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Paul Barnhart pushes fourth- and fifth-year students to become problem solvers before they leave for graduate school or engineering careers. “I don’t ask them questions that have answers in the back of a book,” said Barnhart, a Case Western Reserve University associate professor of aerospace and…

The Case Western Reserve Alumni Association will hold its Legacy Reception on Saturday, May 18, from noon to 2 p.m. at Amasa Stone Chapel. The reception is held in honor of the lifelong connection between graduating students, their alumni family members and the university. Food and a commemorative…

Recently, first-year students received 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 questions about students’ experiences during their first year of college. The results…

Case Western Reserve employees are encouraged to participate in National Bike to Work Day May 17, leaving their cars at home and commuting by bike. Sponsored by Bike Cleveland with support of the Cleveland Clinic, National Bike to Work Day will include morning commute activities and a kickoff in…

Anthropology’s Eileen Anderson-Fye started the academic year by giving the first-ever faculty address to the incoming undergraduate class. She finished it by becoming the only person in university history to win its top award for undergraduate teaching 12 months after claiming the campus prize for…

Two winners of the inaugural 2013 Flora Award—from the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women—will be honored in a free, public event May 21 at 4:30 p.m. at the Western Reserve Historical Society. The historical society is an institution with ties to the late social justice advocate and…

When an incoming first-year student asked to become involved in research, R. Mohan Sankaran, associate professor of chemical engineering, delivered. The student, Megan Witzke, will graduate this month as a published researcher. She’ll enter a PhD program this fall as one of fewer than 100 chemical…

Students waiting outside Ronald Hickman Jr.’s second floor office at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing are a familiar sight. They repeatedly come to him for sound advice about their academic and career paths. Four undergraduates gave Hickman a special “thank you” for such guidance by…

Bon Appetit Management Co. is sponsoring a school supply collection drive through the end of finals week for unused or gently used items. Collection bins are located at Leutner and Fribley dining halls. All unwanted supplies will be donated to Citizens Leadership Academy in Cleveland.

The Case Western Reserve Staff Advisory Council Elections Committee announced Brinn Omabegho, department manager of molecular biology and microbiology, as the newly elected vice chair of the council. Omabegho has worked at CWRU for 11 years. Her university service includes: Department manager,…