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November 01, 2011
Developing emotional intelligence Training: Enhancing an emotional intelligence skill requires work, but there are steps you can take to improve. One tactic is mental rehearsal, a method Richard Boyatzis, H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business, has used with his MBA students at Weatherhead…
November 01, 2011
Banking on PNC at Case Western Reserve Crain’s Cleveland Business: PNC Bank is the student-banking partner for Case Western Reserve University, operating five ATMs on campus, providing CaseOneCard linking and offering financial management workshops, among other benefits.
November 01, 2011
Sustainability lessons from the boardroom Financial Times: A growing number of corporate executives are now teaching sustainability at business schools and can help students get a leg up after graduation, including Roger Saillant, executive director of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value.…
November 01, 2011
No country for old people In These Times: After years of being underrepresented in nursing homes, black and Latino elderly are seeking nursing home care—while whites are moving out. “So now, you just have more money flowing away from the nursing homes,” said Ruqaiijah Yearby, School of Law…
November 01, 2011
The Share the Vision committee and the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge will host an open forum Nov. 4 titled “What is the Role of Religion at a Secular University?” Audience participation will be encouraged in the forum, answering questions about the role of religion…
November 01, 2011
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and UCITE will host a faculty session on “Technology in the Classroom.” The panel discussion will be held Nov. 3 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Baker-Nord Center, Room 206 of Clark Hall. During the panel, speakers from widely divergent fields of study will talk…
November 01, 2011
Faculty members thinking about what textbooks to use in spring classes should consider using CourseSmart, which enables you to review and use textbooks without possessing a hard copy. CourseSmart is the world’s largest provider of textbooks in eTextbook format, and all Case Western Reserve…
November 01, 2011
Information Technology Services (ITS) and technology partner Dell Inc. recently worked together to provide the Case Western Reserve University Police Department with six new laptops for use in police cruisers. ITS purchased three of the laptops, and Dell donated three. The laptops have “made our…
November 01, 2011
Research from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine to study an isolated agent from common oral bacteria may hold the answer as to how human beta defensins (HBDs)—nature’s way of keeping oral microbes from entering the body and wreaking havoc on our health—can be used to create…
October 31, 2011
You may have trekked all over campus going to and from classes and heading in and out of meetings, but Alan Rocke, Bourne Professor of History and acting chair in the Department of History, has a new route that will show you campus in a way you’ve never seen it before—and you’ll probably even learn…