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Construction is beginning on the $18.5 million upgrade to the Cedar–University RTA rapid station. Beginning Oct. 4, traffic patterns near the station will significantly change. Cedar Avenue (westbound) will have three lanes maintained, but they will be much narrower; Vehicles will no longer be…

Headline news increasingly reports reactions to information gone viral. “Is There Revolutionary Potential in Rising Expectations?”—a talk by cultural anthropologist Arjun Appadurai, founder and president of Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research (PUKAR) in Mumbai, India—will address…

CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve School of Medicine announces a $1.5 million commitment from alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s headquarters. Dean Pamela B.…

Defense of Marriage Act faces widow’s tax case appeal Bloomberg News: A U.S. appeals court in New York is set to consider arguments challenging the Defense of Marriage Act. “The main issues in these cases revolve around equal protection, the idea that this federal law treats similarly situated…

Voters young & old discuss 2012 election ideastream: A recent Gallup poll shows that 63 percent of 18- to 29-year-old registered voters definitely will vote this year; in the 2008 election, it was 80 percent. On Thursday’s edition of “The Sound of Ideas,” two students, Mel Sayre, president of…

Half-shell heroes return to action The New York Times: Nickelodeon is re-launching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this weekend as a computer-animated animated series. The original concept intrigued people because it was a mash-up and parody of various comics, and it turned the superhero formula…

CWRU med school plans take hold Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): The Cleveland Foundation and the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation each have committed $10 million to help finance a 160,000-square-foot building for the School of Medicine. The university hopes to break ground on…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announced a $1.5 million commitment from School of Medicine alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s…

As Homecoming activities move into full swing, many around campus are getting in the Spartan spirit. But perhaps none show it quite as blatantly—and regularly—as Case Western Reserve’s very own Spartan: Eric Vondrak. Often seen around campus sporting his Spartan uniform—complete with armor, helmet…

The Department of Political Science will welcome one of the nation’s leading scholars of the presidency to campus Oct. 4 to discuss some of the most important issues about its future: How can the presidency fit into a new party system, and with what consequences? What does partisan conflict tell us…