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July 07, 2011
The Software Center has updated Adobe Design Premium, Production Premium and Web Premium to version CS 5.5 for Windows and Macintosh machines. The suites are a free download for CWRU students, faculty and staff that will act as a full installation or upgrade to previous versions, depending on…
July 07, 2011
The Oracle calendar application will be discontinued July 31 and Google Calendar will become the university’s official calendaring system. To assist outstanding Oracle users as they transition to Google Calendar, Information Technology Services is providing deskside transition support and training.…
July 07, 2011
On the evening of July 4, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing Associate Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing June I. Watt passed away at the age of 93. Born June 23, 1918, Watt received her master’s degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing from New York University. She was…
July 07, 2011
Peter Shulman, assistant professor of history, received the 2011 Legislative Archives Research Fellowship. Shulman’s research will expand on his 2007 dissertation, “Empire of Energy: War, Environment and Geopolitics before the Age of Oil,” and will focus on a reinterpretation of 19th and early 20th…
July 07, 2011
Ohio Tea Party groups seek ballot measure to reject new federal health care law The Plain Dealer: Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom turned in more than 546,000 signatures in an effort to get a proposed amendment on the state constitution that would preserve Ohioans’ right to choose health care rather…
July 07, 2011
Fun park owner on a roller-coaster ride NPR: Cedar Fair, which owns Cedar Point and other amusement parks, is in a desperate struggle for control of the company. George Dent, Schott-van den Eynden Professor in the School of Law, said it’s a common struggle. “Usually, disputes are between managers…
July 07, 2011
Casey Anthony sentencing hearing under way Associated Press: If Casey Anthony is released today at her sentencing for lying to investigators, she still will struggle to regain normalcy after her acquittal on charges that she killed her daughter Caylee. “Anthony will always be dogged by the belief…
July 07, 2011
Case Western Reserve University took home two awards at Team Northeast Ohio’s Fifth Annual Economic Development Plus Awards Dinner on June 30. In the “Foreign Investment” category, the university, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and BioEnterprise were honored for the second year in a row…
July 07, 2011
Since the Case Libraries launched an online subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education, departments no longer have to share the print copies. Browse it online and discover more this summer, from wherever you are. Read the details about access in the KSL NewsBlog, “Don't Leave Home Without…
July 07, 2011
Looking for a little insight into the ins and outs of Case Western Reserve University? Interested in a professional development opportunity? Simply want to connect with others across campus? You’re not alone. To meet this need, a steering committee is developing the university’s first mentoring…