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On-campus accreditation process begins next week with open meetings
After literally years of preparation, Case Western Reserve’s accreditation show finally opens next week, just as reviewers arrive. Representatives of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools arrive on campus Monday. They will hold two days of meetings…
Lab makes wireless sensors powered by household vibrations
A cheap and efficient route to smart homes and offices Case Western Reserve University engineers are making sensors that can be integrated into existing materials, transforming today’s homes and commercial buildings into energy-saving, tech-savvy “smart buildings.” Their work is funded by a…
Conference explores how health-care workers can transition patients for better and safer outcomes
Mary Naylor, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, will frame conversations about transitioning chronically ill people from home or care facilities to hospitals and back again. She will speak during “From Here to There and There to Here”—the…
Cleveland Clinic, Weatherhead School of Management offer new joint executive MBA program in health care
Building on the core strengths of each, Cleveland Clinic and the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University are collaborating on a new health care-focused executive master of business administration (EMBA) degree program to begin this fall. The Cleveland Clinic-Weatherhead…
Symposium to examine life and legacy of civic leader Newton D. Baker
The community is invited for a day of lectures and discussion with faculty experts to examine and celebrate the life and times of civic activist Newton D. Baker, addressing his impact on the intellectual and political life of Northeast Ohio and beyond. The symposium is Sunday, April 19, from 1:30…
Discontinuing statin therapy for patients with life-limiting illnesses is found safe and beneficial
Maryjo Prince-Paul, an assistant professor of nursing from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and other researchers in palliative care can now answer questions from patients with terminal illnesses about stopping statin medications. Research published in the…
Five named Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners
From social sciences to social work, management to medicine, and biology to biomedical engineering, research is at the heart of Case Western Reserve University. In fact, this past fiscal year alone, researchers earned 1,623 sponsored research awards, totaling more than $311 million. Faculty across…
5 questions with…38-year facilities management employee Tom Bondra
Sunday is a big day for Tom Bondra. Not only is it Easter, but it’s also his 72nd birthday. But before he can celebrate the two holidays, he has to make it through an even more special Good Friday: After 38 years in Campus Planning and Facilities Management, Bondra retires today. Bondra’s time at…
University seeks student input as part of initiative to combat sexual assault, misconduct
Students who want a say in the university’s programs regarding sexual assault and misconduct should check their email inboxes. The university has distributed an online survey about the subject to all students—undergraduate, graduate and professional. More than two dozen of the country’s top…
HIV patients may soon be prescribed home exercise to help ward off chronic illnesses
Allison Webel In addition to antiretroviral medications, people with HIV may soon begin receiving a home exercise plan from their doctors, according to a researcher at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. “People with HIV are developing secondary chronic…