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A look back at the Western Reserve PAC Football Championship teams
When 21st-ranked Case Western Reserve University takes the field Saturday, Nov. 12, against Carnegie Mellon University, the team will have a chance to do something no other Spartan football squad has ever accomplished—win a Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship. Although Case Western…
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Counseling services available to university community
Case Western Reserve University would like to remind the campus community of free support and services available to faculty, staff and students. The Department of Human Resources provides a free program for faculty and staff called EASE (Employee Assistance Service). Provided through the Center…
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Ohio awards new grant to Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Human Trafficking Project
More legal representation planned for juvenile and adult sex trafficking victims  A new round of state funding will allow a Case Western Reserve University School of Law effort to help victims of human trafficking, while raising public awareness about an international human-rights problem that is…
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Catch the election results as they come in
Looking for somewhere to watch the election results come in? In addition to the Department of Political Science Watch Party in Mather House, Room 100, the Tinkham Veale University Center media will be airing news channels to keep everyone up to date on election results. Stop by the Tink to catch…
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Medicine, physics collaboration wins federal Patent for Humanity Award
Malaria detection device faster, more accurate than current methods A Case Western Reserve team from international health and physics has won national recognition for a portable malaria detection device with the potential to transform diagnosis and treatment of the disease in developing…
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CWRU’s Rivera plays lead role in effort to encourage U.S.-Cuban partnerships for scientific research and education
The United States and Cuba restored diplomatic ties in the summer of 2015—54 years after Cold War politics severed relations between the two nations. They have reopened embassies in each other’s capitals, and the U.S. eased restrictions for travel, banking and remittances. And now, although a…
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CWRU student startup software company secures $1 million in angel investment
Remesh, a student-founded startup company that piloted its software at last fall’s Case Western Reserve University Innovation Summit, recently secured $1 million in angel investment to further expand its business. Remesh software integrates artificial intelligence with market research to collect,…
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World Series, Halloween offer opportunity for cultural education
“Educational” probably isn’t the first adjective to come to mind when people mention Halloween and the World Series. But some at Case Western Reserve are working to make sure even these two extracurricular activities provide an opportunity for learning. The common subject: the negative effects…
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Case Western Reserve adopts Canvas as new learning management system
Program to be available for courses next semester After more than 15 years of using Blackboard, Case Western Reserve University is changing its learning management system (LMS). University Technology’s Teaching and Learning Technologies team selected the new solution, Canvas, after an 18-month…
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Nursing’s Joyce Fitzpatrick receives rare Living Legend honor
Of the 3.5 million nurses in the United States, only 2,400 hold the distinction of membership in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). More selective still is the academy’s designation of Living Legend—only a handful are chosen each year. Now, count Joyce Fitzpatrick among their ranks. An…