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Ramez Islambouli, adjunct professor at the School of Law, lecturer of Arabic studies and adjunct professor of Islamic studies and Islamic law, will present “The Role of Shari’ah Law in the U.S.” The event is open to the campus community and will take place on Friday, Nov. 7, from 12:30 to 1:45…

COSE business award goes to Colby Featherbottoms, Parma startup equipping guitar heroes: the Mix The Plain Dealer: Consult Mango, an online application developed by undergraduates Eric Vennaro and Kevin Wang, took third at the 2014 Business Pitch Competition of the Council on Smaller Enterprises.

Humans were living at extreme altitudes 1000 years earlier than thought Science: New findings suggest that humans lived at extreme altitudes much earlier than previously known, before genetic adaptations would have aided such lifestyles. “It is fascinating to think of people using the highlands so…

Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III today announced the appointment of Suzanne M. Rivera as Case Western Reserve’s new vice president for research, effective this month. Rivera, the university’s associate vice president for research since January 2011, emerged as the university’s top choice after an…

Stigma is one of the biggest challenges individuals with mental illnesses encounter. QGrad and Student Leaders Advocating for Mental Health (SLAM) at Case Western Reserve University have teamed up to raise money for the Ohio Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to educate the…

The Department of Human Resources invites faculty and staff to attend the annual Benefits Fair Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, Nov. 6, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom. Representatives from Benefits Administration, Benelect insurance…

Shakespeare has played a significant role in American literary and political culture since the time of the Revolution. Drawing upon his recent anthology for the Library of America—Shakespeare in America—James Shapiro, the Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia…

The campus community is invited to attend “Not Stopping at the Intersections: A Dialogue on the Women’s Movement from a Multicultural Perspective” on Monday, Nov. 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, suite 248. Discussion topics include the women’s movement,…

Substance abuse counselors and social workers often recommend recovering addicts establish new networks of non-using friends and supporters. But researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s social work school found, for many women in poverty, it’s not so easy to drop the users in their lives.…

Tickets sold out within the first day for the upcoming talk by Laverne Cox, transgender advocate and Emmy nominee for the critically acclaimed Netflix series Orange is the New Black. But those unable to secure a ticket still have a chance to watch her presentation, “Ain’t I a Woman: My Journey to…