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Case Western Reserve University secures $1 million for its library Crain’s Cleveland Business: Kelvin Smith Library received another significant gift: a $500,000 gift from Marian K. Freedman and her family, to which matching gifts have been secured. The gift to the Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman ...

Lori Triplett, Jared Bendis and City Club Centennial ideastream: On Wednesday’s episode of Around Noon, Jared Bendis, creative new media officer at Kelvin Smith Library, discussed some of the latest technology news, including glitches on the iPhone 5, side effects of the proliferation of handheld d...

Moms key to kids' dental health UPI: Suchitra Nelson, professor in the Department of Community Dentistry, recently found that mothers with more than a high school education, more knowledge of eating right and good emotional health had kids with better dental health. "The children had significantly ...

New paper reveals fundamental chemistry of plasma/liquid interactions Science Daily: As part of a multidisciplinary project with Notre Dame University, Mohan Sankaran, associate professor of chemical engineering, and undergraduate student Megan Witzke helped reveal that the electrons in plasma actu...

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...

To live and work at CERN Scientific American: Glenn Starkman, professor of physics and astronomy, is on sabbatical this year at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. While there, he’s been invited to share his observations in a regular blog for Scientific American. In his first post, Starkman gives a photo t...

Unemployment rate falls in September but what happened to self employment? Small Business Trends: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, wrote about why it’s important to pay attention to the self-employment numbers within the jobs report. “A big jump in self-emp...

Stranger anxiety Fit Pregnancy: If a child screams or clings to his/her parent when an unfamiliar person approaches, it’s actually very normal, said Robert Needlman, professor of pediatrics. “Humans are born with the instinct to create strong emotional attachments to special people in their lives, a...

Free health checks offered by Case Western Reserve University The Plain Dealer: As part of the 10th annual Case for Community Day, student, staff and faculty volunteers from the dental, medical and nursing schools will staff a free community health fair Oct. 19. During the health fair, held at the S...

Is Sanskrit (in)dispensable for Hindu liturgy? The Huffington Post: In a blog for The Huffington Post, Deepak Sarma, professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, questions the centrality and indispensability of Sanskrit in temple rituals, home services and in prayers. He asks: “How many practi...