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February 16, 2015
First-year students and seniors at Case Western Reserve University will receive a reminder on Wednesday, Feb. 18, encouraging them to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement. The survey is being given to undergraduates at schools across the country, and is designed to query…
February 16, 2015
Alpha Phi will present “A Red Carpet Affair” on Saturday, Feb. 21. The Red Dress Gala charity event will be held in Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom, from 6 to 10 p.m. Admission to the formal cocktail attire event is $10 for students and $25 for general admission. Tickets can be purchased…
February 16, 2015
SOURCE will sponsor two “All About Finding Research” information sessions. The first is Friday, Feb. 20, at 4 p.m. in Wickenden, Room 206. For those who can’t attend the first session, a second will be held Thursday, March 5, at 4 p.m. in Wickenden Room 206. A full schedule of SOURCE sessions is…
February 16, 2015
The University Compliance Office will continue its monthly “Speaking of Privacy” information sessions for Case Western Reserve University employees on Thursday, Feb. 19. Focusing on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the session will teach attendees about students’ rights to…
February 16, 2015
The African American Campus Community Resource Group is putting on events all month for Black History Month. The events began Feb. 8, but will continue until Friday, Feb. 27. The remaining schedule of events is listed below: Friday, Feb. 20, at 3:30 p.m.—“Black Life, History and Culture” with…
February 16, 2015
The next meeting of the Ethics Table brown bag lunches will be Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cleveland Room. The topic will be an excerpt from Paolo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. The reading is available online. The full book is also available online.
February 13, 2015
With NASA in the class, LaunchHouse graduates ready to launch in new direction The Plain Dealer: Felipe Gomez del Campo, an engineering student, founded FGC Plasma Solutions, a company that reduces emissions and increases power of jet fuel using plasma technology. He had the opportunity to learn…
February 13, 2015
Weather and mood linked to buying stocks Design&Trend: Dasol Kim, assistant professor of banking and finance, discussed his team’s research, which found that the weather can affect how institutional investors make stock trades. "We focus on institutional investors because of the important role…
February 13, 2015
CWRU researchers focus on early Ebola detection; one of 58 teams to get "rapid response" funding The Plain Dealer: Nicole Steinmetz, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, was awarded an Ebola rapid response grant to help find a way to detect the virus sooner. "What we are developing is a…
February 13, 2015
Leave no one behind in Alzheimer's research The Plain Dealer: Alan Lerner, professor of neurology, wrote an opinion piece on the importance of studies that will help advance research on Alzheimer's at all stages of the disease. He also wrote about University Hospitals Case Medical Center's NOBLE…