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Register for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5K Race for Education, taking place homecoming weekend
Register online to run in the fourth annual Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5K Race for Education, which will be held during homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 29. The race is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, families and community members, and all race proceeds benefit the Stephanie Tubbs Jones…
Homecoming parade registration open now through Sept. 26
Registration for the 2012 Homecoming Parade is now open, and all student groups are urged to get involved in the festivities. Any display of Spartan pride is welcome—groups can create a float, decorate cars, walk with a banner, dress in cultural or athletic garb or whatever illustrates the group’s…
Learn about HCM upgrades in info sessions; system will be unavailable Sept. 27-Oct. 1
Case Western Reserve University will upgrade the Human Capital Management (HCM) enterprise human resources system to version 9.1 beginning Thursday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. The HCM system will not be available until Monday, Oct. 1, at 8 a.m. While the menu options and pages that users see in HCM will…
Security vulnerability identified in Chrome, Firefox; update web browsers now
Users of the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Internet browsers are encouraged to update to the latest versions available for these products. A security vulnerability has been identified in older versions of these browsers that can enable an attacker to see sensitive data created or accessed with…
Award-winning documentary on American health care to screen at CWRU Sept. 19
On Sept. 19, Case Western Reserve University will join 49 other universities and medical schools hosting a screening of the documentary, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. The free, public event will be held in Strosacker Auditorium at 7 p.m. The film, which premiered at the…
Rape Aggression Defense classes held throughout October for female employees, students
The Case Western Reserve University Police Department will offer a Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) class for female faculty, staff and students starting Wednesday, Oct. 3. The class is run by certified RAD instructors and teaches women self-defense strategies and basic self-defense moves. The class…
Psychiatry's Phillip Resnick discusses suspect in Warren, Ohio, case
Experts: Suspect like a child Warren Tribune Chronicle: A 22-year-old mother of four is accused of raping a 9-month-old family member. Psychiatry professor Phillip Resnick performed competency tests on the suspect and found that while she is mildly or borderline mentally retarded and reads and…
Pediatrics' Jonathan Fanaroff talks danger of babies born to opiate-addicted moms
Babies born to opiate-addicted moms go through withdrawal The Plain Dealer: In the past decade, the number of babies born addicted to opioids in the U.S. has risen dramatically; in Ohio, the number of women identified as being opiate addicted while pregnant or parenting has grown nearly 200…
Claudia Coulton discusses latest Census Bureau income, poverty statistics
Ohio income down, rates of poverty and uninsured unchanged, 2011 census figures show The Plain Dealer: According to recent Census Bureau statistics, Ohio’s median household income declined by 5.7 percent over the previous year—a drop more than three times greater than the national average. "I know…
Information Technology Services releases annual report, three-year strategic plan
Information Technology Services has released two major resources online: its 2011-12 annual report and the university’s three-year strategic plan for technology, which will lead the university into 2015. This year marks the first that the ITS annual report is available online only, at…