Weatherhead School of Management

The Staff Mentoring Program Steering Committee is gathering data to launch a pilot Mentoring Circle and needs staff members’ input to gauge interest levels and find out what mentor qualities, circle topics and meeting format would be helpful. The mentoring circle model involves one mentor working wi...

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),...

New data zap views of static electricity Science News: New research could change traditional views on how static electricity builds up, but it’s not conclusive as to what dominates the static charge, said Daniel Lacks, C. Benson Branch Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering....

UCITE will host a discussion on “How much time should students spend outside class on course work?” June 30 from noon to 1 p.m. in Allen Library 306. Out of class work is undoubtedly an important part of courses, but students are not taking only one particular course. They are usually taking four o...

The eduStyle Higher-ed Web Awards nominees have been posted, and Case Western Reserve's The Bigger Picture is in contention for best annual report. To vote, visit http://bit.ly/ix5nXa, sign in, scroll to the bottom (or click on the best annual/community report anchor link at the top) and vote for T...

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 new t...

Due to the increased use of cell phones, the need for land-line phones in student housing has significantly decreased in the last few years. In fact, fewer than 3 percent of Case Western Reserve students have activated their voicemail accounts in their residence hall rooms. Land-line phones have the...

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 comprehensi...

The deadline to submit claims for reimbursement from 2010 Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) is June 30. Claims must be for eligible health care and/or dependent care expenses incurred between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2010, or in the 2011 “grace period” of Jan. 1, 2011 through March 15, 2011. Completed cl...

LaShanda Korley, Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Case School of Engineering, was one of 18 faculty members from around the world to become part of the 43rd class of DuPont Young Professors. The DuPont Young Professor program provides start-up assistance to promising young and untenured...