Media

The Sears Wish Book and Star Wars Toys’ Real Value Starwars.com: SAGES fellow Brad Ricca discussed  the history and childhood impact of the Sears Wish Book.The best place where young fans of the film [Star Wars] could interact with the toys, and thus the movie, was in the paper-thin pages of a…

Case Western Reserve University to build residence hall for upperclassmen The Plain Dealer: To accommodate the growth of its undergraduate population, Case Western Reserve University plans to build a $40 million residence hall for upperclassmen. The proposed 122,643-square-foot, five-story…

College students will learn how to hack computers, then protect them: Higher Education Roundup The Plain Dealer:Students at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University will hack computers for credit this fall in a new joint venture, led by Swarup Bhunia, associate professor of…

Case Western Reserve University's farm now provides food for zoo animals The Plain Dealer: Squire Valleevue Farm now will provide food for the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s grazing animals. Christopher Bond, the farm’s horticulturalist and coordinator of the Farm Food program, approached the zoo last…

One inning transforms Case Western Reserve pitcher Rob Winemiller into startling pro prospect The Plain Dealer: Rob Winemiller, a catcher-turned-pitcher for the Spartan men’s baseball team, is in the midst of a meteoric rise from Division III student-athlete to highly scrutinized pro prospect…

Where are the learned desi voices? India Abroad: After it was revealed desi community and political leaders were primarily the ones interviewed for a new book, Deepak Sarma, professor of south Asian religions and philosophy, wrote an article questioning the dearth of credentialed desi scholars of…

Coach Matt Englander thriving after brain cancer and Case Western Reserve keeps winning The Plain Dealer: Thirty months ago, men’s baseball head coach Matt Englander had brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. This year, he has led his team to its highest national ranking—21st in NCAA Division…

Affordable Care Act: What you need to know ideastream: On today's episode of The Sound of Ideas, J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, will discuss the Affordable Care Act.

Lorain County Community College joins Tri-C in offering tuition guarantee: Higher Education Roundup The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University announced that alumnus Mohamed Ibn Chambas, joint chief mediator overseeing the Darfur peace negations for the African Union and United Nations,…

David Russell, Jane Smiley and The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ideastream: Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Jane Smiley discusses her upcoming visit to Case Western Reserve University, where she will present the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities’ 2014 Rose Wohlgemuth Weisman Women’s Voices Lecture…