University News
February 09, 2017
One of eight startups competing in Midwest regional Clean Energy Challenge (Update: RVS Rubber Solutions won the Feb. 9 competition and $50,000 grant, moving on to the national competition in June.) According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about 100 million pounds of tire…
February 02, 2017
Case Western Reserve’s Faculty Senate this week condemned President Trump’s Jan. 27 Executive Order regarding entry of refugees and individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries. By a vote of 30-2, the university’s representative body for faculty Tuesday passed a resolution that called the…
February 02, 2017
Nearly 400 students from Cleveland-area public schools will receive free oral exams and other dental care from faculty and students at the Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine on Feb. 3 as part of the 15th annual national Give Kids a Smile Day. Ronald Occhionero All children will…
February 01, 2017
For the first time ever, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) bestowed its Division III Female National Player of the Week accolade on a Case Western Reserve University athlete. On Tuesday, USBWA selected Kara Hageman, a junior forward, for the honor. “It means a lot to me to receive…
January 30, 2017
Business management schools compete for the best, brightest and most creative MBA students. This competition requires schools to think differently about how they source potential applicants. With that in mind, Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management is testing a new…
January 27, 2017
A city-wide initiative that aims to make Northeast Ohio an epicenter of brain health research and care has won $1.5 million in support from The Cleveland Foundation. The grant to Case Western Reserve, host of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative, is the largest that the project has received to…
January 27, 2017
Children of members of the Case Western Reserve community can check out some “amazing species” next month as part of a President’s Day camp offered at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Coordinated through the President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO), the session will run from 9…
January 26, 2017
New book by SAGES Fellow Brad Ricca uncovers the (ongoing) mystery of the real-life Mrs. Sherlock HolmesGrace Humiston only wore black. She worked as a detective for free, solving one of the biggest missing-persons cases of the early 1900s and antagonizing men at the highest levels of power—during…
January 24, 2017
In partnership with Case Western Reserve and the Cleveland Institute of Music Through a unique educational partnership with the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), the Sphinx Organization and Case Western Reserve University, the prestigious Sphinx Performance Academy (SPA) will take place in…
January 23, 2017
More than 25,000 students applied for spots in the class that enters Case Western Reserve this fall, an increase of 10 percent over last year and the university’s tenth straight all-time record. Since President Barbara R. Snyder’s term began in 2007, total annual applications have more than…