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June 09, 2014
The next radio broadcast of Talking Foreign Policy examines the international law implications of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, including uncertainty about what the clash of American and Russian interests means for United States foreign policy. The program, titled "Russian Roulette," is scheduled…
June 09, 2014
Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack announced today that Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO) Mark Henderson has accepted an appointment to become the CIO of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He will begin his new position in August, pending approval of the UIUC Board of…
June 07, 2014
Case Western Reserve University pitcher Rob Winemiller, a junior from Twinsburg, Ohio, was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 25th round (744th overall) of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. Winemiller is only the second player in team history to be selected in the MLB Draft. Third…
June 06, 2014
Before she was born, Irena Kenneley’s family immigrated to the United States from Lithuania after years of persecution under Russian communist rule post-World War II. Growing up on Cleveland’s East Side, Kenneley initially struggled in school, where subjects were taught in English, not her family's…
June 04, 2014
The agency charged to protect patients from dangerous drug side effects needs to be far more vigilant when it comes to medications that affect blood pressure. Robert P. Blankfield, a clinical professor of family medicine, issued this call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an…
June 04, 2014
After exploring the environmental impact of the American obsession with green lawns in his last book, Case Western Reserve University historian Ted Steinberg now has turned his attention to the environmental footprint of one of the world’s most iconic cities: New York. A native New Yorker,…
June 02, 2014
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a 1979 alumnus of the School of Dental Medicine will become its next dean July 1. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr., a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky, will succeed longtime dental school leader Jerry Goldberg this summer after…
May 30, 2014
Throughout his career at Case Western Reserve University, Derek Reinbold was the prototypical student-athlete. He successfully juggled study sessions, practice, tests and matches as a triple major (art history, international studies and political science) and tri-captain of the tennis team. His…
May 28, 2014
Female bush tiger mantis hunts prey on ground and underbrush Circling the light trap used to lure insects out of the thick, wet night in Rwanda’s mountainous Nyungwe Forest National Park, Riley Tedrow reached into the leaf litter on the ground and nabbed a male and female of what turned out to be…
May 26, 2014
Case Western Reserve University’s annual Association for Continuing Education free and public book sale—where there will be more than 70,000 books and other donated items for sale—is Saturday, May 31, through Tuesday, June 3, in Adelbert Gym. Sale hours are noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday (coupon…