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SAVE THE DATE! September 18, 2024 at 4PM Kelvin Smith Library, Freedman Center Collaboration Commons Save the date for a celebration of CWRU Faculty and Staff Authors with special guest Joy K. Ward, provost and executive vice president of Case Western Reserve University.  This event is an…

On Saturday, May 18, the School of Dental Medicine diploma ceremony was held at the Maltz Performing Arts Center Silver Hall. Faculty, staff, students, friends and family gathered to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2024.  Craig S. Hirschberg, DDS, immediate past president of the…

The Freedman Fellows Program is now accepting applications from full-time faculty for the 2024-2025 academic year.  The Freedman Fellows Program, which is administered and supported by the Digital Scholarship team in Kelvin Smith Library, has provided more than $260,000 in targeted funding to…

As legislation to restrict transgender individuals’ access to care passes around the country, Mandel School faculty, students and alumni consider the impact—and take action By Emily Mayock When Sara Roberts’ 15-year-old child told her they are transgender, Roberts felt confident she could…

CWRU business incubator helps startup businesses in biotech, health tech and engineering Spectrum News: Michael Oakes, senior vice president for research and technology management, talked about how CWRU’s new business incubator will be a community asset leveraging the university’s technology.…

National conference in Orlando bringing school leaders together to share safety tools NBC Orlando: Stephen Sroka, adjunct professor at the School of Medicine, proposed some ways school districts can better protect students and staff from deadly mass shootings across the country. “Mental health…

More Americans will see overtime pay under new labor rule Spectrum News: Eric Chaffee, the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Center for Business Law, described a new rule for the Department of Labor that would raise the salary threshold to be exempt…

How cleaning product chemicals called ‘quats’ may affect the brain The Washington Post: Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics and director of the Institute for Glial Sciences at the School of Medicine, and Erin Cohn, a graduate student in the…

How to create an eco-friendly lawn that won't drive your neighbors wild U.S. News & World Report: Sarah Warner, greenhouse manager at the Case Western Reserve University Farm, suggested staying away from big box stores when purchasing native plants. “Typically, these plants are treated with…

Akron prosecutors made moves to silence a Signal Akron reporter in body slam case Signal Akron: Andrew Geronimo, director of the First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law, said the prosecutor’s attempt to bar a local news organization from reporting on the case of a police officer violently…