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October 05, 2017
With projected growth in health coverage costs looming particularly large for 2018, Case Western Reserve leaders are asking faculty and staff to share their preferences regarding ways to reduce health care expenses in the coming year. Members of the campus community can offer their perspectives…
October 05, 2017
Simon "Si" Ostrach, extraordinary engineering mind, avid supporter of wrestling program, passes away
Simon “Si” Ostrach, who ultimately became “a giant in the field,” had no idea what engineering was when he graduated high school. Simon "Si" Ostrach “I came from Eastern European people, and the anticipation was that you’re going to be a physician or a teacher or maybe an attorney,” he said in…
October 05, 2017
Getting around the Case Western Reserve University campus and University Circle neighborhood should get a little easier this week with the introduction of a new shuttle-tracking system: TransLoc. The TransLoc Rider app for iOS and Android will provide tracking information for the CircleLink,…
October 04, 2017
Two professors will create a new investment product to manage risk and catalyze funding for promising energy technologies at critical stages With a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), researchers at Case Western Reserve University will develop a new financial product to attract a…
October 04, 2017
Beverly Guy-Sheftall—a scholar of black feminism, author, and founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College in Atlanta—will discuss “Lessons from Charlottesville: Intersectionality 101” as part of the Power of Diversity lecture series at Case Western Reserve…
October 03, 2017
After leading the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing since 2011, Mary E. Kerr has announced she will resign as dean effective June 30 of next year. Kerr, an alumna of the school and former official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said she elected to step down both for personal…
October 03, 2017
This fall semester, Case Western Reserve University installed a historic Underground Railroad site marker on the southeast corner of Adelbert Road and Euclid Avenue, outside the Allen Memorial Medical Library. To dedicate the newest historic marker on campus and celebrate Case Western Reserve’s…
October 02, 2017
A Case Western Reserve University-led study of a promising medication for people with Down syndrome is going global. Brazilian authorities’ recent approval of a clinical trial in São Paulo not only increases the diversity of participants in the project begun in Cleveland, but also provides an…
October 02, 2017
The latest version of President Trump’s travel ban now faces its own legal challenge, but Case Western Reserve continues to advise individuals from the cited countries to follow the guidance the university issued last week. The American Civil Liberties Union and National Immigration Law Center…
September 29, 2017
The Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University will honor five accomplished alumni for their notable achievements and commitment to the university during this year’s Homecoming Luncheon at noon on Friday, Oct. 6, in the Tinkham Veale University Center. (Visit case.edu/homecoming for more…