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Opening reception for African-American quilt and doll exhibit Oct. 21
The African-American Quilt and Doll Guild will host an opening reception for a quilt and doll exhibit on Monday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Case Western Reserve University Studio Art Gallery, on the corner of Adelbert Road and Murray Hill Road. The show—free and open to the public— is…
Join Spoken English Language Partners for discussion on American football; free lunch
The Case Western Reserve University Spoken English Language Partners will host a discussion, "Conversation on American Football," on Thursday, Oct. 24, from noon to 1 p.m. in Sears Building, Room 446 Attendees will have the opportunity to meet to learn about American football and culture from a…
5 questions with… first-year student and co-creator of the Fear Experience Max Simon
When Max Simon was 13 years old, he and his cousin, 16-year-old Nick Francis, entered a national contest to create a backyard haunted house. Five years later, their business—the Fear Experience—is hailed as one of Northeast Ohio’s premier Halloween attractions. In 2008, the cousins devoted their…
Parallels Desktop 9 now available for download on Software Center
Parallels Desktop 9 is now available on the Software Center for $39 to Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff using Macintosh computers. Licenses do not expire. Parallels Desktop enables users to run both Windows and Mac OS X applications side-by-side without rebooting.…
Get a discount on all regalia purchases from university bookstore through Nov. 29
Case Western Reserve University’s Barnes and Noble bookstore will offer a 10 percent discount on all regalia purchases for faculty and staff until Friday, Nov. 29. On Monday, Nov. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., a representative will be available to do measurements and to answer any regalia-related…
Former Mayo clinic heart surgeon to join CWRU School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic's Dr. Soon Park to join UH, Case as chief of cardiac surgery The Plain Dealer: Former Mayo Clinic heart surgeon Soon Park will join University Hospitals as its next chief of cardiac surgery. Park also will serve as will also serve as co-director of the UH Harrington Heart and Vascular…
New scholarly journal app available for free through Nov. 9
Kelvin Smith Library is running a trial of BrowZine, a new tablet application that allows users to browse, read and monitor many of the library’s scholarly journals in a format designed for the iPad and Android tablet. Items found in BrowZine can easily be synced with Zotero, Dropbox and several…
Barnes and Noble university bookstore to host t-shirt sale today
Case Western Reserve University’s Barnes and Noble bookstore will have an all-day t-shirt sale on Thursday, Oct. 17. All short-sleeve t-shirts with logos (excluding Under Armour) will be 25 percent off. Call 216.368.2650 with any questions.
CWRU receives 2013 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award for second straight year
Case Western Reserve University received the 2013 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, a national honor recognizing colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. It marks the second straight…
School of Medicine researchers find unexpected protein similarities
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found unexpected similarities between proteins that were thought to be fundamentally different. The team studied how proteins bind to Ribonucleic acid (RNA), a process required for gene expression. It is known that some…