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Over the past 10 years, Case Western Reserve law professors, students and alumni have played several key roles in the historic war crimes case against Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor. Recently, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Taylor on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war…

Award-winning Islam and Arabic studies lecturer Ramez Islambouli’s advice to those who want to emulate his teaching success sounds remarkably basic: “You have to keep your students awake.” It’s only when he begins to describe some of his strategies for staving off class-wide sleepiness that the…

For Case Western Reserve University psychologist Heath Demaree, being a professor is much like being an actor who gives his all to an award-winning show each night. Even though he may have taught the course many times before, Demaree knows if he is not enthusiastic and engaged, his students—the…

When the Case Western Reserve baseball team hits the field with head coach Matt Englander, it’s about so much more than the game. Englander views his job to be as much about instilling positive leadership qualities and tactics for handling adversity as it is about refining baseball skills. “I see…

Three 2007 Case Western Reserve University graduates made national business news recently when their restaurant online ordering company, Onosys, was bought by daily deal-maker LivingSocial. The acquisition will enable the Cleveland company of 20 to accelerate growth, adding 15 to 20 new employees…

Evidence of Gene Matthews’ bright ideas to make the Case Western Reserve campus more energy efficient and sustainable are everywhere you look—from LED lights in Nord Hall to the solar compacting garbage bins that sprinkle the walkways. In addition to all of his other campus responsibilities, Case…

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that the first-year students who arrive this fall will be part of Case Western Reserve’s largest, most diverse and most academically accomplished class in history. Based on deposits as of May 1, the university expects to enroll at least 1,350…

Ali Suleiman Aujali, Libya’s ambassador to the United States, spoke at a dinner planned by Case Western Reserve students from Libya. When two dozen graduate students from Libya found themselves in a frightening state of limbo during last year’s civil war in their country, the Case Western Reserve…

For some, university-level mathematics can seem daunting. But for professor Erkki Somersalo, math is—and should be—a process that simplifies rather than complicates. Using a straightforward, stripped-down approach, Somersalo teaches students the subject in a way that makes even the most obscure…

Last week, a group of engineering students gathered in a small room off of Professor Mario Garcia-Sanz’s office to watch one helicopter after another fly—and, they hoped, not crash and burn. Each student took part in the extra-credit competition for Garcia-Sanz’s control engineering course: They…