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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…
Researchers discover way to treat abnormalities in fetal brain development in mice
An international team led by Case Western Reserve researchers has discovered a way to treat abnormalities in fetal brain development in mice that eliminates the animals’ symptoms of neurological disorders in adulthood. The study, which began when two of the key researchers now at Case Western…
5 questions with… Ohio’s Outstanding Music Educator Gary Ciepluch
When the Ohio Music Education Association sought outstanding teachers and mentors to recognize with its annual honor, Gary Ciepluch’s former students inundated the organization with nominating letters. In all, 42 letters were submitted in honor of Ciepluch, each one detailing the impact he had on…
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Through artworks hidden in plain sight, a new look at French slavery (and enslavement)
By Pierre-Yves Beaudouin (Own work) [GFDL (gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsA painted medallion depicting turbaned slaves in chains at the feet of Louis XIV adorns a ceiling at the Palace of Versailles, likely noticed—or its…
CWRU researchers discover brain waves may spread by weak electrical field
Mechanism tied to waves associated with epilepsy Researchers at Case Western Reserve University may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain. Their discovery could lead to identifying possible new targets to investigate brain waves associated with memory and epilepsy…