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Deadline to nominate staff member for President’s Award for Distinguished Service is March 23
President Barbara R. Snyder invites the campus community to nominate a non-faculty staff member for the President’s Award for Distinguished Service. This annual award honors staff members whose outstanding contributions to campus culture have a transformational effect on university colleagues,…
Learn from Fulbright director about faculty Fulbright Scholar opportunities
On Friday, March 23, the Center for International Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences will host Debra Egan, director of Fulbright Scholar programs, to share information about the 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar program, resources available to faculty and tips for applying for a Fulbright Scholar…
Engineering researchers, students demonstrate projects to interest children in STEM careers
As part of Engineering Week, Roger Quinn, the Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering; Musa Audu, investigator at the Cleveland FES Center; Ronald Triolo, professor of orthopaedics and biomedical engineering; and a dozen biorobotics students joined the Great Lakes Science Center Feb. 18 for a…
Neurology professor to take part in discussion of documentary at Cleveland International Film Festival
Robert B. Daroff, professor and chair emeritus in the Department of Neurology, will take part in a discussion at the Cleveland International Film Festival on one of the documentaries being shown, Caris’ Peace. Following each showing of the film, he will discuss the memory disturbance displayed by…
Anthropology professor honored at Association of Asian Studies annual meeting
Melvyn C. Goldstein, the J.R. Harkness Professor in Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet, participated in a Roundtable Panel in his honor on March 16, titled, “A Quarter Century of Fieldwork in Tibet: A Panel in Honor of Melvyn Goldstein.” Goldstein led the panel by…
Deadline extended for some CWRU study abroad programs
Deadlines for Case Western Reserve University summer study abroad programs in Cameroon, Cuba France, and Israel have been extended. A brief introduction of the programs is provided below: The Cuba Experience – May 13-June 3; apply by April 13 An immersive experience with artists, intellectuals,…
Baker-Nord Center’s March 28 talk looks at how sports shape politics and culture
Sports are a pastime for billions of people worldwide. On March 28, fans can learn about the bright and dark sides of sports—on and off the playing fields—when Andrei Markovits, co-author of Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture, speaks at Case Western Reserve…
University Farm’s community gardens to open May 31; registration now open
The University Farm’s community gardens will open May 31; registration for plots is now open. The farm offers 20 garden plots, 30 feet by 20 feet, available to staff, faculty, students and alumni that do not have access to land for growing purposes. For more than 25 years, gardeners have used these…
Get an update on President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge
Earlier this year, campuses participating in President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge submitted mid-year reports celebrating a halfway point in the year’s programming. Case Western Reserve University accepted President Obama’s challenge in June 2011 and has since worked…
Four free muscle conditioning classes offered by Employee Wellness Program
The Employee Wellness Program’s free activity class this month will be Muscle Conditioning. All employees can choose from four sessions, all held at 121 Fitness. 121’s muscle conditioning classes are a resistance training workout using weights, bands, exercise balls and tubing to improve muscle…