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March 03, 2014
Distinguished University Professor Richard W. Hanson, a world-renowned scientist deeply revered by his students and colleagues, died Friday after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 78. Dubbed by one scientific publication as the “maestro of metabolism,” he achieved remarkable…
February 28, 2014
Daycare teacher, telemarketer, vacuum salesperson, property manager…women’s studies scholar? It may seem an unlikely résumé, but for Shannon Lundeen, a series of odd jobs led her to find her calling as the director of Case Western Reserve University’s Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. After…
February 27, 2014
A pair of first-year students, a PhD candidate and an online master’s student at Case Western Reserve University were selected as Gates Millennium scholars. Each said they could not have attended the schools they wanted most without the Gates scholarships. The Gates Millennium program selects…
February 26, 2014
Focus on lightweight metals for transportation, military and more
Case Western Reserve University will contribute expertise and key facilities to a $148 million lightweight metal manufacturing research consortium that President Barack Obama announced yesterday.
“I don't want the next big…
February 25, 2014
Two dual-degree alumni, each internationally renowned in his field, have won election to Case Western Reserve University’s Board of Trustees. Steven M. Altschuler, the CEO of the nation’s top children’s hospital, and Geoffrey Duyk, the managing director of a leading biomedical and technology…
February 24, 2014
The transition from high school to college is a notoriously stressful one that can trigger a range of mental health concerns, such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Eating disorders, too, are becoming more prevalent among teens and college-aged students, and the rate of new cases of…
February 21, 2014
Earlier this month, a large proportion of the university community received emails regarding online compliance training in such subjects as ethics, diversity and fraud. Some wondered whether the emails were spam. Some feared they represented a thinly disguised attempt to spread a computer virus.…
February 21, 2014
Familiar faces abound at Case Western Reserve. But there’s one person in particular who people may recognize from more than simply a passing glance on the quad; his is a familiar face from the big screen. Charlie Korsmo, assistant professor of law, is a former “child actor” who starred in several…
February 20, 2014
Three years ago, Case Western Reserve University alumnus Mike Suglio (CWR ’09, MGT ’12) and a friend decided that Cleveland’s filmmakers—and others around the country—needed a short-film festival to showcase their talents. Suglio and Alex Pavloff, a former Case Western Reserve student, debuted the…
February 19, 2014
New technology offers potential to begin connecting multiple medical systems Although trauma, heart and stroke patients benefit from being transferred from a local hospital to a higher-level care facility, it’s unclear why patients transferred with non-urgent medical conditions show at least a 30…