a.m. During this period, the university community will not be able to access SIS or SIS Mobile. Users can email…
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Engineering's Roger French discusses grant to study new solar cell technology
Solar power output up 10 percent in new panels, CWRU awarded federal grant to test durability The Plain Dealer: Roger French, the Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and director of the Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension Research Center, explained how passivated emitter rear cell, a new…
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Weatherhead School's J.B. Silvers writes about complexities of health care reform
The 5 faulty beliefs that have led to Republican dysfunction on health care The Conversation: J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, wrote about the complexities of health care reform—and why the problems with reform are much more extensive than a…
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Law's Andrew Pollis discusses "pretrial industry"
Examining ethics of lucrative 'pretrial industry' Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Andrew Pollis, professor of law, discussed how the “pretrial industry” is driven by profits, a practice he recently detailed in a research paper in the Fordham Law Review.
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Sears think[box] featured for its role in helping student entrepreneurs
The maker movement is poised to thrive in higher education EdTech: The Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] was featured for its role in helping students to take ideas and turn them into products.
Attend Cleveland Museum of Natural History's upcoming event to see live animals up close
Meet the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's animal ambassadors and party in the Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center & Woods Garden — Presented by KeyBank! Learn about animal enrichment and wildlife care, encounter birds of prey up close, and see training and enrichment demonstrations throughout…
Volunteers needed for studies of protection against tuberculosis
The purpose of this study is to understand how immune responses within the lung protect against respiratory infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). Volunteers will be asked to participate in studies of immune cells obtained from the blood and…
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Access Services to be closed July 21
Access Services will be closed Friday, July 21. The office will reopen Monday, July, 24, at 9 a.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A11.
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Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forums: “Shaker Square: Its Past, Present and Future”
The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forums continue with a panel discussion titled “Shaker Square: Its Past, Present and Future.” This session will be held Tuesday, July 25, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Shaker Heights Public Library Main Branch (16500…
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UCITE session: “Using Canvas”
The next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education will give faculty an overview of Canvas, the new learning management system. Katie Skapin and Genevieve Mathieson Kilmer from Teaching & Learning Technologies will lead the session, titled “Using Canvas.” They will highlight…