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QGrad, a new lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, ally (LGBTQA+) association for graduate and professional students, will kick off with a party on Thursday, Sept. 4. The two-hour event, cosponsored by the LGBT Center, begins at 6 p.m. at the Barking Spider Tavern, 11310 Juniper Rd., on the C...

Jennifer Sparrow is the first person to hold Case Western Reserve University’s newly developed position of Director of Online and Innovative Learning. The university’s new position makes it possible to use technology to advance the core mission and visions of the institution. Since she arrived on ca...

Internationally renowned, award-winning diversity filmmaker Lee Mun Wah will open Case Western Reserve University’s 2014-15 Power of Diversity Lecture Series with his talk, “The World is All Around Us.” The event is Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in the second-floor ballroom of the new Tinkham Veal...

In September 2013, Distinguished University Professor Richard Boyatzis and Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, discussed using crowdsourcing as a method of raising funds to further their research on effective leadership. Nearly a year later, they are in...

Relationships are a pillar of Kurt Stange’s personal and professional philosophy. He cultivates them in his practice of medicine, when working with fellow faculty across the university, and advocates for their critical role in the health of individuals and communities. That personal, collaborative ...

As a clinical child psychologist, Sandra Russ recognized a connection between creativity and pretend play. That link prompted questions: How is pretend play related to creativity? Could creativity be increased through pretend play experiences? Digging for answers led Russ to develop “The Affect in ...

Barbara Daly is more than a nurse educator; she’s a nurse philosopher. Her life’s work has focused on remedying the moral and ethical issues doctors and nurses face in treating the sickest of the hospital’s sick—the critically, chronically ill and cancer patients. “Their diagnoses and hospitalizat...

Former Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Dean Frederick Robbins greatly influenced James W. Kazura—an up-and-coming medical house officer in the 1970s—to pursue global health as a career. At the time, Kazura was surrounded by Robbins and other physicians and scientists devoted to i...

State police have released the names of the four young men who died in last night’s plane crash. They are second-year students William Michael Felten, 19, of Saginaw, Michigan, and Lucas Marcelli, 20, of Massillon, Ohio. Also on board the plane were first-year students John Hill, 18, of St. Simons, ...

Case Western Reserve marked the opening of the Tinkham Veale University Center Sunday with two historic announcements: First, the university has reached its campaign goal of $1 billion—a full 2½ years ahead of its December, 2016, target end date. Second, officials have decided to expand the cam...