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The Center for Civic Engagement & Learning will hire two AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates to build capacity for the local food movement and community gardening in Cleveland. These positions are funded through the Ohio Campus Compact’s Summer Associate Program and will allow two students to…

The campus community is invited to attend a Cleveland Indians game April 7 as they face the Toronto Blue Jays. This event is sponsored by Weatherhead Graduate Student Affairs at the Weatherhead School of Management and is a part of the Case Western Reserve University’s Graduate and Professional…

by Diana Bilimoria Leadership is About engaging and energizing people, and inspiring them to give their best, to stretch, to achieve, and to excel. We’ve all been in places where leaders have served as role models and examples of the behaviors we want to emulate—where they’ve sought our input in…

The University Counseling Service will present a series of 45-minute resiliency workshops on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in Tomlinson Library. Students can drop in for all or part of any of the workshops geared toward bouncing back from setbacks and stressors. This Wednesday, April 4, at 12:15 p.m.,…

Award-winning scholar Ezra Vogel will speak on the legacy of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping on April 10. The lecture, titled “Deng Xiaoping and the Opening of China,” will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Mandel Center Room 108. Vogel argues than no person in the 20th century affected more people or had…

Hope for Alzheimer’s WKSU: In this week’s episode of Exploradio, Case Western Reserve University researchers Gary Landreth and Paige Cramer discuss their promising treatment to combat Alzheimer’s disease.

Awful literacy stats make the case for Jackson's school reform plan The Plain Dealer: According to research from the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, only 43.8 percent of Cuyahoga County residents over the age of 16 meet “Level 3” literacy standards—those that are necessary to…

Science jokes The Columbus Dispatch: In honor of April Fools’ Day, the newspaper asked scientists, including physics and astronomy professor Glenn Starkman, to tell their favorite science-related jokes.

Taking a me-day Psychology Today: In her “Don’t Worry, Mom” blog, assistant professor of psychology Amy Przeworski discusses the importance of “me-days” and how to not feel guilty about taking them.

Why some breast tumors resist chemo DailyRx: Researchers have found a particular marker may be able to predict if a woman’s breast cancer will respond to taxane chemotherapy. “This exciting data first provides a new way to attack cancer cells,” said Anthony Berdis, assistant professor of…