University News
June 14, 2011
Three staff members were honored with the 2011 President’s Award for Distinguished Service at the Staff Service Awards brunch June 8. This annual award honors up to three staff members whose outstanding contributions to campus culture have a transformational effect on university colleagues,…
June 13, 2011
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations presented the 2011 John A. Yankey Student Community Service Award to two students, Francisca Chaidez-Gutierrez and Angela Lowery, at the Mandel Center graduation celebration. The award is presented annually to a Mandel Center student(s) who has been…
June 10, 2011
Case Western Reserve University's finest are earning major recognition on the Cleveland arts scene, with alumni taking home five of the 13 Cleveland Arts Prizes that will be awarded during the 51st annual event on June 28. Marcie Goodman (WRC ’77), Marsha Dobrzynski (SAS ’96), Natalie Epstein (FSM…
June 09, 2011
By Konstantinos Theoharides for the SAGES Seminar, Reading and Writing Science The world is composed of multiple languages, cultures, races and religions, and though we may not be able to understand each other’s words, Mihailo Antovic believes it’s what we hear that might actually unite us…
June 08, 2011
Ever wonder just how much energy it takes to run a campus building on a day-to-day basis? Or how much the university’s energy bills actually cost? Now, you’re one step closer to finding out, with the introduction of sustainability dashboards, which are being installed in various buildings around…
June 07, 2011
For the 12th year, the Interfraternity Congress and Panhellenic Council at Case Western Reserve University selected their Greek All-Stars. This year, 10 members of the community were selected for their outstanding achievement in one of the following areas: leadership, academics, community service,…
June 06, 2011
Twenty sharp and eager high school seniors with good grades are on the right side of the law. But this summer they are all headed to court—to learn the legal process as part of the Seventh Annual Stephanie Tubbs Jones Summer Legal Academy, June 13-24, hosted by Case Western Reserve University…
June 03, 2011
The National Center for Regenerative Medicine (NCRM) at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is teaming up with Edheads, a provider of online education tools, to launch web-based education modules about stem cells. The modules, based on real clinical trials, are geared toward high…
June 02, 2011
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Mary E. Kerr will become the new dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, effective July 18. She comes to Case Western Reserve after five and a half years as Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research at the National…
June 01, 2011
In her new book, Captives and Corsairs, France and Slavery in the Early Modern Mediterranean (Stanford University Press), Gillian Weiss overcomes France’s “selective amnesia” about the slavery between Christians and Muslims and explores how these encounters shaped French history. Weiss, an…