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Nominations being accepted for Inclusion and Diversity Achievement Awards
The Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity will host the fifth annual Inclusion and Diversity Achievement Awards Luncheon Wednesday, April 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Thwing Center ballroom. Nominations for the diversity awards, which will be presented at the luncheon, are…
Participate in March for Marfan 3 or 5K race April 6; register by March 23
Help raise funds for the National Marfan Foundation by participating in the March for Marfan, a 5K run and 3K walk/run presented by Alpha Phi Omega. The event will take place Saturday, April 6, on the North Residential Village track. All proceeds will support the National Marfan Foundation, which…
Grant to Fund Efforts to Reduce Prevalence of Preterm Birth
CLEVELAND - A scientist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop a therapy to reduce the prevalence of premature births, which today affect more than 15 million newborns worldwide each year. Sam Mesiano, PhD, associate professor of…
U.S. ambassador to Brazil touts programs at CWRU
Thomas Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Brazil, says Brazil and USA are natural and inevitable partners The Plain Dealer: U.S. Ambassador Thomas Shannon met with Brazilian exchange students studying at Case Western Reserve to discuss how to bring more of them to CWRU. The students “said CWRU has great…
Doctoral student writes for ESPN on Cleveland Indians' missing 1948 pennant
Chasing the Indians' missing 1948 pennant ESPN: Stephanie Liscio, a doctoral student in history, wrote an article on the Cleveland Indians’ World Series pennant from 1948 that went missing in 1949. “The 1948 pennant went into hiding in the most public way possible,” she wrote. “Perhaps that's why…
5 questions with…account clerk, novelist Becky Sloan
When Becky Sloan was about 13, her love for writing took root. Now, nearly 60 years later, she’s published her first novel, Branches—a work that took years of writing, rewriting, editing and retooling in order to be fit for print. Sloan’s long journey led her to realize four crucial words of…
Article by English’s Michael Clune becomes one of most-read articles in ”LA Review of Books"
Michael Clune, assistant professor of English, recently published an article in the Los Angeles Review of Books, titled “What Was Neoliberalism?” The article, which looks at the concepts espoused in the book Masters of the Universe, garnered a large following and is one of the most-viewed articles…
Law School’s Jonathan Adler publishes, presents on various law issues
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, recently gave several presentations and had several of his works published. On Dec. 13, Adler debated Professor Sam Bagenstos of the University of Michigan in a Federalist…
New editions, articles by Distinguished University Professor Paul Giannelli released
Paul C. Giannelli, Distinguished University Professor and the Albert J. Weatherhead III & Richard W. Weatherhead Professor of Law, recently had several works published. New editions were released of: Scientific Evidence, Understanding Evidence, Ohio Juvenile Law, Ohio Evidence Handbook, Ohio…
Registration now open for March/April CAPS training
The Case Western Reserve University Administrative Professional Series (CAPS) program is accepting registration for its March and April classes. Go to help.case.edu and click CAPS on the training menu for a complete schedule. CAPS provides valuable training on the functional and technical aspects…