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Macromolecular science and engineering’s Stuart Rowan wins 2015 Mark Scholar Award
Stuart Rowan, the Kent Hale Smith Professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, received the 2015 Mark Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Polymer Division. The namesake of the award, Herman Mark, is considered the father of polymer science in the U.S.…
Materials science and engineering researcher named 2015 Henry DeWitt Smith Scholar
Mohsen Seifi, a doctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was selected as one of the two 2015 Henry DeWitt Smith Scholar by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). He was recognized at TMS 2015—the 144th annual Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando—where he…
Attend Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative town hall meeting to get updates, ask questions
The Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative Committee will hold a town hall session for faculty, staff and students on Monday, March 30, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Ford Auditorium in Allen Memorial Medical Library. The committee will share updates on the Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative. Following a 15- to…
Musicology doctoral student drum beats her way to graduate prize in popular music
Mandy Smith, a fourth-year doctoral student in musicology at Case Western Reserve University, kept the beat all the way to winning the 2015 David Sanjek Memorial Graduate Student Prize at the U.S. branch national meeting for the International Association of the Study of Popular Music in Louisville,…
Conceptual artist to speak at CWRU April 7, begin Tamir Rice project while in Cleveland
Northwestern University conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz knows how to grab the public’s attention with creations like “Enemy Kitchen”—an Army-green ice cream truck, staffed by Iraqi war veterans serving up recipes from the Rakowitz’s family Jewish-Iraqi heritage—and other thought-provoking…
Alumnus, former Warner Bros. CEO to give commencement address May 17
The man who helped bring Harry Potter to the multiplex will offer insights about the drama that is life when Case Western Reserve University holds commencement exercises Sunday, May 17. Retired Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer (LAW ’67) will share lessons learned over 42 years at the…
Large numbers of prospective students visiting campus over next few weeks
The Office of Undergraduate Admission will host a series of events in the coming weeks for admitted high school seniors looking to make their final enrollment decisions, and underclassmen looking to get a head start on their college search, bringing large crowds to campus each week. During these…
Public Affairs Discussion Group to cover Turkish politics, society
On Friday, March 27, the Public Affairs Discussion Group will host John Grabowski, Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor in Applied History at Case Western Reserve University and senior vice president for research and publications at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The discussion, which will…
Hear from local common pleas judge at March 27 lecture
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John D. Sutula will give a talk on Friday, March 27, from 12:30 to 1:45 in Sears Building, room 356. In his talk, “A Day in the Life of a Common Pleas Judge,” Sutula will speak on his experiences and some of his more controversial cases. The event, sponsored by…
Attend opening reception of "Art of STEM" exhibit at Kelvin Smith Library
Celebrate the creativity of science at the opening reception of Kelvin Smith Library's "Art of STEM" exhibit with a free reception Wednesday, April 1, from 4 to 6 p.m. The science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related digital images that were entered in the corresponding art competition…