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June 19, 2015
Registration for the 2015-2016 Staff Mentoring Circle program is now available. The initial meeting, which will serve as a meet and greet for participants, will be Thursday, Aug. 13, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Toepfer Room of Adelbert Hall. This program is tailored to staff members who wish to…
June 19, 2015
After completing his undergraduate degree in English and Classics at Harvard University, Peter Knox was ready to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an attorney. But before he headed off to law school, Knox learned he’d been awarded a fellowship—one he hadn’t even applied for—to study for a…
June 18, 2015
Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, published, “Sometimes Unguided (or Maybe Misguided) Economic Substance Guidance,” in the Journal of Taxation of Investments, Winter 2015. Jensen also made several presentations within the last six months, including: Speaking on “‘Student’…
June 18, 2015
David Cooperrider, the Fairmount Santrol - David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry, recently visited Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Sydney, Australia to launch the Leadership Deep Dive program. At the launch, Cooperrider presented "business as an agent of world benefit,"…
June 18, 2015
Arnold Hirshon, associate provost and university librarian, was the co-facilitator of a three-day Library Leadership Institute on “Leading the Next Generation Research Library.” The Institute, which was organized by the University of Hong Kong Libraries, was held in Xiamen, China from April…
June 18, 2015
In 2012, Case Western Reserve University joined a voluntary electricity-reduction program to reduce energy use and prevent massive electrical shutdowns, or “blackouts,” across the regional electric grid. To prepare for an actual event, the university will perform a test the week of June 22-26. The…
June 18, 2015
President Barbara R. Snyder invites the campus community to the “Wall Breaking” Renovation and Centennial Celebration Kick-off for the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. The event will take place on Monday, June 29, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Mandel School (11235…
June 18, 2015
To recognize their exemplary commitment to Case Western Reserve University, three staff members—Christopher Bond, Shannon Swiatkowski and Tracy J. Wilson-Holden—received this year’s President’s Award for Distinguished Service, and Kathleen Dowdell received the Robin Kramer Staff Advisory Council…
June 18, 2015
Blackstone Launchpad is recruiting a Case Western Reserve University team to compete in the 2015 Entrepreneurship Immersion Week, which will be held Aug. 2-7 at Lake Erie College. The third annual Entrepreneurship Immersion Week is an intensive business concept development experience, presented by…
June 17, 2015
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