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April 09, 2019
With the end of the
academic year nearing, students all across campus will engage in a variety of
traditions to mark the occasion. As a follow-up to our December Did You Know
section highlighting winter traditions, we will share some spring traditions of
past and present.
This year’s Research ShowC...
April 02, 2019
With the end of the academic year nearing, students all across campus will engage in a variety of traditions to mark the occasion. As a follow-up to our December Did You Know section highlighting winter traditions, we will share some some spring traditions of past and present.
Students at Adelbert ...

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March 29, 2019
The photo hint we provided Monday
On Monday, we asked you to identify a beloved campus building from the photo hint provided. Many respondents (59 percent) recognized it as Eldred Halls.
When it was first built in 1897, Eldred Hall contained a cafeteria,
barbershop and auditorium. Throughout the y...
March 23, 2019
The Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable—cleverly nicknamed
WISER—is a campus organization for women in science, technology, engineering,
mathematics or medicine (STEMM).
Throughout the year, WISER hosts events and activities designed to
support CWRU women in STEMM fields by promoting discu...
March 19, 2019
Ruby B. Pernell, in a 1981 photo from CWRU Archives.
Appointed acting dean of the School of Applied Social Sciences in 1973-74 (now the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel of Applied Social Sciences), Ruby B. Pernell was the first African-American woman dean at Case Western Reserve University. She came ...
March 12, 2019
In celebration of
Women's History Month, throughout March, we will highlight women who have made
an impact on Case Western Reserve University and their fields.
Emily Blackwell helped pave the way for women in the medical
field both educationally and professionally.
As a woman, she was denied admis...

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March 11, 2019
This weekend, a group of Case Western Reserve University
students hosted the 30th annual Korean American Students Conference (KASCON),
an event designed to help Korean-American students from around the country
understand their heritage and connect with each other.
After a group of students lobbied ...
March 08, 2019
For Monday’s trivia question, we asked which of these four
events from CWRU history did not happen in March:
The School of Business (later Weatherhead School of Management) was establishedOne to One Fitness Center began offering full services to campusThe original North Residential Village dormitor...
March 05, 2019
In celebration of Women's History Month, throughout March, we will highlight women who have made an impact on Case Western Reserve University and their fields.
Emma Maud Perkins was an early faculty member at Western Reserve University's College for Women, joining the faculty in 1892, just four yea...
February 26, 2019
In honor of Black
History Month, throughout the month of February, we will recognize just a few
of Case Western Reserve University’s black alumni who have made an impact on
their fields, the university and society as a whole.
After earning her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Case Western Reserve ...