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Seniors, first-years: Participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement
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…
Alpha Phi to host Red Dress Gala to benefit women’s cardiac care
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…
SOURCE to host two sessions about finding research
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…
Learn about FERPA, including when, how to disclose student education records
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…
Black History Month events continue through Feb. 27
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…
Discuss ”Pedagogy of the Oppressed” at Feb. 18 Ethics Table meeting
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.
Student entrepreneur Felipe Gomez del Campo learns from experts at Shaker LaunchHouse
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…
Weatherhead's Dasol Kim discusses research on how weather impacts buying stocks
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…
Biomedical engeering's Nicole Steinmetz awarded grant for research on faster Ebola detection
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…
Medicine's Alan Lerner stresses importance of Alzheimer's research at all stages of the disease
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…