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Cleveland's bragging rights are thanks to industrial age success, says history's John Grabowski
Cleveland's latest renaissance still owes its biggest debt to those long dead The Plain Dealer: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor in Applied History, credited the culture and institutions of the industrial age to Cleveland’s success today. “The bragging rights for Cleveland…
Psychology's Donald Freedheim advises on how to relate to plane-crash survivor
Child plane crash survivor must have time, tools to grieve CNN: The 7-year-old sole survivor of a small-plane crash may someday seek professional assistance. It’s critical the person have training in child trauma, said Donald Freedheim, professor emeritus of psychology. "If they called me, I…
Graduate/professional students: Be part of the Academic Integrity Board
Graduate Student Senate is recruiting student members of the Academic Integrity Board. These members fulfill a multifaceted role as campus leaders and judicial volunteers. Academic Integrity Board members promote students' integrity through board-planned and -sponsored events. Board members also…
Telephone, voicemail systems to be upgraded this evening
At 10 p.m. tonight, Information Technology Services (ITS) will upgrade the university’s telephone and voicemail systems. The upgrade is necessary to ensure service reliability and will conclude by the start of the business day on Thursday, Jan. 8. Impact to telephone service From 10 p.m. tonight…
Graduate/professional students: Provide feedback on student medical plan in upcoming forum
The Graduate Student Senate and University Health Service will host a Student Medical Plan Forum on Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Adelbert Hall’s Toepfer Room. All graduate and professional students are welcome to attend. The forum provides an opportunity for students to ask questions…
How does social media affect behavior change? Find out in upcoming PRCHN seminar
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case Western Reserve University will continue its seminar series Jan. 14 with a presentation by David Cavallo, assistant professor of nutrition at the School of Medicine. Cavallo's presentation, titled “Behavior Change…
Free dental exams and cleanings at CWRU’s dental school Jan. 24
Make a New Year’s resolution to visit the dentist—and start with a free dental cleaning, x-rays and exam on Prophy Day at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine’s clinic (2124 Cornell Road) on Saturday, Jan. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon. Patient treatment is first come, first served…
New scholarships to allow two Case Western Reserve students to study in China annually
A new scholarship program will allow two Case Western Reserve University students annually to spend the full academic year studying in China. Starting in the fall semester 2015, China will provide scholarships covering tuition and housing, living allowances and medical insurance for each selected…
Nursing school develops how-to exercise pamphlet for people with MS
Fatigue and pain, along with other symptoms, prevent many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) from exercising. But a new how-to guide for a home-based exercise program, tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s nursing school and the Lerner Research Institute at Cleveland Clinic,…
Does practice make perfect? Psychology's Brooke Macnamara gives her take
Perfect Practice The Academic Minute: Brooke Macnamara, assistant professor of psychology, discussed her research that is trying to debunk the “10,000 rule,” which states that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice can make someone an expert in any given skill.