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February 08, 2012
Powell driven by revenge in killing sons, himself? MSNBC: Josh Powell took his own life and that of his two sons in a house fire. Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry and director of the division of forensic psychiatry, said revenge against his wife’s parents could have been his motivator.…
February 08, 2012
Case Western Reserve University's Recovery House a haven for students who are clean and sober The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University opened Recovery House in 2004 and is one of only a few colleges in the country that offers a place for students in recovery to live together. Many…
February 07, 2012
QuikPay services will be down from 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, to 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, to allow Information Technology Services (ITS) and the QuikPay vendor to conduct scheduled maintenance. QuikPay is the system used by students and other authorized users for tuition bill presentation and…
February 07, 2012
Do you know a student or organization that stands out? Nominate them for the 2012 Dr. Dorothy Pijan Student Leadership Awards (SLAC). The SLAC awards recognize undergraduate students, advisers, organizations and/or campus programs that have made a positive impact on the Case Western Reserve…
February 07, 2012
The Prevention Research Center at Case Western University has several unpaid internship opportunities for students. Interns would work on one of two center projects: FreshLink, a community-based research project involving healthy food access, or the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a national…
February 07, 2012
The next UCITE seminar, to be held Feb. 9, will cover “What works in the classroom.” Teaching involves a lot of things that are done by the instructor outside of the classroom. Determining course goals, selecting the scope and sequencing of the material, determining what resources to make…
February 07, 2012
The Great Lakes Energy Institute and Weatherhead School of Management will welcome Richard Stuebi, managing director of Early Stage Partners, to campus Feb. 13 for his talk, “Business Planning for Early-Stage Ventures: Not Just A Good Idea, A Necessity For Success.” Stuebi will explain why…
February 07, 2012
Information Technology Services (ITS) has added SPSS Modeler Premium Campus Edition 14.2 to the Software Center. Users with the 2011 SPSS Modeler annual license can download the program to obtain the 2012 license. The program is free to CWRU students, faculty and staff with Windows computers. For…
February 07, 2012
Vision acuity issues may make dementia seem worse, CWRU study finds The Plain Dealer: A recent study found that visually enhanced bingo playing cards improved the game performance of people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. “The study showed that people could read better, identify…
February 07, 2012
The students and faculty members meet with residents of Ngohe, Senegal. Just days before the start of spring semester, as many students were already back on campus or packing up in their hometowns, five seniors were halfway across the world in Africa, learning how residents of a remote village…