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CWRU experiences help recent alumna become Fulbright scholar in South America
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…
Provost announces new strategic planning process to build on university's progress
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,…
CWRU launches new wellness initiatives, including free, confidential Health Risk Appraisal
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.…
Lead gift from Marian K. Freedman yields $1 million funding for library’s Freedman Center
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…
CWRU technology making computer data storage cheaper and easier
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…
Robert E. Widing II starts today as Weatherhead School of Management dean
When it comes to Robert E. Widing II, the Case Western Reserve University community has ample incentive to embrace Shakespeare’s maxim about past as prologue. Ten days ago, the incoming dean at the Weatherhead School of Management received a remarkable going-away present from the place he…
CWRU joins Northeast Ohio colleges in effort to advise local manufacturers
Small- and mid-sized manufacturing firms often fail to make that next big leap because they don’t have access to the latest technology, marketing and innovative research. It’s that know-how and knowledge that Case Western Reserve University can and will provide such companies through a new…
New nanotechnology exposes cancer’s lethal couriers
Malignant cells that leave a primary tumor travel the bloodstream and grow out of control in new locations cause the vast majority of cancer deaths. New nanotechnology developed at Case Western Reserve University detects these metastases in mouse models of breast cancer far earlier than current…
Dental school joins Israel’s Rambam Medical Center for new program
Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine today will finalize an agreement with Rambam Health Care Center in Haifa, Israel, to prepare foreign graduates for Advance Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) training at Case Western Reserve. The signing will take place today at 10…
Vice President for Student Affairs Glenn Nicholls to retire after 26 years at CWRU
After more than a quarter century serving students at Case Western Reserve University, Glenn Nicholls will retire as vice president for Student Affairs at the end of this academic year. “Glenn’s commitment to our students and university is nothing less than extraordinary,” Provost W.A. “Bud”…