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Award-winning Islam and Arabic studies lecturer Ramez Islambouli’s advice to those who want to emulate his teaching success sounds remarkably basic: “You have to keep your students awake.” It’s only when he begins to describe some of his strategies for staving off class-wide sleepiness that the…

The Software Center has updated LabVIEW to the spring edition for Windows and Macintosh computers. It is available at no charge to Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff, while students may use the software on CWRU-owned computers in a lab environment. Media sets for LabVIEW can be…

Parking and Transportation Services announces new parking rates for the 2012-13 academic year. Specific rates for each lot are posted online. The new rates are effective July 1. Case Western Reserve University's parking program provides more than 5,000 spaces to support the needs of faculty,…

Studies shed light on ‘twice exceptional’ students Education Week: New studies on “twice-exceptional students”—intellectually gifted children also diagnosed with learning disabilities—highlight the need for educators to take an earlier, more holistic approach to evaluating and teaching students…

Cuyahoga County defends Joe D'Ambrosio lawsuit The Plain Dealer: Joe D’Ambrosio spent two decades on death row after being convicted of killing Tony Klann, but he was freed two years ago after a judge found prosecutors withheld evidence. His lawyers filed a civil case against the city and county…

'The Avengers' sets weekend record. Is there a message for the industry? The Christian Science Monitor: The Avengers (filmed right here in Cleveland) opened overseas first and garnered $441 million abroad. Its success has many wondering if such good-vs.-evil story lines will be just as successful,…

Undergraduate student Eve Lanyi earned a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study the Russian language in Russia this summer. Lanyi, who is studying cognitive science and dance with a minor in Russian, is among about 575 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who received…

Dean Cyrus Taylor, Jeffrey R. Capadona, Barbara Burgess-Van Aken, Paul Jaussen, Joshua Hoeynck and Associate Dean Peter Whiting The Center for the Study of Writing recently honored four faculty members with teaching awards. Jeffrey R. Capadona, assistant professor of biomedical engineering,…

The Intersections: SOURCE Symposium & Poster Session was held April 20, with students taking part in a poster and oral competition. The following students were recognized during the competition. Arts & Humanities Poster Competition–First: Erik Williams, Passing Through; Faculty Mentor:…

Students are invited to submit their creative digital work to the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, a competition celebrating student achievement that reflects the convergence of technology and the creative arts. Submissions are being taken through June 22. Faculty members also are invited to submit…