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Nominate outstanding staff members for 2016 President’s Award
President Barbara R. Snyder invites the campus community to nominate a non-faculty staff member for the President’s Award for Distinguished Service. This annual award honors staff members whose outstanding contributions to campus culture have a transformational effect on university colleagues,…
National political media contributor, author to headline this semester’s Power of Diversity lecture series
Marc Lamont Hill, a noted political analyst for national media, author, professor and social-justice activist since his early years in Philadelphia, will be the next featured speaker in the Power of Diversity lecture series at Case Western Reserve University. Free and open to the public, Hill’s…
Pay special attention to Windows update to avoid unintentionally installing Windows 10
Earlier this month, Microsoft recategorized Windows 10 as “recommended” in Windows Update, the service on Windows machines that provides the latest version of operating system components and other tools. As a result of this change, Windows users at Case Western Reserve who are not yet running…
Concert featuring wind instruments to be held Feb. 21
The Department of Music will hold a concert featuring wind instruments Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. in Severance Hall. Michael Markowski will guest compose the performance. The Case Western Reserve University Symphonic Winds, the University Circle Wind Ensemble and the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony…
Brief disruption of VPN service to occur early Sunday morning
Between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, the Case Western Reserve Virtual Private Network (VPN) will undergo maintenance. During this time, members of the university community who are using the VPN may be disconnected and prompted to log in again. VPN is the service that enables Case Western Reserve…
Submit your questions for podcast with Cleveland International Film Festival executive directors
The world-renowned Cleveland International Film Festival has had three executive directors throughout its 40-year history—and all three are Case Western Reserve University alumni. In anticipation of the Cleveland International Film Festival kickoff March 30, the Alumni Association will conduct a…
Do galaxies consume one another? Find out at next Frontiers of Astronomy lecture
The 2015-16 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by Kathryn Johnston, chair and professor of astronomy at Columbia University. Johnston will present “Galactic Cannibalism” Thursday, March 3, at 8 p.m. in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Murch Auditorium. Images…
Recognize faculty members by nominating them for 2016 Hovorka Prize
Nominations for the 2016 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize are open now. Established in 1994 by Dorothy Hovorka, the award recognizes exceptional achievement by an active or emeritus member of the faculty who had made exceptional achievements in teaching, research and scholarly service that…
Discover more about the “machines of medicine” at Conversations series event March 3
The Dittrick Medical History Center & Museum will continue its Conversations series next month with a talk titled “It Runs like Clockwork—Automatons, Artificial Hearts and Machines of Medicine.” Held Thursday, March 3, at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the talk will address early…
CWRU creates an Emeriti Academy
Case Western Reserve University recently launched an Emeriti Academy to foster closer continuing relationships with emeriti faculty after they retire from full-time employment. Sara Berry, Academy Professor and Professor Emeritus of History at Johns Hopkins University, will speak at an inaugural…