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Case Western Reserve University will upgrade the Human Capital Management (HCM) enterprise human resources system to version 9.1 in September. The upgrade will enable easier, quicker navigation of the system. While the menu options and pages that end users see in HCM will not change, menu…

Washington Monthly applies new values to college-ranking criteria Education Week: The latest rankings from Washington Monthly feature Case Western Reserve University at No. 7 on its list of national universities. The magazine “comes up with its college rankings based on three out-of-the-box…

What to do this week: Get out! Scene Magazine: Tonight, Michael Weiss, chair of the Department of Biochemistry, will lead a talk titled “Sex Determination in the City” at Happy Dog. This discussion is part of an ongoing series "Life, the Universe & Hot Dogs: Dark Matter over Dark Beer" with…

Weighing in on obesity in the frum community Jewish Action: A recent study found that those who participated in frequent religious activities were 30 percent more likely to be obese than those who didn’t, with one possible explanation related to the emphasis on food at religious events. Especially…

A story of recovery Kent Patch: Increases in tax withholdings are a good sign post-recession because it means more money is being paid to people in that community. “If you don’t have people working, they’re not going to have income taxes,” said Jack Kleinhenz, adjunct professor of economics.…

Case Western Reserve University retained its national top 10 position this year in Washington Monthly’s annual rankings of colleges that contribute to the best interests of students and the country. Last year marked the first time the university broke into the magazine’s highest tier, leaping from…

As a renowned scholar on elderly care issues, Eva Kahana has won countless awards from national and international organizations. Yet the news that she had been named one of Case Western Reserve’s Distinguished University Professors took her entirely by surprise. “They say that people far away…

Claudia Coulton conducts research with two goals: to identify issues in urban areas and to solve them. Time and again, her scholarly findings have prompted concrete leadership changes—which in turn have improved the lives of the people she studies. For example, when the Center for Urban Poverty…

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women announced this year’s recipients of the Mather Spotlight Prize, each chosen by her school for excellence in scholarship and research. The prizes will be awarded at the center’s annual Women of Achievement luncheon on Friday, Oct. 12, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in…

The deadline for submitting fall tuition waiver applications to the Office of Human Resources is Sept. 30, but employees are encouraged to send in their materials as soon as possible. Reminder: Employees using tuition waiver for a dependent child must include the annual proof of dependency with…