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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…
Social work's Kathryn Betts Adams blogs about "getting old"
Letting ourselves get old? Psychology Today: Kathryn Betts Adams, associate professor of social work, blogs about whether individuals are apologetic about looking, feeling or even just being “old.”
Faculty encouraged to apply for research grants from STERIS Corp. by July 9
Faculty members from basic science and clinical departments in the School of Medicine as well as other departments throughout the university are invited to apply for seed money to foster research in emerging and healthcare-associated infections. The Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV…
Researchers find joint failures potentially linked to oral bacteria
The culprit of a failed hip or knee replacements just might be found in the mouth. DNA testing of bacteria from the fluid that lubricates hip and knee joints had bacteria with the same DNA as the plaque from patients with gum disease and in need of a joint replacement, according to research from…
Nearly a mile of books up for sale at CWRU Book Sale 2012
Where can you find nearly a mile of books, music and more at bargain prices? Just stop by the 66th Annual CWRU Book Sale 2012 from Saturday, June 2, to Tuesday, June 5, in Adelbert Gym to see thousands of selections from popular novels to rare finds or autographed first editions. Browse 20,000…
5 questions with…engineering student, Ultimate Frisbee enthusiast Ashley Gan
As Ashley Gan prepares for her last semester at Case Western Reserve University (she’s graduating in August), she’s already a bit nostalgic. After all, she has seven years full of memories to reflect on, first as an undergraduate student, earning her diploma in 2010, and now as a graduate student,…
Researchers root out the mechanisms behind mesenchymal stem cells’ healing effects
Could stem cells cure MS? The Scientist: A look deep in the inner-workings of mesenchymal stem cells points to hepatocyte growth factor as the mechanism that likely contribute to the cells’ healing effects. Case Western Reserve’s Robert Miller, PhD, whose 2009 discovery has laid the groundwork for…
Munch Café introduces summer hours
Munch Café, located in the School of Law, is open this summer Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Enjoy a refreshing bowl of Gazpacho, or a wrap or melt combo meal.