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New $1.25 million U.S. Department of Education grant supports training of developmental psychologists and speech language pathologists
A five-year, $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to Case Western Reserve University will support students training to help children with developmental and educational needs. “Many children need extra help in their educational journey. Teachers cannot do it alone,” said…
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Check out courses to consider as you plan your spring schedule
As students meticulously plan their schedules during course registration for spring semester, which begins today for undergraduates, there are a number of unexpected and interesting classes that may catch their attention. No matter the area of study, students can choose courses across a wide…
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Fight against the mosquito bite
Research brings new understanding in the war against mosquito-borne diseases Research at Case Western Reserve University sheds new light on how mosquitoes behave and spread disease, adding to evidence that the insects responsible for millions of deaths per year are much more prolific biters than…
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Sonia Manzano—a pioneering figure in TV history—continues the 2019-20 Power of Diversity Lecture Series
Presenting “From the South Bronx to Sesame Street (A Puerto Rican Story),” Manzano will speak on campus Oct. 15 as part of the university’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Sonia Manzano—who broke ground as one of the first Latina actresses on national television, portraying “Maria” on Sesame…
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Digging deeper into liquid crystals
National Science Foundation supports soft materials research by Case Western Reserve physics professor for more than 35 years Charles Rosenblatt’s quest to understand more fully the properties and possibilities of soft condensed materials such as liquid crystals has taken him from the labs on the…
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Marthe Cohn—undercover Jewish spy in Nazi Germany during World War II—to speak on campus Sept. 18
Free tickets are available to hear Cohn’s first-hand account of how she lived through one of the worst times in human history—losing family members to the Nazis and surviving by spying for the French resistance Only more than a half-century after Jewish teenager Marthe Cohn spied on the Nazis for…
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A 3.8-million-year-old fossil reveals the face of Lucy’s ancestor
CWRU researchers among team discovering “remarkably complete” cranium of early human ancestor species Yohannes Haile-Selassie—a Case Western Reserve University adjunct professor and curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History—and a team of researchers have discovered a “remarkably complete”…
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Sandra “Sandy” Russ named next interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Distinguished University Professor Sandra “Sandy” Russ has agreed to serve as the next interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Her appointment begins Sept. 1. “Sandy brings tremendous experience and insight to…
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The Silver Hall Concert Series returns—bringing 20 free music performances to campus
After a successful inaugural season, the Silver Hall Concert Series returns with a diverse slate of free music performances—from guitar ensembles, to orchestras and choirs of many stripes—at Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple–Tifereth Israel’s Silver Hall at Case Western…
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Announcing the 2019-20 Freedman Faculty Fellows
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the selection of the 2019-20 Freedman Faculty Fellows. The program supports full-time faculty, staff and post-docs. To address the emerging needs of scholarship, the fellowship aids researchers in integrating digital…