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CWRU leads national effort to develop ultra high-speed networks
This morning, Case Western Reserve University joined more than 20 universities and communities across the country in the launch of Gig.U, The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project. Gig.U, which is modeled after the Case Connection Zone, aims to deploy ultra-high-speed networks to l...
Weatherhead dean to return to faculty full time in 2012
Weatherhead School of Management Dean N. Mohan Reddy announced today that he will return to the school’s faculty full time when his administrative term expires June 30, 2012. “It has been a privilege to lead the school that has been my academic home for more than 25 years,” said Reddy, the Albert J...
New book looks at U.S. luxury hotels’ emergence, effect on cities
Luxury hotels had a prominent place in America’s 19th-century urban landscape. In Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929 (Johns Hopkins University Press), Molly Berger, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and a history instructor, tells how luxury ...
Nearly 600 incoming first-year students flood campus for orientation
Noticed some new faces on campus lately? Say hello to the Class of 2015. Nearly 600 incoming first-year students, plus their parents, have been on campus this past week for the two Orientation Summer Sessions scheduled in July. (The rest of the new class will attend their Summer Session in August.) ...
Weirdness 101: Why do people believe the unbelievable?
Some people believe in ghosts; others join cults as they await Armageddon. Many more turn to psychics or reply to emails heralding their million-dollar international lottery winnings. Even self-proclaimed skeptics can find unlikely possibilities so compelling that they believe, said Case Western Re...
Stem cell proves to be natural antidote to common conditions, CWRU researchers say
A stem cell that can morph into a number of different tissues is proving a natural protector, healer and antibiotic maker, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and their peers have found. Mesenchymal stem cells reaped from bone marrow had been hailed as the key to growing new organs to re...
For guidance, networking and more, employees could soon connect easier
Looking for a little insight into the ins and outs of Case Western Reserve University? Interested in a professional development opportunity? Simply want to connect with others across campus? You’re not alone. To meet this need, a steering committee is developing the university’s first mentoring prog...
Bendis shares multimedia expertise—for free—in CaseLearns workshops
Jared Bendis knows his way around computers. And as the creative director of new media at the Freedman Center, he wants you to feel just as comfortable with them as he does. That’s why he leads free multimedia workshops as part of CaseLearns, which are open to faculty, staff, students and alumni. F...
Tien to step down as dean of Case School of Engineering
After leading the Case School of Engineering since 2007, Dean Norman C. Tien has decided to step down from his post at the end of his current term, effective Dec. 31, 2011. The Nord Professor of Engineering and an Ohio Eminent Scholar in Physics, Tien will return to the Department of Electrical Engi...
University enters President Obama’s interfaith and community service challenge
Talking about religion can seem taboo, especially among people from different religious backgrounds. But a committee from Case Western Reserve University wants to get people talking—and serving the community—through the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge. Last week the co...