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CLEVELAND - The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), the nation’s oldest transplant association, has chosen Jonathan Lass, MD, for the 2012 R. Townley Paton Award for his work on corneal preservation and his 30-plus-year career as an ophthalmologist and medical educator. Lass is the Charles I…

Students are invited to enjoy a meal of free, plant-based food from local restaurants at the Case Animal Rights and Ethics Society's third annual Compassion Feast. Sarah Von Alt, the Ohio coordinator of Mercy for Animals, will be present to discuss the environmental ethics and widespread…

Out of nearly 800 applicants, Heather Clayton Terry, associate director for Women in Science & Engineering, has been selected to receive an all-expense-paid trip to Chicago to attend the PhD Project Conference, Nov. 14–16. The PhD Project is a clearinghouse for the knowledge potential students…

Matthew Willard, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Case School of Engineering, has been selected to take part in the 13th Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium. The symposium will be held Nov. 30–Dec. 2 at the Arnold and Mabel…

The sisters of Alpha Phi will hold their fall philanthropy event, Aphitness, on Sunday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 6 p.m. The event, open to the entire campus community, features four hours of fitness, including yoga, Zumba and cardio, and all sessions will be run by professional fitness instructors. The…

The Kelvin Smith Library’s Thanksgiving Holiday schedule will begin Wednesday, Nov. 21, with revised building hours until Sunday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving holiday hours are as follows: Wednesday, Nov. 21: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (early close, no 24x7 access) Thursday, Nov. 22: Closed (no 24x7) Friday, Nov.…

Day in and day out, researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center work to make major medical breakthroughs, such as this summer’s discoveries of a gene that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation and a new oncogene that leads to breast cancer. Anne Duli is not one of those researchers.…

From Nov. 12 to Nov. 17, Case Western Reserve University will celebrate International Education Week with a series of events. International Education Week was founded in 2000 as a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education under the leadership of President…

To thank the Case Western Reserve University community for its support in the launching of the Delta Chi Fraternity on campus, Delta Chi will hold a chartering banquet Nov. 10. All members of the Greek community and all university faculty, staff and administrators are invited to attend. Heavy…

Train the Champion graduates Angela Lowery, student service coordinator for the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning; Stephanie Hall, CWRU police officer; and Dan Anker, associate dean for faculty affairs and human resources at the School of Medicine. Applications are being accepted for the…