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Under 30 CEO? Try under 20 The Washington Post: A D.C.-area 18-year-old woman became part of a small group—18- to 19-year-old self-employed people—when she opened an accessories store. According to research, hers would be an outlier if it succeeds. “The failure rates [of small businesses] decline w...

Does Wikipedia have a place in academia? That’s what the Public Affairs Discussion Group will take on during this week’s session, “Wikipedia in the University.” Students’—and professors’—use of the site is growing, and it may be an acceptable use in some cases, says Peter Shulman, assistant professo...

The Eldred Theater Drama Series continues this weekend with more performances of The Underpants by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin. Performances of the play, directed by Ron Wilson, will be Nov. 17-19 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2:30 p.m. Faculty and staff tickets are $7, while CWRU students (w...

The Frederick K. Cox International Law Center invites the campus community to the Klatsky Seminar in Human Rights, “Victims Before International Criminal Courts: A Challenge for International Criminal Justice.” The seminar, led by International Criminal Court Judge Christine Van den Wyngaert, will ...

The 2012 Springfest Committee is seeking creative and energetic people to serve on the planning committee for the largest student-run event on campus. Visit springfest.case.edu for position information and an application; the deadline to apply is Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. No previous Springfest experience...

History is constantly changing, and now The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History is updating itself as well. Launched in 1998 as an online publication after more than 10 years in print, The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History added many new articles but kept a similar look over the years. That all chan...

College is a stressful time for students: they’re away from home, pressured by academic requirements and social responsibilities, feeling their way through new relationships and opportunities. In addition to these “normal” stressors of college life, many Case Western Reserve University students are ...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Biomedical Engineering Department Chair Jeffrey L. Duerk, PhD, will become the next dean of the Case School of Engineering, effective Jan. 1. An alumnus of the school, he has been a member of the university faculty since 1988 and has held leadership p...

Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day, a day to come together to celebrate and promote recycling. Get involved, and be armed with information on Case Western Reserve University’s recycling program. Currently the university recycles about 25-30 tons of material per month. However, we still send about 250 ...

Faculty, staff and students are invited to purchase discounted tickets to the Nov. 19 Lake Erie Monsters game at Quicken Loans Arena. Purchase tickets for just $10 and give back to the community at the same time: $5 of every ticket purchased will be donated to the nonprofit Transitional Housing, in ...