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March 28, 2014
Eric Baer, Distinguished University Professor and the Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering, was recognized by the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society with the William Fowler Award for distinguished research in physics. The William Fowler Award honors the…
March 28, 2014
Stacy McGaugh joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve University in 2012—a career move that was a long time coming for him and his family. For the previous 14 years, McGaugh commuted on a weekly basis between College Park, Md., and Cleveland. He worked as in the Department of Astronomy at the…
March 27, 2014
Ohio aims to curb chronic diseases The Columbus Dispatch: Health officials released a plan to prevent and reduce chronic disease across the state, developed with input from more than 40 organizations. The initiative gives public-health professionals metrics to meet and monitor together, said Suri…
March 27, 2014
The rent is, in fact, too damn high The Street: Though the Case-Shiller Housing Index shows a slight drop in housing prices, rents actually are up. "The single family home market, which is what Case-Shiller indexes, is still soft following the foreclosure crisis and tight credit situation,”…
March 27, 2014
During the week of March 23, graduating seniors will receive an invitation to participate in the College Senior Survey. The survey is being given to seniors at schools across the country and asks about students’ experiences. The results of the survey will be used to evaluate and improve the…
March 27, 2014
During the week of March 23, first-year students will receive an invitation to participate in a national survey titled, "Your First College Year." The survey is being given to first-year students at schools across the country and asks about students’ experiences during their first year. The results…
March 27, 2014
As a part of the Women and Gender Studies and the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women Research in Progress Seminar Series, Jacqueline C. Nanfito, associate professor of Spanish, will present her current research, "Marjorie Agosin: The Poetics of Memory and Identity." Agosín, a Chilean poet, writer…
March 27, 2014
The University Program Board will bring food trucks to the quad on Friday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The invited trucks will include: Donut Lab Little Cheesers Sweet! Mobile Cupcakery The Orange Truk Wholly Frijoles Jibaro World Eats Pig Lickin' Good BBQ Mobile Sushi Bar. All…
March 27, 2014
The Autism Research Seminar Series will present “Translational Research in Autism: From Neuroimaging Studies to Clinical Trials,” Tuesday, April 1, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism (2801 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.). Antonio Hardan, director of the Autism and Developmental…
March 27, 2014
The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking will present “Responses of Professionals to the Pandemic of Human Trafficking,” a symposium on Saturday, April 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Robbins Building. The symposium calls on practitioners and students from nursing, medicine, social work, law,…