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September 13, 2012
From Sept. 17 to Sept. 23, 121 Fitness will open its doors to the entire community, inviting individuals to try out its fitness services free of charge. All week, community members will have free access to the facility, more than 60 group exercise classes, a cookout on Sept. 18 from noon to 2 p.m.,…
September 12, 2012
Case Western Reserve University’s 121 Fitness Center will kick off the Get “Fit for Life” program Sept. 24. This eight- or 12-week training program offers specialized workout and nutrition plans for every level—whether you want to lose weight, ton, build muscle or just become more active. The…
September 12, 2012
Now that you're on your own, you have to make some tough decisions, like figuring out what comes first—groceries or graphic novels, pizza or the movies, the latest song or money for the parking meters. So how can you make sure you've got the cash to make this all happen? Check out the Money 101…
September 12, 2012
The campus community is invited to join the student organization Words Matter and sign the pledge to demonstrate commitment to recognizing that derogatory language is harmful, supporting the worth and dignity of each individual and promoting justice and compassion through choice of language. The…
September 12, 2012
On Sunday, Sept. 16, from noon to 6 p.m., the University Program Board will bring in graffiti artists from New York to provide background on the rich culture of graffiti and to do a live demonstration of their artwork in Graffiti Live! The event will begin with a talk, and the rest of the day will…
September 12, 2012
Case for Sight, a vision advocacy group on campus, will hold its annual Dinner in the Dark event Sept. 14, during which participants will be treated to a unique culinary experience as they eat a three-course meal—blindfolded. Additionally, they will be able to enjoy artwork and music by Cleveland…
September 12, 2012
Author Sandra M. Pollino will be at the university’s Barnes and Noble bookstore at noon on Friday, Sept. 14, to talk about her book, Flying Fear Free: 7 Steps to Relieving Air Travel Anxiety. Approximately 25 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide feel anxiety about flying. Pollino…
September 12, 2012
Some of the body’s own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged and then unleashed as a precise and persistent technology to guide cell behavior, researchers at Case Western Reserve University report in the current issue of the journal, Acta Biomaterialia. The…
September 12, 2012
Students, faculty, staff and members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to make recommendations for the university's 2013 common reading. The Common Reading Program was started in 2002 for first-year students. Each year new undergraduate students have been given a common…
September 12, 2012
CLEVELAND - Menachem Shoham, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly…