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High-flying nursing professor provides life-saving support
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...
New businesses springing up as Uptown project brings new life to University Circle
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...
Longtime employee Tom Rask passes away
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...
Social work, health law among top 10 in graduate school rankings
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...
University selects 2012 common reading book: "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind"
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 ...
School of Law professor’s radio show gets green light; set to air March 1
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...
University announces more than $11 million in gifts for engineering school
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 ...
CWRU, Siegal College partner to provide adult learning across region
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 ...
Students to spend summer re-creating Ancient Rome’s Cosa in 3-D imagery
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...
Alexander Lamis, associate professor of political science, passes away
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...