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The university wishes to remind the campus community that, as in the past two years, Case Western Reserve’s administrative offices will close at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22. Affected staff still will be paid as though they worked a full day on Thanksgiving Eve. President Barbara R. Snyder announced t...

Study suggests ways marketing and clinical treatment can influence behavior The relationship between desire and attention was long thought to only work in one direction: When a person desires something, they focus their attention on it. Now, new research reveals this relationship works the other wa...

This holiday season, Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff members can help the Greater Cleveland community by making a donation through Charity Choice. The annual campaign runs through Dec. 15. Individuals can designate funds to go to any independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit of their choice...

When Oghenerukeme Asagba began interviewing applicants for a job at her family’s store in Nigeria, the then-high schooler became overwhelmed. But it wasn’t by the responsibility of selecting a potential employee; it was the realization that, despite having high school diplomas, many of them lacked t...

A yearlong “Listening Tour” involving two university vice presidents has led to a series of wide-ranging recommendations to make Case Western Reserve a more inclusive campus. Specific steps include increasing diversity on faculty hiring committees, funding innovative ideas to enhance inclusion, and...

When Case Western Reserve University student Karen Opper dances in the debut performance of Imagined Odyssey, she will not see the show’s elaborate visuals surrounding her—but her audience will. Each of the 80 audience members will wear a Microsoft HoloLens to view Imagined Odyssey The show’s dre...

CWRU School of Medicine receives $2.5 million grant for Cleveland minority students Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.5 million to engage underrepresented minorities in Cleveland-are...

CWRU researcher working with NASA, other partners to build small, battery-powered aircraft in next several years Need to catch a fast ride from Cleveland to Pittsburgh? Get ready to hail your first “air taxi”—and maybe sooner than you think. Vikas Prakash, a Case Western Reserve University professo...

This fall, 10 first-year students came to Case Western Reserve University from New Orleans as the university’s first Posse Scholars. Now, the founder and president of the foundation that helped bring them to campus will deliver the second 2017-18 Think Forum lecture. Education strategist Deborah Bi...

Nurse entrepreneur’s homemade innovation may soon be available worldwide As an operating room nurse, Jill Byrne saw how heat shortened the tempers and focus of stressed, sweating surgeons. “When even brilliant and confident surgeons look like they’ve been in a dunk tank, you worry about their disco...