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Become a match for new-to-campus international students through Friendship Family Program
Case Western Reserve University’s International Friendship Family Program matches newly enrolled CWRU international students for a year with CWRU staff, faculty and alumni for an occasional home-cooked meal or an outing in Cleveland. Matches are for one year, and families and students get together…
New book explains ballet’s fashion influence, from streetwear to Chanel
In Paris in the early 1900s, a stage-to-street drama was unfolding as leading fashion designers took style cues from the ballet and translated them into haute couture. In turn, the ballet took its cues from what women of that time wore in their daily lives. Mary E. Davis, professor and chair of…
SAFE Line gets new central phone number; offers privileged reporting to discuss sexual assault, relationship violence
The Sexual Conduct Committee at Case Western Reserve University announced a new centralized phone number for privileged and confidential conversations about sexual assault and relationship violence. The Survivors And Friends Empowerment (SAFE) Line can be reached 24/7 at 216.368.7777. This…
Lion operating system for Mac added to Software Center
The Information Technology Services (ITS) Software Center has added Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. It is available as a free download to all students, faculty and staff as part of the “Apple Software Collection” that includes iWork ’09 and iLife ’11. After downloading the installation files, you may install…
CWRU is crazy for CLE sports; see where your favorite team ranks
This fall should have CWRU sports fans excited, with Cleveland Browns games picking up (check their second preseason game tonight on WKYC Channel 3) and the Indians announcing their postseason ticketing plans for you to potentially catch their shot at playoff glory. This bodes well for the…
New MathType for Macintosh version available in Software Center
The Information Technology Services (ITS) Software Center has upgraded MathType for Macintosh to version 6.7. It is available as a free download to all students, faculty and staff. MathType is an equation editor that enables the creation of mathematical notation in many popular file formats as…
5 questions with…Urban Health Initiative’s Amy Sheon
Amy Sheon marches to the beat of her own drum. Or, rather, her own harmonica. A dancer, singer and harmonicist (she was featured on a CD just released by a band she occasionally performs with), she has plenty of interests outside the office, but her work on campus is something to be applauded as…
Software Center now offers ChemBioDraw Ultra 12 as free download
The Information Technology Services (ITS) Software Center now includes ChemBioDraw Ultra 12 as a free download to all students, faculty and staff for Windows and Macintosh machines. ChemBioDraw Ultra is a structure drawing suite for creating accurate, chemically aware graphics of molecules and…
Nursing professor heads to Lebanon as Fulbright Scholar
Marilyn Lotas has sent many undergraduates abroad for field study. Now, the associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will cross international borders herself as a Fulbright Scholar at the Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing…
Kelvin Smith Library café, Cramelot, reopens Aug. 22
To coincide with students’ return to campus, Cramelot will reopen the week of Aug. 22. It will be open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the week of Aug. 22. After classes begin, Sunday hours will run 2-9 p.m. Take a look around the new spaces at the…