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August 05, 2011
Thwing Center Postal Substation will have partial service and hours Aug. 8-11, with operating hours from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The substation is closed on Fridays during the summer (May 20-Aug. 19). Departments with Case accounts can order stamps online for pickup or delivery at…
August 05, 2011
Cleveland: The Superman house The Onion’s A.V. Club: In an episode of Pop Pilgrims, SAGES fellows Brad Ricca and Michael Sangiacomo, who both teach courses on comics, explain the origins of Superman and take a tour of the Cleveland home where the famed comic originated.
August 05, 2011
Ukulele: The little guitar that could The Christian Science Monitor: Ukulele sales are skyrocketing, and we’re in the midst of the third wave of popularity of the small guitar. “People see the ukulele and think it's simple but there's far more going on there,” said Daniel Goldmark, associate…
August 05, 2011
A history of political trials PRI’s The World: Michael Scharf, John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Frederick K. Cox Center for International Law, provides advice to those trying Hosni Mubarak, based on lessons he learned while assisting with the Saddam…
August 04, 2011
As the executive director of Environmental Health & Safety, Chuck Hart and his department help keep campus safe—preventing potential problems, training individuals to use equipment safely and maintaining regulatory compliance. Hart moved back to his native Cleveland in December after spending…
August 04, 2011
As smartphones become more and more popular, location-based apps are also growing in use, helping users uncover new hotspots or socialize with others. Here at Case Western Reserve, many of you are using them—though not everyone is sold on the benefits. The No. 1 response in the poll was from…
August 04, 2011
QuikPay services will be down from Sunday, Aug. 7, at 11 a.m. to Monday, Aug. 8, at 7 a.m. This outage will allow Information Technology Services (ITS) and the QuikPay vendor to conduct scheduled maintenance. QuikPay is the system used by students to pay tuition with a credit card. For further…
August 04, 2011
Frederick Way III, Professor Emeritus of Computer Engineering & Science, died July 26. Way joined Case Institute of Technology in 1956 as an assistant director of the Computing Center and instructor in mathematics, eventually serving as associate director of the Andrew R. Jennings Computer…
August 04, 2011
The Cashier’s Office will be closed Friday, Aug. 12, due to a maintenance project. The office will reopen Monday, Aug. 15 at 9 a.m.
August 04, 2011
School of Law professor Jacqueline Lipton presented on a panel titled “Maximum Exposure: The Art of Making a Name for Oneself.” The panel took place at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2011 Annual Conference in Hilton Head, S.C., on July 28.