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June 17, 2011
This week's poll results are in; find out where members of the CWRU community are headed this summer
Most of you are staying put this summer, according to this week's poll results.
Almost half of those who answered the poll question, "Summer's almost officially here—what do you have planned?" said they want to get to know the Cleveland area better and are planning a staycation to hit up its many h...

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June 17, 2011
Numbers from the Case Western Reserve University Greek community’s 365 Days of Service Campaign have been tallied, and the chapters reported 12,680 hours of service in all. Additionally, they collected $42,886.50 in donations and 15,771 cans of food.
This is a slight increase in the number of hours...

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June 16, 2011
The Software Center has added Stata 11 statistical software for Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Perpetual, annual or six-month software licenses can be purchased directly from the vendor through the Campus Pickup GradPlan at softwarec...

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June 16, 2011
CNN: About a third of the U.S. population has nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which could lead to serious liver disease and can be hard to detect, said School of Medicine professor Kevin Mullen....

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June 16, 2011
National Oil & Lube News: A team of Weatherhead School of Management graduate students, in conjunction with the Lube Stop fast lube chain, conducted an in-depth study into the effect of electric vehicles on the fast lube industry....

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June 16, 2011
Ohio Medicaid has partnered with the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Government Resource Center (GRC) and the Ohio Colleges of Medicine Advisory Council to identify university faculty and staff interested participating in the Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP). MEDTAPP funding prov...

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June 16, 2011
Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University, will visit campus June 20 for a lecture on her new book with Vanessa Williamson, The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism. Sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the session will ...

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June 16, 2011
Science Channel: In an excerpt from the Morgan Freeman-hosted show, physics and astronomy professor Glenn Starkman is featured (segment: "Why Do We Care?"); the full episode—with more from Starkman—will re-air Sunday at 10 p.m....

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June 16, 2011
The Graduate Student Senate is holding its first official summer activity, Tap into Summer, on June 21 from 4 to 6 p.m. near Bingham Building. The entire campus community is invited to celebrate the first day of summer and enjoy food from two of Cleveland's most popular food trucks, Umami Moto (Asia...

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June 16, 2011
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a genetic factor that can regulate obesity-induced inflammation that contributes to chronic health problems.
If they learn to control levels of the factor in defense cells called macrophages, “We have a shot at a nove...