Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Andrew Pollis, assistant professor of law, spoke at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Appellate Courts Committee’s annual seminar, “The Ins and Outs of Appellate Practice,” on Sept. 24. The topic was “Ohio’s New Citation Rules.” In addition, Pollis spoke on “Appellate Issues for Magistrate...

Undergraduate students: Looking for a research position? Learn tips on earning one during upcoming an information session. SOURCE (Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors) will hold an event on “How to Find Undergraduate Research Positions” Oct. 30 at 8:30 a.m. in Nord Hall 410. No...

All students, particularly those considering a major or minor in the Weatherhead School of Management, are encouraged to attend its undergraduate programs open house. Attendees will be able to meet faculty and current students and learn about major and minor programs of study in business and econom...

Case Western Reserve’s Police and Security Services and Information Technology Services (ITS) have entered into an agreement to provide students, faculty and staff with a significant discount on Absolute Software’s theft-recovery service, LoJack for Laptops, for their personal computers. The BIOS-b...

Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine is hosting 18 visitors from China’s hospitals and universities interested in learning new orthodontic skills. The visit is part of the dental school’s efforts to reach out to international communities. The largest delegation of visitors is...

The second WILD Wednesday lunchtime discussion of the semester will tackle the topic of “The Objectification of Halloween Costumes” on Halloween, Oct. 31. During the informal discussion, which will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Thwing Center's Spartan Room, attendees will look at Halloween costu...

WISER comes to Monticello Cleveland Heights ­– University Heights City School District News: Nearly 25 sixth-grade female students at Monticello Middle School are taking part in the Girls’ Science and Engineering Club, thanks to CWRU’s Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) program. The...

Nashville developers abandon plans for a medical mart; Cleveland site to open in July 2013 The Plain Dealer: Developers abandoned plans for a Medical Trade Center in Nashville, Tenn., leaving Cleveland’s medical mart as the final project in the works. While it’s good for Cleveland, it doesn’t guaran...

Molly Berger, instructor in the Department of History and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious award for her study of a distinctively American form of technological innovation: the luxury hotel. During an international conference in Copenhagen on Oct. 6, Be...

A paper by PhD student Mohamed Baqar recently won first place in the third annual Excellence in Thermoset Polymer Research Awards. Baqar, a doctoral student in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, won for his paper, "Methylol-Functional Benzoxazines: N...