Business, Law + Politics

On Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, the Peter B. Lewis Building was a buzz with activity for the first day of fall classes. Traffic in the hallways was congested with the Weatherhead School of Management experiencing its largest undergraduate class. Several graduate programs also realized notable enrollment g...

Family-owned businesses remain an engine for growth around the world, and research has shown that these types of businesses are more likely to successfully transition through the generations when they engage in education and planning and have clear governance structures in place. In September, Weat...

Congratulations to Case Western Reserve University School of Law alum Richard Batson (LAW ‘02), who was recently promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and appointed to be The Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the U.S. Coast Guard. In this position, Admiral Batson supervises more than 200 at...

In August of 2023, Liz Kalfas joined the Weatherhead School of Management as the MBA student success manager. In the role, Kalfas will serve as the academic advisor for part-time and full-time MBA students. Prior to joining Weatherhead, Kalfas was working in philanthropy and development for the las...

What does it mean to conduct research at a business school in the 21st century with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the sustainability challenges businesses are facing? As the associate dean of research at the Weatherhead School of Management, Youngjin Yoo finds this to be one of the more interes...

In August of 2023, Ruth Mafuta joined the Weatherhead School of Management as the program manager for the Executive MBA program and Center for Family Business. In the role, Mafuta will support the EMBA students in their journey through the program. Get to know more about Mafuta: What makes you mos...

When the television series Star Trek launched in 1966, it set out to chronicle the exploits of the starship USS Enterprise’s crew in the 23rd century. What the show’s creators likely didn’t anticipate was the impact Star Trek would have on popular culture for decades to follow. As the series chara...

When the television series Star Trek launched in 1966, it set out to chronicle the exploits of the starship USS Enterprise’s crew in the 23rd century. What the show’s creators likely didn’t anticipate was the impact Star Trek would have on popular culture for decades to follow. As the series chara...

Several members of the Coaching Research Lab (CRL) at the Weatherhead School of Management had multiple symposia accepted through peer-review process at this year’s 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM). The Academy of Management meeting—which took place last month in Boston—conve...

On August 31, 2023, Brenda Hollis, the International Prosecutor in charge of the International Criminal Court’s Ukraine investigation, discussed her work at Case Western Reserve University School of Law to a packed audience. Organized at the last minute to take advantage of Hollis’ presence at the n...