University News
July 11, 2011
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…
July 07, 2011
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…
July 05, 2011
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.…
June 30, 2011
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation.
The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH…
June 29, 2011
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…
June 28, 2011
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…
June 27, 2011
Could a multimillion-dollar prize spur the next big innovation in sustainable climate technology?
School of Law professor Jonathan H. Adler thinks so. He recommends that some of the dollars earmarked for alternative energy research be shifted to prizes.
Adler believes a clear need exists for…
June 24, 2011
After the Employee Wellness Program/ThinkFit launched its Facebook page last week, it made us realize that there likely are a plethora of unknown Facebook fan pages and groups out there that members of the university community would like to join. We compiled a list, but it’s surely not a…
June 22, 2011
Business strategist and investor Charles H. Phipps of Dallas has made a $2 million commitment to the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. The Phipps Endowment Fund will support the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
“Charles Phipps continues the…
June 21, 2011
While in college, Deepak Sarma struggled through one of the classic texts in Indian philosophical thought: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s and Charles A. Moore’s A Source Book in Indian Philosophy.
Once he found himself teaching the subject as an associate professor of religious studies, Sarma saw his…