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Case Western Reserve kicks off homecoming with Blue Block Party Oct. 16
For the third year in a row, Case Western Reserve University is turning Uptown blue and kicking off homecoming weekend with Blue Block Party. The campus community will take over Toby’s Plaza at Case Western Reserve University and Uptown, located at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road,…
Dance department to present fall show, “Horizons”
The Department of Dance at Case Western Reserve University will kick off the 2014-15 season with “Horizons,” a collection of new and revisited dance works opening Oct. 31. Performance dates and times are Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, 6, 7, 8 at 8 p.m., and Nov. 2 at 2:30 p.m. All performances are at Mather…
CWRU scientist captures prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Grant will be used to seek new path to drug discovery by automating identification of all effects for many drugs on the market For the second consecutive year, a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has landed one of the much-coveted Director’s New Innovator Awards from…
Transgender patients report feeling discrimination when visiting dentist
CWRU studies LGBT community’s perceptions of dental care A dentist’s uncomfortable reaction upon learning a patient is transgender creates a barrier that prevents some patients from returning, according to a new study that examined how members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)…
Participate in wellness initiatives to improve health, qualify for 2015 Wellness Premium Incentive; sign up today
Maintaining health is an ongoing effort, and so too is qualifying for savings through the university’s wellness programs. Case Western Reserve employees who want to receive premium incentives in 2015 must complete the Health Risk Appraisal, Biometric Screening and the Tobacco Attestation Form.…
Students in novel three-nation Global MBA program examine American business
Weatherhead School of Management class brings together 60 students from India, China and United States After semesters in China and India, 60 Global MBA students from management schools in the two countries and Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management are now in Cleveland,…
At Wyant Athletic and Wellness Center dedication, namesake commits $5 million more to CWRU
Commitment includes $2 million for an addition to the soon-to-open Wyant Center, plus $3 million to think[ box ] innovation center The man who had to be persuaded to come to a cross country practice more than 50 years ago returned to campus Thursday to celebrate the opening of a new athletic…
Daniel Goldmark named new director of CWRU’s Center for Popular Music Studies
Will discuss and perform “Rust Belt Alley”-era tunes at Happy Dog Cleveland on Oct. 14 Daniel Goldmark, the new director of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Popular Music Studies, will step out of the lecture hall and onto the Happy Dog Cleveland stage with ukulele in hand. On Tuesday,…
Climate change appears a mixed bag for a common frog
Researcher finds effects of earlier breeding and weather Scientists have found amphibians worldwide are breeding earlier due to climate change, but how that affects species is just now being answered. After warmer winters, wood frogs breed earlier and produce fewer eggs, a Case Western Reserve…
Amputees discern familiar sensations across prosthetic hand
System providing sensation for more than two years Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident four years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his medicine bottles. Cotton balls give him goose bumps. Now, blindfolded during an experiment, he feels his arm hairs raise when a…