University News
March 21, 2012
When Liz Madigan boarded her red-eye flight back to the U.S. shortly before midnight Saturday, her six-day trip to Colombia was winding down. But things were about to get lively for the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing professor.
About four and a half hours into her six-hour flight from Bogot...
March 21, 2012
A rendering of "Uptown Alley," from Triangle Apartments looking toward the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Things are bustling on Euclid Avenue. From this week’s debut of the brand-new Barnes & Noble bookstore to the forthcoming openings of a grocery store, a Verizon Wireless shop, restaurant...
March 15, 2012
Tom Rask, a graphic designer at Case Western Reserve University since 1979, died Sunday after collapsing in his home last week. The cause of death was related to a previously undiscovered genetic heart defect.
Known for his painstaking attention to detail and passion for artistic excellence, Rask i...
March 13, 2012
U.S. News & World Report’s latest edition of graduate and professional school rankings brought bright news for several Case Western Reserve University programs, as well as meaningful insights regarding ways other offerings can advance.
The master’s degree program in social work at the Mandel School...
February 29, 2012
Recent findings from Case Western Reserve University—including breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s disease research and the development of a polymer that fixes scratches in a flash—showcase the innovation of members of the university community. With the selection of this year’s common reading book and the ...
February 27, 2012
The "Talking Foreign Policy" panelists—from left: Mike Newton, Paul Williams, Milena Sterio and Michael Scharf—prepare for their pilot episode.
It’s been a few years since his time as a student disc jockey at Duke University, but School of Law Professor Michael Scharf will hit the airwave...
February 27, 2012
A $5 million commitment to Case Western Reserve University’s Think[Box] program is among more than $11 million in gifts for the Case School of Engineering announced during this weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting.
Trustee Larry Sears and his wife, Sally Zlotnick Sears, made their $5 million pledge ...
February 20, 2012
Case Western Reserve University and Siegal College will combine their highly regarded adult education programs into a new initiative to launch this fall: the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University.
“This partnership draws on the strengths of each of our ...
February 14, 2012
The study abroad experience will have an added dimension for a handful of Case Western Reserve University students—a third dimension, to be precise.
This summer, three to five classics students will spend a month in Rome, where they will create a virtual 3-D reconstruction of an ancient Roman archa...
February 14, 2012
Alexander P. Lamis, associate professor of political science, died Feb. 10 after a seven-month battle to overcome a reaction to medications. He was 65.
Born May 10, 1946, in Charleston, S.C., Lamis earned his undergraduate degree in history from the College of Charleston, He went on to earn a Ph.D...