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The Software Center has updated SPSS to version 20 for the 2011-12 license period. It is available to all CWRU students, faculty and staff. The student license costs $63; faculty and staff licenses cost $64, or $81 when bundled with Amos 20. See the Software Center for details. A license renewal…

Take the service challenge and become a Civic Engagement Scholar. The Civic Engagement Scholars program is an initiative endorsed by President Barbara R. Snyder and designed to promote student involvement in the Cleveland community. Scholars commit to completing 50 community service hours during…

After a national search, Mark Starr (CWR ’95, LAW ’03) has been named the new director of Greek Life at Case Western Reserve University. Starr has served as assistant director of Greek Life since 2003 and was part of the leadership team that helped the university’s Greek system receive national…

The American Society for Microbiology appointed School of Medicine professor Robert Bonomo as the new editor of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) journal. Bonomo holds secondary appointments in molecular and microbiology, pharmacology and the Center for Proteomics.

For those not taking part in the Case for Community Day events, you can still get involved by donating blood for the American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland at Thwing Center’s 1914 Lounge, Nord Hall 310 or 121 Fitness Center. All volunteers must register online before donating blood. Appointments…

This year’s Constitution Day Forum, held Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. in the School of Law Moot Courtroom, will discuss “Same-sex Marriage and the Constitution.” The program will feature Mark Strasser, Trustees Professor of Law at Capital University Law School in Columbus, and George W. Dent Jr.,…

GradLink, a graduate student support group, will hold its first meeting of the semester Tuesday, Sept. 13, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the Spartan Room at Thwing Center. Come eat pizza and share your thoughts and experiences about being a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University. Connect…

With the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaching, we wanted to find out how the CWRU community is honoring the victims. Most people surveyed will either be attending Friday’s commemoration event or candlelight vigil, while many have nothing planned. A few more will attend…

Fewer people choose to be self-employed USA Today: The number of self-employed Americans is shrinking, especially the “incorporated” self-employed workers—a trend Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, calls “troubling.” This category was showing healthy growth…

Why most men’s ring fingers are so long National Geographic: A recent study tested the hypothesis that hormones directly cause fingers to grow differently in males and females—generally, a longer ring finger than index finger in men; the opposite for women. “This isn't just an interesting…