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June 27, 2012
Faculty members are invited to apply to participate in the fourth Mentor Fellows program, to be conducted by UCITE during the fall semester. This series of seminars is designed to engage faculty in thoughtful discussions with other faculty on mentoring and on how to improve the quality of…
June 27, 2012
The Connor Integrative Medicine Network with host two four-week hatha yoga series in July. The classes are offered to Case Western Reserve University employees at a discounted rate. The first hatha yoga course, held Tuesdays from 6 to 7 p.m. from July 10–31, focuses on building strength and…
June 27, 2012
Earlier this year, the university debuted Rave Mobile Safety as the university’s text- and voice-messaging alert system. Rave, which specializes in higher education emergency communications, replaced CaseWARN. Faculty, staff and students have been automatically registered for the system, but they…
June 27, 2012
Weatherhead School Dean Mohan Reddy (seated, right) met with the director of Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Father E. Abraham (seated, left), and the dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University, Professor Jiazhen Huo (seated, center). A newly established Global MBA…
June 27, 2012
Case Western Reserve University will build on its extensive health programs for underserved patients with an investment of $6.4 million shared between the university and the Ohio Medicaid program. The state committed $3.3 million of federal Medicaid dollars to support efforts to prepare health…
June 26, 2012
Women faculty members and postdoctoral scholars in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are encouraged to attend a “REACH for Commercialization” workshop at Ohio State University in Columbus, Sept. 23-25. The workshop is intended to give women faculty members and postdocs in STEM an…
June 26, 2012
The annual summer garage sale at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is scheduled for Wednesday, July 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A $3 summer cookout lunch will be served between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the school’s patio. The sale, now in its fourth year, features home decorative…
June 26, 2012
EEGs may someday be able to diagnose autism ABC News: A brain test could someday be used to diagnose autism in young children. But Max Wiznitzer, associate professor of pediatric neurology, said the EEG is more of a confirmatory tool because specialists usually make diagnoses. “I think the value…
June 26, 2012
Gas prices may dip below $3 Fox 8: Gas prices were expected to rise above $5 per gallon this summer, but instead they’re falling—potentially to below $3. The predictions were off because gas and oil prices depend on both current market fundamentals as well as what people think will happen in the…
June 26, 2012
Gait helps geckos stay on their sticky toes The New York Times: The mechanics of geckos’ stride help keep their adhesive toe pads clean, preserving their stickiness, according to research by Shihao Hu, a postdoctoral researcher in macromolecular science and engineering. “The scrolling motion…