University News

The Case Western Reserve University 2011 Charity Choice Campaign officially kicks off Sept. 16, in tandem with Case for Community Day, the campuswide day of service. Charity Choice allows each person at CWRU the opportunity to help members of the community—at the university and in Greater Cleveland...

President Barbara R. Snyder today announced the seven faculty who will be honored Wednesday at Fall Convocation as Case Western Reserve University’s newest Distinguished University Professors. “These individuals are leaders in every way—as teachers, scholars and dedicated contributors to our univer...

Case Western Reserve University and collegiate athletics lost a beloved figure on Thursday as Bob Del Rosa passed away from complications of a late summer surgery. Del Rosa, 75, was entering his 50th year with the university’s athletic department and his 46th season as head wrestling coach. Surroun...

Marilyn Lotas has sent many undergraduates abroad for field study. Now, the associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will cross international borders herself as a Fulbright Scholar at the Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing at...

As the space shuttle program comes to a close, things at NASA are just gearing up for Brian Michal, Adriana Popa and Brian Tietz, three Case Western Reserve University students who were selected as members of the inaugural class of NASA Space Technology Research Fellows. The fellowships provide a s...

This year’s Case for Community Day will take place Friday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The annual event—in its ninth year—is a campuswide day of service to the Cleveland area. Projects include teaching senior citizens the basics of new technology, reading to elementary students, painting houses...

Case Western Reserve University’s alumni and friends contributed $126.2 million in cash and pledges in fiscal year 2010-2011, a total that breaks the previous all-time fundraising record by nearly $3 million. The amount raised in the past 12 months also exceeds the 2009-2010 figure by more than $10 ...

Summer jobs for college students often take place in retail stores, business offices or city pools. But two Case Western Reserve University students are spending their summer farming in the city to promote sustainable, healthy eating in Cleveland. Rising senior nursing major Clare Fagerholm and ris...

Fresh on the heels of being named the best medium-sized residential dining concept in the National Association of College and University Food Services’ (NACUFS) Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, Leutner Commons earned the grand prize for all residential dining concepts, beating out University of Michig...

As temperatures spike, it might be time to cool off with a good movie. Some of Case Western Reserve University’s movie buffs—Robert Spadoni film professor in the English department, Bradley Ricca from the SAGES program, and Louis Giannetti, an emeritus professor of film—offered their top summer vie...