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The day the music died: How Don McLean’s “American Pie” immortalized a tragedy 
"So, bye-bye, miss American pie..." While chances are you've sung along to Don McLean's "American Pie," you may be less familiar with the radio hit's somber inspiration. Referenced in the lyrics as "the day the music died," McLean’s 1971 song was paying homage to Feb. 3, 1959—the day pop music…
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Medicine’s Ian Neeland talks about managing diabetes amid semaglutide injection shortage
Ian Neeland, associate professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently gave insights on navigating the semaglutide injection shortage. In a video on the American Journal of Managed Care website, Neeland discussed how diabetes can be managed with oral semaglutide when…
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CWRU to introduce enhanced undergraduate advising tool in SIS
The Student Information System (SIS) will soon be enhanced with Stellic, a product scheduled to launch later this semester. Stellic will modernize and improve degree planning for undergraduate students and advisors, replace some degree-planning tools currently available in SIS, and provide new…
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Mandel School’s Mark Chupp is guest editor on themed volume
Mark Chupp, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently served as a guest editor on a themed volume on the intersection of community-based research and asset-based community development. The volume, published in Gateways: International…
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Mandel School’s Jenny King makes guest appearance on podcast
Jenny King, co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity and assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, made a recent appearance on the “The Prof Podquest” podcast. During the show, King discussed her work on mental health and social…
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Learn about policymaking at a conference in Washington, D.C.
Interested in the role of science in policymaking? Learning effective science communication for civic engagement? Meeting with members of Congress to discuss science policy? Learn from science policy and advocacy experts about the role of science in policymaking and the federal policymaking…
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“The University of Pittsburgh Center for Health Equity: Development, Strategies and Synergies”
The Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health will host a representative from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health Center for Health Equity for this month’s Swetland Seminar Series event Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 9 to 10 a.m. via Zoom. The University of Pittsburgh’s School…
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An environmental lynchpin: How 6% of the earth’s surface plays a vital role in survival
From freshwater spaces to bogs, swamps, marshes and beyond, wetlands are distinct climates and ecosystems that play major roles in the air we breathe. Not only that, they house 40% of all plant and animal species—despite covering just 6% of Earth’s land surface, according to the United Nations…
Filling Positions with Weatherhead Students
The Weatherhead Student Success team has set ambitious goals to find intern and international placement opportunities for students in the school's MBA, Master of Accountancy, Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence, Master of Finance, and Master of Supply Chain Management programs. These…
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Black History Month 2024
In honor of Black History Month, Associate Dean for Equity and Belonging Adrianne Fletcher shares four select podcasts, one for each week of February. The podcasts come from NPR's Code Switch and Doin' The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change. "Everyone from the Tea Party to Immigrants Rights…