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January 13, 2014
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) IT Committee and Information Technology Services (ITS) are sponsoring a contest to build a mobile app that collects real-time, user-reported data on the strength of wireless and cellular signals on campus. Requirements and rules are posted at…
January 13, 2014
To the Case Western Reserve Community: As a longtime law professor, I love the power of words. A well-crafted brief can illuminate ideas and arguments in ways that reshape perceptions, provoke positive actions and, quite literally, change the way we live. In recent days, though, I have come to…
January 13, 2014
Morrell “Bo” Heald, a professor for 35 years at Case Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University, died at age 91 on Jan. 3 in Mitchellville, Md. Heald served as the Samuel C. and Virginia B. Knight Professor of Humanities at CWRU from 1982 until his retirement in 1988. Heald was…
January 13, 2014
Applications for Beta Theta Pi fraternity’s semiannual Men of Principle Scholarship now are available. The scholarship of $500 is awarded to a male non-Greek undergraduate student based on their efforts to strive for personal excellence. Candidates are considered based on their pursuits in…
January 13, 2014
This Week on Kaleidoscope Newsnet5: Robin Dubin, chair of the Department of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, talked about her research on unique ways to get rid of urban blight on a recent episode of newsnet5’s “This Week on Kaleidoscope.”
January 13, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center hope to improve treatment and survival rates of ischemic heart disease patients by providing doctors an unprecedented look at the stents they place in coronary arteries. The highly collaborative team…
January 13, 2014
Released inmates with mental health issues require basic needs as well, CWRU researcher finds The Plain Dealer: Amy Wilson, assistant professor of social work, discussed her recent study, which found that when mentally ill inmates are released from jail, they need to fulfill basic needs before…
January 12, 2014
Geneticists from Ohio, California and Japan joined forces in a quest to correct a faulty chromosome through cellular reprogramming. Their study, published online today in Nature, used stem cells to correct a defective “ring chromosome” with a normal chromosome. Such therapy has the promise to…
January 11, 2014
The Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest closes on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 11:59 p.m. The contest provides an opportunity for all Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff to write and submit original essays in the style of newspaper opinion pieces between 500 and 1,000 words that…
January 10, 2014
Deepak Sarma, professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, will present a talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art–Cleveland (MOCA) Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. The talk, which is free and open to all, is titled “Simon Says ‘Nothing’: Deepak Sarma on Simon Evans.” Evans is an artist who meticulously…