All Stories
October 24, 2014
The Office of First-Year Experience and Family Programs (FYEFP) announced the winners of its annual orientation awards, presented to orientation leaders who go above and beyond their roles and responsibilities to truly understand, address and advocate for new students and their families. These…
October 24, 2014
After 50 years of isolation due to policies of a military government and international sanctions, Myanmar is now opening up to the world. Nway Nay Hlaing, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Myanmar’s Yangon Technological University, will discuss how these changes have affected…
October 24, 2014
The campus community is invited to join the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women for a light lunch with Elisabeth MacNamara, president of the League of Women Voters of the United States. Attendees will hear about the current battle over voting rights and what the league is doing to ensure the rules…
October 23, 2014
Cleveland Bazaar hosting Halloween Curiosity Shop and Scavenger Hunt Friday The Plain Dealer: The Cleveland Bazaar will hold an adult-friendly Halloween curiosity shop and scavenger hunt at Adelbert Gymnasium and Dittrick Museum of Medical History onFriday, Oct. 24.
October 23, 2014
Prosthetics with a sense of touch The Osgood File: Dustin Tyler, associate professor of biomedical engineering, discussed his research on a new prosthetic limb with the sense of touch. "The perception of touch actually occurs in the brain, not in the hand itself—so, losing the limb is really just…
October 23, 2014
Dreams, fears take flight as CWRU welcomes the world: the Mix The Plain Dealer: As part of the university's International Days, undergraduate international students wrote down three apprehensions and one goal, folded the messages into paper airplanes and let them fly from the top of the Tinkham…
October 23, 2014
Student entrepreneurs from Case Western Reserve University will pitch their startup businesses to a panel of investors in a national competition in New York City Oct. 27-28. The first-ever Blackstone LaunchPad National Demo Day will pit 20 student startups from across the country—including three…
October 23, 2014
It began with a blastoff. And included a Broadway star. People went Beyond the Fence. And cheered a big win over the Bears. Case Western Reserve’s Homecoming Weekend welcomed graduates and parents alike with educational programs and social gatherings, a tradition-rich parade and alumni honors.…
October 23, 2014
Students are invited to learn the "tricks" on how to take a three-credit short-term study abroad course to Guatemala, Netherlands or Poland—and get a "treat" while they find out—by attending a "Trick and Treat" information session about Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social…
October 23, 2014
Need help deciding which citation management tool is right for you? Tools such as EndNote, Refworks and Zotero can help users gather, organize and share references from webpages, catalogs and databases, as well as format paper with in-text citations and bibliographies, but it can be difficult to…