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In high school, Nikole Hannah-Jones discovered both a profession and a purpose. Working for the school newspaper, she began writing about students, like her, who were bused across Waterloo, Iowa, as part of a voluntary school desegregation program. Nikole Hannah-JonesCredit: James Estrin, The…

Each year during the holiday season, faculty and staff come together to celebrate the end of the semester at the Adelbert Hall Open House. President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost William A. “Bud” Baeslack invite faculty and staff to this year’s installment of the annual event, to be held Friday,…

With sales growing more than 2,000 percent over the last five years, Strongsville-based ArtWall—a manufacturer of on-demand canvas art products—claims the top spot in the 2017 Weatherhead 100. Michael Goldberg The overall list, celebrating the swiftest-growing companies headquartered in…

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine’s main clinic is offering discounted services to new patients who sign up for a comprehensive care plan during “Admitting Week,” Dec. 4-8. Anyone at least 18 years old who has never enrolled as a patient at the dental clinic can receive a…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Professor Daniel J. Flannery will join Ohio Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman today (Nov. 29) at a bipartisan public policy briefing on the opioid epidemic in Washington, D.C. The event, titled “Combating the Opioid Crisis, From Treatment to Enforcement: Best…

Rastafarian inmate says prison officials forcibly cut his dreadlocks, kept as part of religious practices An Ohio inmate who practices Rastafarianism has sued the director of the state prison system and five others, claiming they violated his Civil Rights by forcibly cutting his dreadlocks and…

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…

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…

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…

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…