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February 06, 2017
The CWRU Wellness program invites you to join the annual week–long celebration of kindness February 12-18. Kindnesses can be big or small, anonymous or in person so long as they are done with good intention. Some ideas for this week: 1. Send a thank you note expressing gratitude for the people in…
February 06, 2017
Leading neuroscientists have clarified the role of a controversial immune system protein in Alzheimer’s disease, showing it has opposing effects in early and late stages of the disease. Their discovery unites previous studies that left researchers conflicted and showed the protein both exacerbates…
February 06, 2017
The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity’s Power of Diversity Lecture Series continues Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University ballroom A. Ramez Islambouli, lecturer of Arabic, will give a talk titled “Changing the Narrative About Islam and Muslims.” This…
February 06, 2017
The Administrative Professionals Network will offer a webinar titled “New CWRU Tools You Can Use: Canvas and Box” Wednesday, Feb. 8, from noon to 1 p.m. Register for the webinar. Canvas Genevieve Mathieson Kilmer and Lauren Rogers, teaching and learning designers/technologists, will lead the…
February 06, 2017
Faculty and staff are invited to participate in Green Dot overview sessions to learn more about how to be active bystanders. Green Dot is a bystander intervention strategy to prevent power-based personal violence. It empowers participants to make observations, draw conclusions and take safe steps…
February 06, 2017
WISER (Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable) will host on its second Peer Mentor Challenge Thursday, Feb. 9, from 7 to 8 p.m. on the second floor of the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box]. Attendees will build a wooden desk plant. The event is open to mentor pairs and any…
February 06, 2017
Are you an undergraduate student considering the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for 2018-2019? Attend an information session Friday, Feb. 10, from 1 to 2 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 356, to learn more about the on-campus and national selection process. The Fulbright Program is the largest U.S.…
February 06, 2017
Forensic scientists at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) have employed a multitude of efficient technologies to analyze over 12,000 additional sexual assault kits since 2012. This process has minimized a backlog of untested sexual assault kits and led to the successful prosecution of…
February 06, 2017
Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms will offer a beekeeping course this winter. In conjunction with the farm administration, Richard Manley, University Farm beekeeping consultant for more than five years, will teach the “ABCs of Honey Bees.” The course will cover all aspects of beginning…
February 06, 2017
Potential biomarker of disease appears to be free of troubling image variability Preliminary computerized imaging reveals the shape of the prostate and a compartment within the gland—called the transitional zone—consistently differ in men with prostate cancer than those without the disease,…