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CWRU named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction
In recognition of the Case Western Reserve community’s ongoing commitment to service, the university was named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. This is the seventh year Case Western Reserve has made the honor roll, but only the second the…
CWRU receives $50,000 childhood cancer research grant
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research, awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant to Case Western Reserve University. This grant is one of 40 infrastructure grants awarded as part of the foundation’s fall grant…
Engineering doctoral researcher receives international graduate scholarship
Mohsen Seifi, doctoral researcher in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been awarded one of three 2014 American Society for Testing and Materials International Graduate Scholarships. He was recognized at the ASTM Fall Meeting in New Orleans, where he officially accepted the…
Weatherhead School students take home first place in case competition
For the second consecutive year, Weatherhead School of Management graduate students were awarded first place in the National Society of Hispanic MBA (NSHMBA) case competition. The winning team was composed of Naiwen Zhang (second-year finance student) year, Mark Sawaya (first-year MBA…
Researchers to study why some children endure abuse, violence in the home better than others
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University received a two-year, $200,000 grant to study why some children thrive, achieve and develop despite being abused and witnessing violence in the home. Megan R. Holmes, assistant professor of…
Women faculty and staff: Discuss issues faced by Asian women employees Nov. 25
Charis Eng, professor and vice chair of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at the School of Medicine, will address challenges faced by Asian women faculty and staff at a reception on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A. Eng will…
Design and innovation's Steven Feldman examined the risks of surveillance on business in China
Steven Feldman: Hidden surveillance adds to risks of doing business in China China Money Network: Steven Feldman, professor of design and innovation, discussed what the release of a sex tape of a former GlaxoSmithKline executive might mean in China, the danger of electronic eavesdropping while…
Kelvin Smith Library's Jared Bendis presented the latest technology news
Maltz Museum, Ensemble Theatre & Jared Bendis ideastream: Jared Bendis, the creative new media officer at Kelvin Smith Library, discussed the latest technology news on The Sound of Applause.
Radiology's Chip Gilkeson discussed new medicare proposal
Coverage of lung cancer screening proposed by Medicare; local hospitals praise the move The Plain Dealer: Chip Gilkeson, professor of radiology, discussed a new proposal for Medicare to cover the costs of lung cancer screenings, which many area hospitals had long provided at a reduced price. “I…
First commercially available 100-gigabit fiber network to run from downtown to University Circle
The City of Cleveland and OneCommunity are installing the nation’s first commercially available metropolitan 100-gigabit network. The 100-gigabit network will connect in downtown Cleveland, through Cleveland’s Health-Tech Corridor (HTC) to University Circle. The innovative $1.02 million project…