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Tenured women faculty: Apply for program to learn about future career options
Tenured women faculty members are invited to apply for a program targeted to mid-career women who are considering administrative leadership positions or other career paths within academia. The three-session program will be held Oct. 29, Jan. 28 and March 25, 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m. The objectives of the…
Last call for nominations for The Alumni Association Awards; deadline July 15
Do you know an alumnus or alumna who is doing great things? There’s only one week left to nominate him/her for The Alumni Association Awards. The awards will be presented at the All Alumni Luncheon on Friday, Sept. 28, as part of the 2012 Alumni Weekend and Homecoming celebration. Last year, The…
CWRU engineers design integrated sensors to handle extreme conditions
A team of Case Western Reserve University engineers has designed and fabricated integrated amplifier circuits that operate under extreme temperatures, up to 600 degrees Celsius—a feat that was previously impossible. The silicon carbide amplifiers have applications in both aerospace and energy…
5 questions with…Distinguished University Professor, accountancy influencer Gary Previts
When the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants recently identified the most influential leaders in its 125-year history, it selected one of Case Western Reserve’s own: Distinguished University Professor Gary Previts. But this certainly wasn’t the first time Previts, chair of the…
Pediatrics faculty Alex Huang earns $200,000 grant to examine brain tumors
Alex Huang, associate professor of pediatrics, has been awarded a $200,000 grant from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for children with cancer. The foundation awarded 48 grants totaling more than $4 million to doctors, researchers and medical and graduate…
QuikPay outage scheduled for July 9, 1-4 a.m.
QuikPay services will be down Monday, July 9, from 1 to 4 a.m. to allow Information Technology Services (ITS) and the QuikPay vendor to conduct scheduled maintenance. QuikPay is the system used by students and other authorized users for tuition bill presentation and credit card payment…
Fireworks, barbecues and festivities—CWRU’s favorite thing about Independence Day was…
From having the day off to enjoying a fireworks spectacular, there was much to enjoy on the Fourth of July. According to this week’s poll, members of the Case Western Reserve University community were most excited for Independence Day fireworks shows, followed by a day free from work, barbecues and…
Bocce league forming at CWRU for entire campus community; sign up now
A bocce league is launching at Case Western Reserve University, with its inaugural season being held July 11-27. All students, faculty and staff are invited to form teams of two to four players. Gather friends and co-workers to have fun while meeting new people. Players at any level—even those new…
How well is Ohio’s Smoke Free Work Place Act being enforced? Find out in upcoming seminar
The Prevention Center for Health Neighborhoods will host a seminar looking at smoke-free workplace laws and public health. David Bruckman, the biostatistician and chief systems analyst at the Cleveland Department of Public Health and an adjunct instructor at PRCHN, will present “Enforcement of…
Researcher finds home health care nurses may spread infection in their own houses
When a healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium, the infection was traced to his mother’s nurse’s bag, which was left in the family’s car after her home health care visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the boy’s infection and the patient’s infection were never…