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Alumnus, former NFL executive to guest lecture on campus Saturday
What it takes to succeed doesn’t waiver, whether winning in business or a Super Bowl, advises an executive who’s done both. “It requires the ability to be strategic, tenacious and opportunistic,” said Andrew Wasynczuk, a former principal with the National Football League’s New England Patriots and ...
International law, emotional intelligence featured in Case Western Reserve’s first MOOCs
This spring people around the world will be able to take free online classes from two of Case Western Reserve’s most prominent professors—one an acclaimed expert in international law, and the other a renowned scholar of emotional intelligence in leadership. The extraordinary educational opportuniti...
Anthropologist explores challenges for humans based on evolution
From sore feet to backache pains, blame it on human evolution, according to Bruce Latimer, an anthropologist from the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. “We are the only mammals to walk on two feet,” he said. Last week, Latimer presented the talk “A Backache of Longstanding:...
Air Force awards researchers $2.9 million grant to build foundation for heat-tolerant electronics
Case Western Reserve University is leading an international investigation of a finicky alternative to silicon-based electronics and its use in high temperatures or under radiation that would render traditional components useless. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded a $2.9 millio...
Kwame Anthony Appiah to discuss honesty, morality in today’s world
What place do honor and morality have in a world where identity is too often defined by race, ethnicity, religion and nationalism? Princeton University philosopher, cultural theorist and author Kwame Anthony Appiah will share his thoughts on the subject during the 2013 F. Joseph Callahan Distinguis...
5 questions with...Case Democrats leader Mel Sayre
When President Barack Obama presented his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night, it was a bright night for junior Mel Sayre. After all, as 2012 calendar year president of Case Democrats, she devoted much of her spare time in the fall semester to helping his reelection. She spent Tuesday ni...
Study suggests interacting with avatars may reduce depressive symptoms in young adults
Young adults, in a period of transition, often are reluctant to seek treatment for mental health problems because of the stigma, inadequate insurance coverage and difficulty finding a mental health care provider. But a new preliminary study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University suggests...
Senior Jason Tabachnik makes CWRU history as first Gates Cambridge Scholar
For the first time, a Case Western Reserve University student has been named a U.S. Gates Cambridge Scholar. Jason Tabachnik, 22, a 2009 Beachwood High School graduate, is among 39 new scholars announced yesterday. He’s on schedule to graduate and also receive his master’s degree in physics in May,...
CWRU, NASA and PTC put students to work on aerospace, manufacturing projects
Case Western Reserve University, NASA Glenn Research Center and software-maker PTC are teaming up to put students to work on real aerospace projects, manufacturing problems and more, with tools used in the industry. Case Western Reserve is the second university nationwide to become a host of NASA’s...
Provost Baeslack to hold student forum on tuition, room and board and more
Provost and Executive Vice President W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III invites students to attend an update regarding 2013-2014 tuition, room and board rates as well as program improvements planned for the next academic year. The one-hour meeting will take place at 12:45 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 15, in Strosac...