University News
October 31, 2012
Halloween is associated with the creepy and crawly, shrieks and screams and, perhaps above all else, mystery and suspense.
For three decades, Case Western Reserve University English professor William Marling has followed these mysterious trails year round, investigating fictitious detectives in Ame...
October 30, 2012
Someday soon, men and women could be able to direct human evolution—possibly to the point where parents could prevent passing on an inherent disease to their children, or space explorers might become more suited for travel to other planets.
In his new book, published this month, Maxwell J. Mehlman ...
October 28, 2012
President Barbara R. Snyder detailed dozens of faculty and staff accomplishments during her sixth State of the University Address Friday, but she made clear she didn’t simply want to celebrate gains. She expects Case Western Reserve to build on them, in a big way.
After five years that saw the univ...
October 24, 2012
Case Western Reserve University researchers have won a $1.2 million grant to develop technology for mass-producing flexible electronic devices at a whole new level of small.
As they’re devising new tools and techniques to make wires narrower than a particle of smoke, they’re also creating ways to b...
October 19, 2012
When it comes to wellness, not only does Elizabeth Click understand the science behind the term; she also knows how to help people improve their own.
As an assistant professor in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Click’s scholarly interests focus on encouraging individuals and groups to c...
October 18, 2012
As a student at Case Western Reserve University, Blaire Volbers was a Spanish, chemistry and education major who ran varsity track and cross country and studied abroad. Now, as a recently graduated alumna, Volbers is taking the education, athletic and international experiences she gained at Case Wes...
October 18, 2012
Provost and Executive Vice President W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III today announced the launch of a new strategic planning process to help chart Case Western Reserve‘s direction over the next five years. The initiative follows the nine-month campuswide effort that led to the university’s 2008 plan, Forward...
October 17, 2012
Case Western Reserve’s expanded wellness initiative kicks off this fall with a new medical director and two measures designed to help employees improve their health.
“The well-being of our community directly affects our ability to achieve our academic mission,” President Barbara R. Snyder said. “Th...
October 17, 2012
After several years as a leading resource for digital scholarship and teaching, the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) has secured $1 million to raise its performance even higher.
Marian K. Freedman and her family funded an additional gift of $500,000 to the Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Library Endowme...
October 15, 2012
Businesses and consumers may soon have a simpler, cheaper way to store large amounts of digital data.
A Case Western Reserve University physics professor and his graduate student have launched a company aimed at making an optical disc that holds 1 to 2 terabytes of data—the equivalent of 1,000 to 2...