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The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women is pleased to announce this year’s class for the yearlong Women Staff Leadership Development Institute (WSLDI). Twelve women professional staff members were chosen from a competitive field of applicants. This year’s cohort, the fifth class to go through the…

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner David Livingstone Smith will explore the roots of the inhumane treatment of others during a special talk at Case Western Reserve University’s Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence. Smith, author of Less than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and…

Applications are being accepted for the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation Program. This program especially seeks to improve the quality and expand the scope of research and research training in science and engineering, by providing shared instrumentation that fosters the…

The Center for International Affairs will host its annual International and Study Abroad Fair Friday, Sept. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Case Quad. All students are invited to learn about the various study abroad opportunities and international organizations on campus. During community hour…

Join the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities as it kicks off its season of speakers Sept. 12 with the talk “Is the Civil War the Revolution We Like to Forget?” David Blight, recipient of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction for American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era,…

Elisa Amigo, Ohioans fly with Blue Angels Fox 8: Iwan Alexander, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, flew with the Blue Angels during the Cleveland National Air Show last weekend. “The whole thing was very impressive,” said Alexander, who was selected as part of the Key Influencer…

Resetting your retirement clock may be necessary according to a research group NewsNet5: The Employee Benefit Research Institute recently said it might be necessary to set retirement age at 70 instead of the usual 65. Joseph White, chair of the Department of Political Science, said people are…

History of the hamburger: from immigrant fare to fast food favorite Fox News: Hamburgers might be one of today’s most popular food, but they haven’t always been, according to Distinguished University Professor Alan Rocke. "It was considered questionable food except for workingmen's lunches, as…

Case Western Reserve University’s Board of Trustees recently appointed Sara Moll and Dominic Ozanne as new members and elected Charles D. “Chuck” Fowler as its new chair. Moll, an experienced clinical psychologist, earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Case Western Reserve.…

Charles J. “Bud” Koch, a member of the Case Western Reserve University Board of Trustees since 1999 and its chair since 2008, has been awarded one of the highest honors the institution can bestow, the University Medal. “I am humbled by this award,” Koch said. “I considered it a privilege to lead…