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May 22, 2012
Engineering student William Holman was one of three winners of the Ohio Cool Co-op Contest, sponsored by the Ohio Cooperative Education Association (OCEA). In the spring and summer between his junior and senior years, Holman, a civil-engineering major, completed a co-op with Transystems…
May 22, 2012
Two Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professors were named health care heroes by Crain's Cleveland Business. Elaine Borawski, director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods and the Angela Bowen Williamson Professor in Community Nutrition, was lauded as a…
May 22, 2012
The American Institute of CPAs named Gary Previts, Distinguished University Professor, E. Mandell de Windt Professor in Enterprise and Leadership Development, and chair and professor of Accountancy, among the “125 People of Impact in Accounting” in a special 125-year anniversary issue of the…
May 22, 2012
Case for Community Day 2012 will take place Friday, Sept. 21, bringing together hundreds of faculty, staff and students as volunteers in the Greater University Circle community. To commemorate the 10-year anniversary, the Center for Community Partnerships is accepting ideas for service projects…
May 22, 2012
The Staff Advisory Council is accepting nominations for representatives through June 25. Eligibility for membership on the council is defined as all regular, full or part-time, exempt and non-exempt, non-faculty employees with at least six months of service with the university. Representatives are…
May 21, 2012
Scholar says superheroes lift despair, threaten status quo Examiner.com: As superheroes take the summer movie season by storm, SAGES fellow Brad Ricca, PhD, takes a critical look at the meaning behind these characters, their history and their impact on children. “I think that the idea of an…
May 21, 2012
Using a DMV wait to enroll organ donors New York Times (blog): Can contemplating a video while in line at the DMV increase organ donations? Case Western Reserve’s Daryl Thornton, MD, discusses the results of his study. “Even though the majority of people support organ donation, it’s hard for them…
May 21, 2012
Anthropology doctoral student M. Ariel Cascio is Case Western Reserve’s only graduate student to win a Fulbright Scholarship so far this year. She plans to use the funding to spend nine months in northern Italy conducting dissertation research on how Italians view, use services and care for…
May 21, 2012
Faculty and staff members are invited to get their children involved in this year’s Spartan Sports Camp. The camp will be in full swing this summer, June 11 through Aug. 3. Spartan Sports Camp allows children ages 6-12 to take part in basketball, soccer, baseball and swimming. Children of Case…
May 21, 2012
The heart of the Pebble watch, which has gathered more investment money than any Kickstarter project in the crowd-funding website’s history, was designed and built by a 2009 Case Western Reserve University graduate. Andrew Witte, who earned a computer engineering degree here, is the brains behind…