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Civil engineering's David Zeng helps fact check fracking claims
Fact checking fracking: Can fracking trigger earthquakes? ideastream: A series of earthquakes in the area last year made big news, especially after they were found to have been a by-product of natural gas drilling. David Zeng, chair of the civil engineering department, said that while fault lines…
Technology management's Joseph Jankowski discusses CWRU's growing bioscience efforts
Northeast Ohio bioscience industry growing, adding jobs The Plain Dealer: A new report found that Northeast Ohio’s emerging bioscience industry supports more than 21,000 jobs and receives large amounts of federal funding. Case Western Reserve received $175.9 million from the National Institute of…
“Social Justice and Diversity: Intersections” lecture kicks off Power of Diversity Lecture Series
The Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity presents a lecture by Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and director of the university's Social Justice Institute and associate professor in the history department. Williams' lecture "Social Justice and Diversity: Intersections” will be held…
Expert to discuss revolutionizing medicine through nanotechnology in Ford Distinguished Lecture
The growing capacity to build sensors, screening devices and curative structures as small as atoms promises to bring massive changes to the way we study, diagnose and treat cancer, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease, and extend life in the not-too distant future. Chad A. Mirkin, a…
View the works of Art Studio faculty in exhibition Sept. 21–Oct. 12; reception held tonight
An Art Studio Faculty Exhibition kicks off today, Sept. 21, with an opening reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Art Studio (on the corner of Adelbert and Murray Hill roads). The exhibition features works created by Art Studio faculty members in ceramic, textile, painting, drawing, architecture,…
5 questions with…flight nursing director, life-saving Good Samaritan Chris Manacci
As Chris Manacci headed home to Chagrin Falls from his son’s Case Western Reserve football game at Hiram College, he passed by a van with a boat in tow—and a tire that was dangerously low. After dropping his wife off at home, Manacci, the clinical director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center…
Free hummus on the library oval today, courtesy of the Middle Eastern Cultural Association
The Middle Eastern Cultural Association will be on the Kelvin Smith Library oval today during community hour (12:30–2 p.m.) offering free hummus to members of the campus community. For more information on MECA, join the mailing list at lists.case.edu/wws/info/meca.
The New Jim Crow author’s talk tops off citywide discussions about the book
Michelle Alexander, author of New York Times bestseller The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, headlines an upcoming series of free weekly citywide book discussions—one of which is taking place on campus Sept. 25. The citywide book discussions, which began Sept. 11,…
Attend the Spartan Spiritfest for the homecoming court reveal, plus food and activities
All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to celebrate homecoming at the kickoff event, Spartan Spiritfest. Held in the Thwing Center atrium from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 24, the event will feature free food and music. The 2012 Homecoming Court will also be revealed. For more…
Interested in teaching English in Japan? Attend informational session Sept. 24
On Monday, Sept. 24, a representative from the Japanese consulate in Detroit will visit the Case Western Reserve University campus for an informational session about teaching English in Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. The session will be in the Guilford House lounge…