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May 15, 2012
Behind the Eyes of Dexter Davis Cleveland Magazine: Dexter Davis has worked as a security guard at the Cleveland Museum of Art for nearly 20 years, and he also is a contemporary artist whose extremely personal paintings sell for thousands. “Clearly, there’s an internal need that his art is…
May 15, 2012
Case Western Reserve University will award honorary degrees to four individuals at its 2012 commencement ceremonies. This year’s recipients are Gmail inventor and venture capitalist Paul Buchheit, public health leader Ciro de Quadros, Grammy-award winner Aretha Franklin and international law expert…
May 14, 2012
Faculty: There is still time to register to take part in commencement ceremonies this Sunday, May 20. The university convocation will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Veale Center; faculty members will line up at Amasa Stone Chapel at 8:30 a.m. In addition, the undergraduate diploma ceremony will begin at…
May 14, 2012
After years of traveling to Japan and studying its culture, economics major Alex Warofka soon will become part of it. The graduating senior is moving to Japan this fall to pursue research as a Fulbright scholar. Through his yearlong Fulbright opportunity, Warofka will combine his long-held…
May 14, 2012
Robert M. Eiben Save the date for The Robert M. Eiben, MD, Lectureship in Pediatric Neurology and a celebration of his 90th birthday July 12. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in Wolstein Research Building Auditorium, with Barry S. Russman leading the talk. Russman is a pediatric neurologist at…
May 14, 2012
For the second year in a row, Case Western Reserve University received the Commission on Economic Inclusion’s Best in Class for Workforce Diversity award in the nonprofit sector. The commission is a program of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. Marilyn Mobley, the vice president for inclusion,…
May 14, 2012
The journal Academy of Management Perspectives named Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, as the 47th most influential scholar in the field of management. The study looked at number of citations, which is one of the strongest measures of impact inside the…
May 14, 2012
The National Association of Professional Women has named Jane Timmons-Mitchell its Professional Woman of the Year in psychology for the state of Ohio for 2012-2013. Timmons-Mitchell is a senior research associate for The Dr. Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Center For Violence Prevention, Research and…
May 14, 2012
A neighborhood grocer is finally here in Uptown. After much anticipation, Constantino’s Market is now open for business, adding more activity to an already bustling Euclid Avenue. Located next to the Case Western Reserve Barnes & Noble bookstore on Euclid Avenue near East 115th Street,…
May 14, 2012
The man known as the father of modern Tibetan studies can add another distinguished title to his list: winner of the 2012 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize. Melvyn C. Goldstein, Case Western Reserve’s John Reynolds Harness Professor of Anthropology, will receive the honor during university…