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October 31, 2011
The Undergraduate Student Government will host Pizzalympics Nov. 8 at 11:30 a.m. in Adelbert Gym. Pizzalympics gives all students, faculty and staff the chance to taste and judge a variety of local pizza vendors to choose whose pizza reigns supreme.
October 31, 2011
In Friday’s State of the University Address to faculty and staff in Thwing Center Ballroom, President Barbara R. Snyder focused on three keys to the future success of Case Western Reserve University: controlling costs, increasing revenue and strengthening the university’s core: academic…
October 31, 2011
The best campuses for Halloween Metro: The Department of Physics’ annual pumpkin toss makes Case Western Reserve University one of “the best campuses for Halloween.” Participants “honors Galileo by dropping pumpkins of varying weights from the top of the physics building and howling with glee as…
October 31, 2011
Spooky contacts can be a nightmare for your eyes HealthDay: Nonprescription contact lenses can cause infections and even blindness, with people losing vision sometimes within 24 hours, said Thomas Steinemann, professor of ophthalmology. “We worry this time of year especially. Halloween is coming…
October 31, 2011
Unused prescription drug dropoff opportunities at several Greater Cleveland locations on Saturday The Plain Dealer: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asked people to dispose of unneeded and expired prescription drugs at designated locations nationwide on Saturday. The collected drugs will…
October 31, 2011
Campus cable TV programming is obtained through DirecTV, which is negotiating a renewal of its contract for the rights to broadcast various FOX channels. The contract expires at the end of October. Usually these negotiations are resolved at the last minute, as it is in both companies’ best…
October 28, 2011
Celebrated Israeli author and intellectual Amos Oz will visit Case Western Reserve University Nov. 2 for an informal conversation and lunch. Students, faculty and community members are invited to participate from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the 1914 Lounge at Thwing Center. Considered the best-known…
October 28, 2011
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research Seminar will discuss “Public Policy and Geographic Variations in Health Care Services,” presented by Joseph White, chair of the Department of Political Science, Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, professor of epidemiology and…
October 28, 2011
Information Technology Services will host the second annual Fall Harvest with Adobe, a free event for all faculty, staff and students, on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. in Kelvin Smith Library. Adobe CS5.5 Master Collection software offers a bumper crop of creativity-boosting, time-saving…
October 28, 2011
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will lead a national study determining if corneas transplanted up to two weeks after donor death work as well as corneas transplanted up to one week after donor death. The National Eye Institute has just awarded a $12.3 million grant…