University News
October 11, 2017
First-ever Classics Day to make the ancient world come alive for Cleveland-area high school students
On Friday, Oct. 13, more than 100 Cleveland-area high school students studying the Classics will come to University Circle to learn firsthand from scholars of the ancient world. The inaugural Classics Day—a collaboration between Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Cleveland Museum of…
October 10, 2017
Homecoming weekend is always a celebration, but this year, Case Western Reserve had even more to mark: the surpassing of the university’s $1.5 billion capital campaign goal. The announcement came during the Blue Block Party, the official kickoff to homecoming festivities. In addition to the…
October 10, 2017
More than 1,000 quilt squares, containing 2,200 personal stories, have been displayed in 22 cities across the United States As a national touring collection of stories from survivors of rape and abuse, the Monument Quilt will visit Cleveland, with a display on Case Western Reserve University’s…
October 09, 2017
Case Western Reserve University alumnus Richard H. Thaler (ADL ’67, HON ’03) today received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for pioneering work in behavioral economics. Thaler, a professor of economics and behavioral science at the University of Chicago since 1995, is known for…
October 09, 2017
President Barbara R. Snyder today announced that Biology Professor Roy Ritzmann and Vice President for Research Suzanne Rivera will co-chair the committee leading the search for Case Western Reserve’s next provost. Ritzmann, a faculty member since 1977 and former Faculty Senate chair, is an…
October 05, 2017
With projected growth in health coverage costs looming particularly large for 2018, Case Western Reserve leaders are asking faculty and staff to share their preferences regarding ways to reduce health care expenses in the coming year. Members of the campus community can offer their perspectives…
October 05, 2017
Getting around the Case Western Reserve University campus and University Circle neighborhood should get a little easier this week with the introduction of a new shuttle-tracking system: TransLoc. The TransLoc Rider app for iOS and Android will provide tracking information for the CircleLink,…
October 03, 2017
After leading the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing since 2011, Mary E. Kerr has announced she will resign as dean effective June 30 of next year. Kerr, an alumna of the school and former official at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said she elected to step down both for personal…
October 03, 2017
This fall semester, Case Western Reserve University installed a historic Underground Railroad site marker on the southeast corner of Adelbert Road and Euclid Avenue, outside the Allen Memorial Medical Library. To dedicate the newest historic marker on campus and celebrate Case Western Reserve’s…
October 02, 2017
The latest version of President Trump’s travel ban now faces its own legal challenge, but Case Western Reserve continues to advise individuals from the cited countries to follow the guidance the university issued last week. The American Civil Liberties Union and National Immigration Law Center…