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Exploring emotional contagion The Scientist: Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor and the H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business, weighed in on research suggesting that emotions can spread from person to person by engaging a set of brain circuits that are active, even when a…

David Rothenberg previews Dvorak'sStabat Mater at The Cleveland Orchestra ideastream: David Rothenberg, associate professor and chair of the Department of Music, gave a preview of The Cleveland Orchestra's performance of Dvorak's Stabat Mater, explaining its origin and meaning.

CWRU project aims to be hub of healthier habits Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Darcy Freedman, associate director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, discussed the three-year Future of Food in Your Neighborhood Study. “We took advantage of this…

The Collegiate Inventors Competition is accepting applications through June 1. This nationwide program recognizes America’s most innovative students for their emerging ideas in science, technology, engineering and other creative endeavors. Finalists receive an all-expense paid trip to the United…

Work is scheduled to begin Wednesday, June 1, to install a new gas line on campus. Construction signage (Maintenance of Traffic) will appear on either Euclid Avenue or Adelbert Road and will be there for approximately three months. Most of the work on Euclid and Adelbert will occur on night shift…

Olivia Ortega spent the summer between her junior and senior years crashing in the living room of a place she found on Craigslist in order to make interning at the immigration department of the International Rescue Committee in Oakland, California, a reality. While many would have balked at such…

Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff logged exercise minutes for the final time May 8 in HealthTrails, a 12-week exercise incentive competition. Sponsored by the Wellness Program, HealthTrails participants were asked to exercise 30 minutes a day, five times a week and to count their…

The Environmental Education Fund awarded the Leonard Gelfand STEM Center a $45,633 grant for the Kelley's Island Collaborative. This grant provides professional development for Cleveland Metropolitan School District teachers at the new Kelley's Island Field Station and at the West Creek Reservation…

The Case Western Reserve University Division of Student Affairs held its annual Spring Retreat May 17. At this retreat, division staff members and programs were recognized for their outstanding contributions, achievements and campus impact.   Awards were presented in the following categories: …

Rigoberto Advincula, professor of  macromolecular science and engineering, recently received a $300,0000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his work, titled "Supramolecularly Templated Living REP-ROP Polymerizations and Block Copolymers.” Celtic art, Boy Scout knots, Mobius strip…