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July 27, 2012
Seldom are recluses compared to rock stars. But then Emily Dickinson was anything but common. Long considered among America’s finest poets, Dickinson has inspired debate and adulation from the first major publication of her works four years after her death. This week, some of her fiercest fans…
July 27, 2012
When the Olympics kick off this evening, there’s a good chance biomedical engineering assistant professor Nicole Steinmetz will be tuned in. But she’ll be watching with an entirely different view than most of us; after all, she’s one of the few members of the campus community who has experienced…
July 26, 2012
The Kelvin Smith Library and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host two hands-on faculty development workshops in August. Facilitated by Digital Learning & Scholarship’s Creative New Media Officer Jared Bendis and Baker-Nord's Digital Humanities Manager Lee Zickel, the seminars will…
July 26, 2012
Earlier this week, we asked the campus community about their favorite summer flick so far, and the results ended up looking quite similar to those of the box office: In first place was the superhero blockbuster, The Avengers. (We assume you especially loved seeing our fair city up on the big…
July 26, 2012
Cleveland – The Ohio Third Frontier Commission unanimously awarded Case Western Reserve University’s National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM), $2.4 million for its OH-Alive Innovator Platform: A Process and Manufacturing Platform for Cell Therapy. These funds must be matched by NCRM and…
July 26, 2012
The 2012 Party on the Quad will be held Friday, July 27, from 3 to 6 p.m. on the Case Quad. The “Carnival of Fun” will be a low-waste event, featuring food (donated by Bon Appetit Management Co.), games and contests. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend. A valid Case Western…
July 25, 2012
Six summer interns are deep in local history at the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) as part of faculty member John Grabowski’s “Museums—Theory and Reality” history class at Case Western Reserve University. The summer course, open to undergrads and graduate students from various…
July 25, 2012
Researchers at The Center for Health Care Research and Policy, a joint program by MetroHealth and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently were honored with the Arrow Award for the best paper in health economics in 2011. The International Health Economics Association described…
July 25, 2012
Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of Theta Chi received the 2011/2012 Howard R. Alter Jr. Award for Chapter Excellence, the fraternity’s highest chapter honor. This marks the third time the Case Western Reserve chapter has won the Alter Award. Eleven chapters—out of 131 total—were…
July 24, 2012
Michael Scharf, the associate dean for global legal studies in the School of Law, gave a presentation July 17 on transitional justice in Misratta, Libya. More than 50 lawyers attended his talk. Misratta has been “ground zero” for the worst of the fighting during last year’s civil war, Scharf said.