University News
August 02, 2011
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…
August 01, 2011
A faculty search committee has the difficult task of finding and agreeing upon the ideal candidate for a job opening, which can be tricky, given that everyone has his or her own opinions on what exactly constitutes “ideal.” Enter: The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity’s new…
July 29, 2011
Most people worry from time to time. A new research study, led by a Case Western Reserve University faculty member in psychology, also shows that worrying can be so intrusive and obsessive that it interferes in the person’s life and endangers the health of social relationships. These people…
July 27, 2011
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…
July 26, 2011
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…
July 20, 2011
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…
July 19, 2011
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…
July 14, 2011
By Vanessa Mavec President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that her office will once again fund the two child care assistance programs launched in 2009: temporary and back-up child care and travel support. These two initiatives grew out of the work of the President’s Committee on Child Care…
July 12, 2011
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…
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…