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Spangenberg Family Foundation to endow Intellectual Property Law Center at School of Law
The Spangenberg Family Foundation, a Dallas-based philanthropic organization established by the family of Case Western Reserve University School of Law alumnus Erich Spangenberg, committed $3 million to endow the university’s Intellectual Property (IP) Center. The newly endowed Spangenberg Center…
CWRU athletics, Nike pay tribute to Frank Rudy with new uniforms, commemorative patch
Rudy (’50), “Father of Nike Air,” is credited with inventing Nike’s Air Sole technology Thirty-five years after Nike introduced alumnus Frank Rudy's revolutionary Air Sole technology, Nike and Case Western Reserve have teamed up to honor him through newly-designed uniforms and footwear for the…
CWRU, Cleveland Museum of Natural History partner to provide children’s programs during upcoming school holiday
The President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) announced today that the university again is partnering with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) to provide children’s programs during an upcoming school holiday. The committee began providing limited-duration child care programs…
Campuswide memorial service planned for Friday
Members of the Case Western Reserve community are invited to attend a memorial service Friday for the four undergraduates who died last week in a plane crash outside Cleveland. Classmates, student leaders and university officials will remember second-year students W. Michael Felten, 19, of…
University names Sue B. Workman next CIO, VP for Information Technology Services
Case Western Reserve Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack announced today that the university has named Sue B. Workman its next Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President for Information Technology Services, pending approval from the Board of Trustees. Now a leader within the IT services operation…
LGBT grad students launch QGrad, graduate and professional student association
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…
5 questions with… new Director of Online and Innovative Learning Jennifer Sparrow
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…
Chinese-American filmmaker Lee Mun Wah opens CWRU’s Power of Diversity Lecture Series Sept. 4
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…
Faculty members hope Kickstarter campaign can further research on effective leadership
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…
Distinguished University Professorship awarded to collaborative medicine pioneer Kurt Stange
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…