University News
March 29, 2019
Civic leader made history as first female CEO of top 20, U.S.-based bank After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with
a history degree, Beth Mooney took a job as a bank secretary in Houston, making
$10,000 a year. The interviewer asked only if she could type, according to a Forbes…
March 25, 2019
Call for mentor applications from Case Western Reserve community As the cost of education continues to rise, Say Yes to Education is working to try to make college affordable and attainable for every public high school graduate. The national nonprofit organization recently announced Cleveland as…
March 21, 2019
Next week, Case Western Reserve students will have a second
opportunity to share their perspectives on the university’s climate regarding
sexual assault and misconduct. All students—undergraduate, graduate and professional—will
receive email invitations to participate in an online, confidential…
March 15, 2019
NervGen Pharma Corp., a Vancouver-based company founded to develop regenerative-medicine technology licensed from Case Western Reserve University, raised about $7.5 million ($10 million in Canadian dollars) from an initial public offering. Shares of NervGen began trading on the Canadian TSX…
March 13, 2019
Humanitarian Design Corps group looks to put final touches on pipeline installed a year ago For residents of one Costa Rican village, the main source of water had to travel from a well to a storage tank through a leaky pipeline. As a result, the community endured frequent water shortages,…
March 11, 2019
Just months before the first students arrive at the Health Education Campus (HEC) of Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic, the university’s largest school received welcome news from U.S. News & World Report. It stands as the nation’s 24th-ranked research
medical school this year, one…
March 07, 2019
Undergraduates receiving need-based grants can learn more about how their housing and dining choices affect their financial aid packages during a webinar at 8 p.m. this evening. They can access the event on the financial aid office’s Facebook page. During the session, financial aid Director Venus…
March 04, 2019
Through art, lectures, performances and exhibits, the fourth annual festival—presented by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and numerous cultural and educational partners—will consider the natural world, climate change and the future of our shared common home The 2019 Cleveland Humanities…
February 28, 2019
LeVar Burton Photo credit: 1ShotbyJules LeVar Burton, a celebrated American actor, director, producer and writer for more than 40 years, is adding another accolade—this one for his tireless, decades-long dedication to children’s literacy and AIDS research and treatment. This fall, the Inamori…
February 27, 2019
Democratizing education: Massive open online courses benefit students on campus and around the world
In the fall of 2018, students in Michael Goldberg’s university seminar course had 42 additional classmates: entrepreneurs in Syria working to achieve business success. Over the course of the semester, the learners from both countries shared ideas via Zoom, culminating with the Case Western Reserve…