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Filming 'The Avengers' will produce marvels to behold around Cleveland The Plain Dealer: Disney’s The Avengers begins filming in Cleveland this month, and there will be plenty of press surrounding the cast and crew’s arrival to meet the excitement of citizens and the press alike. “I can name every…

Cleveland’s Ingenuityfest has lined up enticing acts The Plain Dealer: At this year’s annual Ingenuityfest, to be held Sept. 16-18, many projects are aimed to lure spectators in, including “Treasure of the Wumpus” by Jared Bendis, creative director of new media at the Freedman Center. His project…

Great Lakes Science Center receives $1.25 million federal grant Crain’s Cleveland Business: As part of a federal grant, the Great Lakes Science Center will partner with Case Western Reserve University’s Clinical Translational Science Collaborative to develop programs and exhibits to educate…

Homo administrans The Economist: Biologists are turning their attention to management. Studies such as the one by Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, which studied heredity and management, are leading the way in the field.

The university community is invited to submit recommendations for honorary degrees to be presented at university commencement. A description of the qualifications and process and a nominating form are available online at case.edu/provost/about/honorarydegree.html. Although submissions are accepted…

A faculty search committee has the difficult task of finding and agreeing upon the ideal candidate for a job opening, which can be tricky, given that everyone has his or her own opinions on what exactly constitutes “ideal.” Enter: The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity’s new…

Masahiro Morikawa, associate professor of family medicine, will receive the 2011 Family Medicine Educator of the Year Award from the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians during the annual meeting August 6 in Dublin, Ohio.

Carrie Basas—Disability Rights Advocate (p. 10) Diversity & The Bar: A profile of Carrie Basas, visiting professor at the School of Law, highlights her devotion to helping individuals with disabilities. “Many students in my disability rights classes that have disabilities hide them. I can…

CWRU Student-Run Free Clinic to open this fall Cleveland Jewish News: The Case Western Reserve University Student-Run Free Clinic, an inter-professional program in which medical and nursing students work hand in hand. Lauren Rotman, chair of development for the clinic, and David Lawrence, a…

Report: We're going to be spending even more on health care American Public Media: A new study finds that by 2020, half of all U.S. health care spending will be done by the government; J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix/Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Management, said it’s not…