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Double alumnus, EY Global Chairman and CEO Mark Weinberger to give 2016 commencement address
Case Western Reserve’s 2016 commencement address will be delivered by double alumnus, university trustee and EY Global Chairman and CEO Mark A. Weinberger, President Barbara R. Snyder announced today. “Mark’s diversity of experience as an executive, public official and entrepreneur give him…
5 questions with… senior football player, NCAA scholarship winner Dayton Snyder
Dayton Snyder is as comfortable on the football field as a defensive lineman as he is in the classroom, where the senior biomedical engineering major has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. In recognition of his excellence both on and off the field, Snyder recently won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.…
Dental school strikes agreement to help Egyptian university improve its curriculum
A delegation from Case Western Reserve University, led by School of Dental Medicine Dean Kenneth Chance, signed an agreement March 8 in Cairo with Future University to help provide a new model for dental education collaboration. For five years, dental school faculty members will visit Future…
U.S. State Department-sponsored group from seven nations visits Case Western Reserve
As part of a U.S. State Department program, Case Western Reserve University is hosting 15 representatives of higher education and government from seven countries in a cross-disciplinary program to demonstrate how an American research university forms links with industry and other private-sector…
Alumnus, former Microsoft COO Bob Herbold commits $1.5 million to graduate student scholarships as new engineering institute takes shape
In 2014, Case Western Reserve alumnus Bob Herbold helped launch the university’s data science initiative by committing $2.6 million to endow an engineering professorship in informatics and analytics. Two years later, Microsoft’s former chief operating officer is back—this time with a $1.5 million…
CWRU mourns loss of Pat Kilpatrick, alumna and university’s first female VP
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 19, for Patricia Baldwin Kilpatrick, a beloved member of the Case Western Reserve community for more than 50 years and the university’s first female vice president. Pat, as she was known, died peacefully Thursday, March 3, with her daughter Kate by her…
Early release program to continue this summer; rename the program for chance to win $100 gift card
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that last summer’s pilot program allowing employees to leave early on Fridays will continue this summer—with the addition of one more early Friday than in 2015. The decision comes after surveys about the program indicated that 95 percent of staff and 78…
5 questions with… student filmmaker Rebekah Camp
Rebekah Camp was a first-year student in a creative writing class when news broke of Ariel Castro’s arrest in the abductions of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. Camp had just been tasked with an intriguing prompt: Write something from the mind of a serial killer. Building off the…
Three faculty members named AIMBE Fellows
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members have been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for research enriching specific areas of human health. Biomedical engineering professors Eben Alsberg and Cameron McIntyre, and…
Nurse scientists win grant to study how videoconferencing helps family members provide long-distance care
Case Western Reserve University nurse scientists will use a $2.37 million federal grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to explore how videoconferencing can help family members who are living apart from loved ones battling cancer become better involved in their treatment. “Many…