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Weatherhead School professor appointed chief economist for U.S. Commerce Department
Susan Helper, a Case Western Reserve University economics professor who most recently served as a senior economic adviser to the White House, has been appointed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s chief economist. Helper replaces Mark Doms, who was the department’s chief economist from August 2009…
5 questions with…senior pre-med student and globetrotter Karen Kruzer
Rising senior Karen Kruzer is trying something different this summer: staying in Cleveland. The pre-med, medical anthropology major is interning at MetroHealth Medical Center on a research study related to kidney failure in premature babies. Staying in the city might not seem abnormal for most.…
Law’s Charles Korsmo presented his paper at multiple conferences
Charles Korsmo, assistant professor of law, presented his paper titled “The Law and Economics of Merger Litigation: Do the Merits Matter in Shareholder Appraisal” at multiple conferences in the past few months. The conferences include: The Annual Conference of the American Law and Economics…
English’s T. Kenny Fountain publishes article in 60th anniversary issue of “Intercom” magazine
T. Kenny Fountain, assistant professor of English, had his article, "Preparing for the Future by Looking to the Past," published in the April issue of Intercom (the magazine of the Society for Technical Communication). His article was part of the magazine's 60th anniversary issue.
Trivia answer: The camp held during the summer for rising sophomores was…
Camp Case. According to The Little Blue Book, the camp was a rustic outpost where engineering students lived in tents and learned surveying, identification of trees and other skills. Camp Case provided a close-knit environment that provided opportunities for students to receive mentoring from…
Study abroad for the summer, semester or full year in Denmark
The Office of Education Abroad offers summer, semester and yearlong programs to Denmark through the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) in Copenhagen and Denmark Technical University (DTU) in Lyngby. DIS offers a variety of semester-long core courses in the health sciences, political science,…
Another session of discounted yoga, meditation classes offered at University Hospitals
The Connor Integrative Medicine Network at University Hospitals once again will offer its yoga and meditation classes at a discounted price for Case Western Reserve University employees, students and volunteers. In July, Meditation RX—a class to help expand and enhance meditation practice—will be…
121 Fitness receives 45 new bikes for spinning classes, makes upgrades
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, 121 Fitness received 45 brand-new Keiser M3 Plus cycle bikes for its spinning room. As part of its commitment to constant improvement, 121 Fitness also announced upgrades to its building, to be completed over the summer and fall of 2013: Phase one…
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CWRU names Mark Henderson interim CIO, VP for Information Technology Services
Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III announced today that he has appointed Mark Henderson as the university’s interim vice president for Information Technology Services (ITS) and chief information officer. Henderson, who has served as the university’s associate vice president for ITS since the beginning…
QuikPay outage planned for overnight hours July 11-12
QuikPay services will be unavailable to users from 11 p.m. Thursday, July 11, to 6 a.m. Friday, July 12, to allow Information Technology Services (ITS) and the QuikPay vendor to conduct scheduled maintenance. QuikPay is the system used by students and other authorized users for tuition bill…