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President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that the university will provide staff two additional paid days off this winter—specifically, Friday, Dec. 26 and Friday, Jan. 2. In addition, she said, Case Western Reserve leaders are surveying staff this week to learn more about these employees’…

America is on course to be surpassed economically by China and India. With a disengaged workforce and a shrinking middle class, the quality of life for the masses, long held as the American Dream, is suffering. But a new book by a team of business management researchers from the Weatherhead School…

Siemens will donate up to $1 million to Stand Up To Cancer to support accelerated cancer research Earlier this week, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Cleveland Clinic joined a national movement called “The Baton Pass” to help raise funds for…

Case Western Reserve announced today that its generous donors allowed the university to set another all-time record for gifts and pledges for the fiscal year ended June 30. Alumni and friends committed a total of $151.6 million—an amount $5.7 million more over the previous all-time record set in…

In a day rich with tradition, the undergraduate Class of 2018 decided to do something entirely new. First, of course, class members did all the classic annual events: they attended the formal welcome for first-year, exchange and transfer students, dined at the all-class barbecue on Freiberger…

Case Western Reserve University has surveyed faculty regularly since at least 2004. Today, staff members get their say. Last year the university’s strategic plan committed to take steps to increase staff engagement. One of the action steps it cited was “survey staff to learn their perspectives…

In June, Peter de Blank, assistant professor in pediatric oncology and hematology, added a new accolade to his collection—the inaugural Francis S. Collins Award to research neurofibromatosis (NF). He was one of the first two researchers to receive the prestigious honor sponsored by the…

Case Western Reserve will celebrate the opening of the Tinkham Veale University Center, a striking steel-and-glass structure in the heart of campus, on Sunday, Aug. 24, the evening before the start of the 2014-2015 academic year. The 89,000 square foot, “green roof” building houses student…

While the community of East Cleveland frequently makes headlines in the local news, coverage of promising revitalization efforts that seek to build on the city’s proximity and partnerships with Case Western Reserve University and University Circle has been limited. A study conducted last summer by…

Cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a co-author of Case Western Reserve University’s 2014 Common Reading selection, Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Humans and Animal Health, will explore how animals and humans often share similar health issues, including major diseases, such as…