University News
October 17, 2012
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…
October 15, 2012
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…
October 15, 2012
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…
October 09, 2012
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…
October 09, 2012
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…
October 07, 2012
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…
October 05, 2012
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”…
October 03, 2012
The Kelvin Smith Library has received the single largest commitment in its history, a $5 million gift from a donor who wished to remain anonymous. The funds will be used to create an unrestricted endowment to support library services and the purchase of library materials. A major transformation is…
October 02, 2012
AT&T Inc. announced a $200,000 contribution to support the Upward Bound Program at Case Western Reserve University. The Upward Bound program was established in 1966 and is designed to prepare low-income and potential first-generation college high school students for successful postsecondary…
October 02, 2012
President Barbara R. Snyder has appointed a new committee on child care options to evaluate the impact of existing university programs and assess the cost and value of additional initiatives. As one of its first steps, the group is asking members of the campus community to complete a brief online…