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One hundred years ago, Cleveland was the center of the start-up world, led in part by the presence of moguls such as John D. Rockefeller. By the early 2000s, the tables had turned—dramatically—as the area ranked dead last in Entrepreneur magazine’s list of 61 entrepreneurial regions. Fast-forward…

Five Case Western Reserve University faculty members have been inducted into the 2014 class of the prestigious American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)’s College of Fellows. This year’s inductees include: Ozan Akkus, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; James…

Faculty and staff members are invited to attend a workshop titled “Get A Life: Understanding Your Most Valuable Resource—YOU!” The Department of Human Resources' Organizational Development and Learning Unit will host the workshop Thursday, May 1, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. in Crawford Hall, room…

The campus community is invited to attend a Faculty Work-in-Progress presentation given by Allison Schifani, the Baker-Nord Center Postdoctoral Scholar in the Digital Humanities. Schifani's work explores ways of creating and participating in contemporary urban space, with a particular focus on the…

WebDrive 11.00.2835 is available on the Software Center as a free download to students, faculty and staff for Windows only. WebDrive is an FTP Client that makes accessing and editing files on WebDAV, SFTP and Amazon S3 easy and maps a drive letter to each of these servers. Download WebDrive…

Michael Pollino, assistant professor of civil engineering, was named the American Institute of Steel Construction Milek Fellow. The organization presents the award—formerly known as the AISC Faculty Fellowship—each year to a promising young university faculty member with expertise in the design…

Graduate and professional students are invited to attend the final Graduate Professional Council general body meeting for the year. Students can meet the new executive team members who will lead the group next year, find out more about the organization and learn how to get involved. The meeting…

What happens when you put clay, a protein found in milk, a polymer and water in a blender and then freeze-dry it? If you do it just right, a new foam-like polymer/clay composite is born. The new composite is called AeroClay. It is sturdy, malleable, heat- and flame-resistant, and eco-friendly. It…

A major security vulnerability named Heartbleed was discovered on April 7 and has the potential to impact all Internet use between users’ computers and servers that use Open SSL (webpages that start with https). The security vulnerability permits the theft of some information, including user IDs…

Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra pairs cartoons with live soundtracks in 'Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II' TribLive.com: The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will pair clips of classic cartoon scenes with a live orchestral soundtrack. “Classical music has been a key part of cartoons since pretty much the…