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Engineering’s Clare Rimnac receives Distinguished Investigator Award for orthopaedic research
Clare Rimnac, the Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received the ORS/OREF Distinguished Investigator Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. The award honors individuals with…
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Biomedical engineering’s Anant Madabhushi awarded patent for capturing cancer architecture in digital pathology images
Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason professor II of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was awarded a patent for capturing cancer architecture in digital pathology images. His patent is titled “Histogram of hosoya index (HoH)…
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CWRU College Trivia Club earns winning record at tournament last weekend
A team from the CWRU College Trivia Club competed last Saturday at a quizbowl tournament at Youngstown State University, ending with a winning record for the day. The team, consisting of junior Tyler McMaken, sophomore Caleb Branton, and first-years Matt York and Giber Fonseca, competed all day…
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Weatherhead School’s Kalle Lyytinen awarded honorary doctorate
Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland awarded Kalle Lyytinen, the Iris S. Wolstein Professor of Management Design, with an honorary doctorate last month. Lyytinen, also chair of the Department of Design ad Innovation, was honored for his lifetime achievements in research into digital…
Lubrizol SWE Luncheon
Come to the Lubrizol SWE Luncheon and listen to CWRU Alum Lauren Smith of Northrup Grumman speak about how to be the best engineer! This is a great opportunity to network and meet engineering professionals and students. Sign up with the eventbrite page to reserve your spot. Lunch will be…
Give your high-impact project visibility
Are you involved with an innovative big-impact social or environmental project? Now is your chance to tell the world. Literally. The Observer, along with more than 20 other collegiate newspapers, has teamed up with Sparknews to celebrate Impact Journalism. At the end of April, these newspapers…
Short. Sweet. Film Fest. to be held March 3-5
The Short. Sweet. Film Fest. strives to showcase the best local, national, and international films from up-and-coming filmmakers. What better way to watch independent cinema than in the stunning and brand-new Alex Theater at the Metropolitan at the 9? Did we mention there will also be live music…
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Being social at CWRU: Policy outlines rules for official social media accounts
On Saturday, Facebook officially entered its teenage years—meaning it’s been 13 years since a then-unknown Harvard student wrote the code that would evolve from a program to connect college students to one that today serves nearly 1.5 billion users worldwide. Over the succeeding years, many other…
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UCITE session: “Improving Classroom Discussions”
The ability to listen and exchange ideas with one's peers are critically important skills, but developing these attributes in students can be challenging. Because groups often have a mixture of eager participants and quiet listeners, the discussions can easily become unbalanced. At the next…
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“Extreme Vetting Effect: Refugee Workers & Cleveland Business”
The IDEA Club will host a panel discussion titled “Extreme Vetting Effect: Refugee Workers & Cleveland Business” Monday, Feb. 13, from noon to 1 p.m. in Peter B. Lewis Building, Room 203. Panelists will look at President Donald Trump's recent executive order halting the entrance of refugees…