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Hatha yoga classes begin in June at discounted employee rate
University Hospitals’ Connor Integrative Medicine Network will offer Hatha yoga classes to Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals employees and volunteers at a discounted rate of $40 per four-week series. Individuals can sign up for both the Tuesday and Thursday series to take…
CWRU users can now store up to 5 Gigabytes of files on Google Drive
Google Apps for Education has released Google Drive to Case Western Reserve University. Google Drive is a service that syncs and stores files from your computer with a virtual drive that can be accessed from any computer or mobile device, allowing you to see your files no matter where you are. Its…
Margot Damaser wins School of Medicine’s 2012 Gender Equity Award
Margot Damaser, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, recently was honored with the American Medical Women’s Association Clinical Gender Equity Award for 2012. Damaser, a nationally and…
Lisa Nielson wins award for distinguished teaching in SAGES program
Lisa Nielson is this year’s winner of The Richard A. Bloom, M.D. Award for Distinguished Teaching in the SAGES Program.  The award was established in 2008 to honor distinguished teaching in the SAGES program at Case Western Reserve University. Nielson is the Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow and leads…
Ohio Department of Aging names Terry Hokenstad to Senior Citizens Hall of Fame
The Ohio Department of Aging has inducted Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Professor Merl "Terry" Hokenstad into the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame. A Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Hokenstad, 75, has been a proponent of the aging population for…
Submit nominations for Alumni Association awards
Alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends of Case Western Reserve University are invited to submit nominations for The Alumni Association’s awards: the Distinguished Alumni Award, Professional Achievement Award, Young Alumni Award, Daniel T. Clancy Alumni Service Award and Newton D. Baker…
Discovery could lead to new therapies for heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s
Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists, and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered that the gas…
PeopleSoft Financials users: Prepare for fiscal year’s end with June 6 info session
All PeopleSoft Financials users are encouraged to attend the year-end close informational session, hosted by the Controller’s Office. The session, which will cover key information and dates related to the fiscal 2012 year-end close process, will be held June 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Strosacker…
Tesla Orchestra’s Open Spark Project to turn music into lightning; submit compositions now
Last year, the Tesla Orchestra launched the Open Spark Project, in which musicians around the world—and those here at Case Western Reserve University—submitted their music to be turned into lightning. The Tesla Orchestra launched the second year of the project May 25, and musicians can submit their…
Grad student Nicole Mendelsohn explains why stores should charge fees for bags
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County collaborate on curbing plastic bags The Plain Dealer: Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are working together to get rid of plastic grocery bags. Graduate student Nicole Mendelsohn wrote a paper for a class arguing that it makes economic sense for grocery stores to stop…