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Last chance to tell us about your first year at CWRU
If you haven’t had a chance to share your thoughts about your first year at CWRU, please consider doing so now. The survey, Your First College Year, is being given to first-year students at schools across the country and asks questions about students’ experiences during their first year of…
Seniors: Last chance to tell us about your experiences at CWRU
If you haven’t had a chance to share your thoughts about your time at CWRU, please consider doing so now. The College Senior Survey is being given to graduating seniors at schools across the country and asks questions about their college experiences. The results of the survey will be used to…
Biomedical Graduate Student Organization to host social, fundraiser April 25
The Biomedical Graduate Student Organization will host a spring social and fundraiser Friday, April 25, from 8 to 11 p.m. at Dive Bar in downtown Cleveland. Tickets are $15 per person and include a food buffet and drinks. Tickets will be sold at the door. All over the age of 21 are welcome;…
121 Fitness to host open house, free guest week for Get Active America week
121 Fitness Center will host its annual “Get Active America” open house party on Tuesday, April 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature a free cookout, music by DJ Tech (Case Western Reserve University Police Officer Rodney Jordan), raffles, Zumba classes and more. 121 Fitness Center…
Study shows aspirin can reduce colorectal cancer risks for those with specific gene
Sanford Markowitz The humble aspirin may have just added another beneficial effect beyond its ability to ameliorate headaches and reduce the risk of heart attacks: lowering colon cancer risk among people with high levels of a specific type of gene. The extraordinary finding comes from a…
Sign up your team for Middle Eastern Cultural Association’s ”Kicks for Kids” fundraiser April 27
Students are invited to join the Middle Eastern Cultural Association for "Kicks for Kids," a five-on-five soccer tournament. The tournament—and a barbeque—will take place Sunday, April 27, from 2 to 5 p.m. on the North Residential Village field. Tickets are $15 per team of five players, and all…
Deadline tomorrow to take part in Faculty Collaboration Survey to help shape master plan
Recently, The Daily announced the launch of the university’s master planning process, beginning with an online survey that asked members of the campus community to detail areas where they worked, studied, dined and more. In addition, there is a second, faculty-only data-gathering effort that seeks…
Classics scholar to close Vergil Week with keynote address April 25
To continue the Vergil Week festivities, celebrating the ancient Roman poet Vergil, Craig Kallendorf, professor of classics and English at Texas A&M University, will give the week’s keynote address. His talk, “The Protean Virgil: Book History and the Reception of Aeneid 1 in the Renaissance,”…
Psychiatry's Sara West examines the motives of filicide
Why would a mother kill her babies? CNN: Sara West, assistant professor of psychiatry, penned an article on filicide—the act of a parent killing his/her own child—and what factors or motives could lead to a parent to make such an unthinkable decision.
Dental school's Bruce Latimer discusses the consequences of bipedalism
CWRU, Kent professors featured on PBS Series "Your Inner Fish" The Plain Dealer: Bruce Latimer, visiting professor in the dental school, will be featured on the third episode of the PBS/WVIZ program, “Your Inner Fish,” on which he will discuss the consequences of bipedalism. The program will air…