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This year, University Circle Inc. is participating in the Toys for Tots campaign. Help them reach their goal of 100 toys by donating new, unwrapped toys until Dec. 14 at: University Circle Inc., 10831 Magnolia Dr. Monday through Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Visitor & Living in the Circle Center,…

From holding online classes with Google+ to building a weekly newspaper with Google Sites, faculty and students are finding innovative uses for the Google Apps for Education suite at Case Western Reserve University. The collection of collaboration and productivity tools—available to all university…

Fiscal Cliff: Alternative Minimum Tax to hit families WKYC: Unless Congress and the White House act to combat the looming “fiscal cliff,” the alternative minimum tax could cost millions of families thousands more per year. "Those with much lower incomes would not be hit by AMT," said Steven C.…

Snails in the water, disease in the villages National Science Foundation: People in developing countries who don’t have access to clean water or good sanitation facilities can be exposed to infected snails that serve as intermediaries between disease-causing worms and humans. The worms carry…

Heroism in Northeast Ohio ideastream: Chris Manacci, clinical director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing, was selected as one of Northeast Ohio’s own heroes. He joined a Sound of Ideas panel of these helpful individuals to discuss their heroic actions—including how Manacci…

CWRU's law student exchange agreements reflect school's broader international focus Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): School of Law Dean Lawrence Mitchell is growing the school’s student exchange agreements abroad. By Jan. 1, the number of partnerships should total 20—up from…

Science magazine published a review of bioethics and law professor Max Mehlman’s new book Transhumanist Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares: The Promise and Peril of Genetic Engineering. The reviewer described the book as “a deep and wide-ranging catalogue of the implications of transhumanism as a…

The American Association for Dental Research highlighted Leena Palomo, assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics in the School of Dental Medicine, in its monthly feature, “Strides in Science.” In this monthly segment, the ADDR selects a researcher and highlights his/her accomplishments…

LaShanda Korley, Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor of macromolecular science and engineering in the Case School of Engineering, has been selected to attend the 13th Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium. Korley will present a poster titled “Lessons from Nature: Tuning…

To continue gathering feedback on the future of the university, Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III and members of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee will hold another open forum Nov. 29. All members of the campus community are invited to attend and provide suggestions on how to shape the…