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Jennifer L.W. Carter, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, received the Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers from ASM International (formerly the American Society for Metals) for her dedicated and effective instruction and mentoring of students and her impact on…

As part of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s programming on breast cancer awareness, Donna Plecha, associate professor of radiology in the School of Medicine, will present "Breast Cancer Screening Options and Breast Density Law in Ohio." Her talk will take place Friday, Oct. 7, from noon…

Join the African Student Association and The International and Multicultural Exchange to celebrate Nigeria’s 56th year of independence. The celebration will take place Saturday, Oct. 1, beginning at 10 p.m. in the Jolly Scholar. A live DJ and CWRU’s Cheza Nzuri dance team will perform, and…

Jaqueline Wallat, a graduate student in macromolecular science and engineering, is one of six graduate students and postdoctoral fellows being honored with a first-tier Baxter Young Investigator Award. “The Young Investigator Awards seek to stimulate and reward research applicable to the…

Barry Miller, the Frank Hovorka Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, recently received the Edward Goodrich Acheson Award from the Electrochemical Society. The award is presented to one person every two years for "conspicuous contribution to the advancement of the objectives, purposes and activities of…

Michael Fu, research assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, received one of four grants totaling $150,000 in the 2016 Target Challenge grant competition held by New England Pediatric Device Consortium (NEPDC), Center for Translation of Rehabilitation…

The first presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump took place Monday—and for some, it brought back memories of three election cycles ago and a major event on our campus. On Oct. 5, 2004, the vice presidential debate took place at Case…

Is the Supreme Court pro-business? Bloomberg Law: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed a new book he edited, Business and the Roberts Court, and what makes a court “pro-business.”

Bay Area tech startup moves to East Sacramento Sacramento Bee: Sacramento leadership gave a technology startup a $100,000 subsidy to relocate to the city. Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, likened city subsidies to risky bets, stating, “Nine out of 10 of…

Breast cancer’s spread may be influenced by circadian gene Reuters: Cheryl Thompson, assistant professor of nutrition and epidemiology and biostatistics, discussed a new study (in which she was not involved) that found variations in a gene involved in circadian rhythms also may promote the spread…