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When the 2014 Gay Games descend on Cleveland and Akron Aug. 9-16, Northeast Ohio—and the Case Western Reserve University campus—will help foster an inclusive environment. The university, ranked by The Huffington Post in 2013 as one of the top 25 Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender (LGBT)-friendly colleges…

Opens Sept. 9 with author, activist Gloria Steinem  The nation’s longest consecutive-running speaker series continues for the 2014-15 season with an exceptional lineup in a new home. Town Hall of Cleveland at Case Western Reserve University, which reflects the recent transition of Town Hall of…

President, Provost cite significant gains of 2013-2014, school community’s desire to maintain momentum Case Western Reserve University announced today that Interim Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf will continue to lead the School of Law through at least the 2014-2015 academic year.  Since…

An unedited family memoir by film director Juan Luis Buñuel, eldest son of famed Spanish surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel, spent 10 years in Linda Ehrlich’s closet. With Juan Luis’ permission, Ehrlich, an associate professor of modern languages and film studies at Case Western Reserve University,…

CWRU’s Prevention Research Center survey data finds cigars and hookah prevail with teens Cuyahoga County high school students are smoking tobacco products at the same rate as adults in the county, according to new data from the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at Case…

Case Western Reserve University’s new assistant professor of psychology Brooke N. Macnamara and colleagues have overturned a 20-year-old theory that people who excel in their fields are those who practiced the most. Their findings are in this month’s online issue of Psychological Science. “Don’t…

Thursday, three staff members—Kathryn Schultz, Henry Hill and Theresa Wilson—received this year's President’s Award for Distinguished Service, while Theresa Grigger received the inaugural Robin Kramer Volunteer Award. The annual awarding of the President’s Award for Distinguished Service honors up…

After every basketball practice during her sophomore year at Central Michigan University, Amy Backus went home and logged each drill her team performed that day. That’s when it hit her: Her aspirations changed from becoming a high school teacher and coach to coaching at the collegiate…

Case Western Reserve police today reported the arrests of three Cleveland teenagers suspected of robbing students at gunpoint on campus earlier this month. At the same time, the university also announced new programs to enhance campus safety as the majority of students return in August. Within the…

When training on Lake Erie, members of the St. Edward High School rowing team often peer north across the water and imagine. Without fail, said Matt Previts, St. Ed’s director of rowing, someone remarks, “Wouldn’t it be cool to row to Canada and back!” “Everyone’s always joked about it, laughed…