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President thanks community for commitment to CWRU President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that the university will close Dec. 27 and 28 this year to give most employees a full week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day. “This year has been especially challenging in terms of our financial con...

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership, which helps to commercialize projects by clinicians and biomedical engineering faculty that improve human health and well-being, has awarded more than $1.1 million in financial backing and other support for the 2017 round of funding. The partners...

The university wishes to remind the campus community that, as in the past two years, Case Western Reserve’s administrative offices will close at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22. Affected staff still will be paid as though they worked a full day on Thanksgiving Eve. President Barbara R. Snyder announced t...

This holiday season, Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff members can help the Greater Cleveland community by making a donation through Charity Choice. The annual campaign runs through Dec. 15. Individuals can designate funds to go to any independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit of their choice...

A yearlong “Listening Tour” involving two university vice presidents has led to a series of wide-ranging recommendations to make Case Western Reserve a more inclusive campus. Specific steps include increasing diversity on faculty hiring committees, funding innovative ideas to enhance inclusion, and...

When Case Western Reserve University student Karen Opper dances in the debut performance of Imagined Odyssey, she will not see the show’s elaborate visuals surrounding her—but her audience will. Each of the 80 audience members will wear a Microsoft HoloLens to view Imagined Odyssey The show’s dre...

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine marks milestone with medical museum exhibit Reaching out into the community with dental care is hardly a new idea among Northeast Ohio dentists or students, faculty and staff at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine. ...

Premium costs for Case Western Reserve’s primary insurance programs will climb significantly less than forecast next year after officials adopted changes that faculty and staff supported in town hall meetings and a campus-wide survey. Accelerating health costs nationally, coupled with university em...

New Brookings Institution report highlights advantages of urban universities in research-related economic activity Case Western Reserve ranked 13th in the country—ahead of Harvard, Georgia Tech, and the University of Chicago—in a new study of research universities’ effectiveness in translating resea...

Case Western Reserve’s overhaul of how it prepares law students reaped impressive results this year, as its graduates posted a 93 percent passage rate on Ohio’s July bar examination. The figure—for first-time test-takers—bested every other law school in the state, with the margin ranging from 6 to ...