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CWRU’s Prevention Research Center survey data finds cigars and hookah prevail with teens Cuyahoga County high school students are smoking tobacco products at the same rate as adults in the county, according to new data from the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case…

Many first-year students have or will soon receive an email to their Case Western Reserve University account with instructions to make their SAGES First Seminar selections. Others will be placed in First Seminars to provide additional writing support, based on their test scores and writing…

The Case Western Reserve University Wellness Program is offering a new Tobacco Cessation Quit Line Program to benefits-eligible employees at no cost. The program uses science-based tools and resources to help employees take control of their habit. The program includes: A personalized coaching…

Students are invited to become a part of Case Western Reserve University history by naming the full-service restaurant in the new Tinkham Veale University Center. The Tinkham Veale University Center Advisory Council is accepting ideas through Aug. 15. Share ideas by sending them to TVUC@case.edu.…

Close your eyes and you can get a sense of the challenges of blindness; a sense of deafness by plugging your ears. However, the most difficult of the five senses to understand the devastating impact of its loss is touch. Dustin Tyler, associate professor of biomedical engineering, will discuss the…

Fall applications are being accepted for the Staff Educational Enhancement Fund (SEEF). SEEF can be used for textbooks, certification, online courses, courses off campus, or out-service training (conferences, conventions, professional association meetings or workshops) not funded under regular…

The online module, “Next Steps, New Responsibilities,” is now open on the New Student Checklist. The module aims to transition students to the new campus community and to help them understand the responsibilities of being a college student. Through the module, students will learn how their actions…

Case Western Reserve University’s new assistant professor of psychology Brooke N. Macnamara and colleagues have overturned a 20-year-old theory that people who excel in their fields are those who practiced the most. Their findings are in this month’s online issue of Psychological Science. “Don’t…

Support SystemCleveland Magazine: Liz Roccoforte, director of the LGBT Center, discussed Safe Zone Training and how people can become more of an ally. “Read and listen a lot. Be aware of your own language and assumptions about gender and equality in everyday life. Be committed to thinking about it…

Beyond Silicon Valley: Using a MOOC to Build a Community of Support for Global EntrepreneursHuffington Post: Michael Goldberg, visiting professor of design and innovation, writes about his experience this past spring teaching a massive open online course (MOOC), "Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing…