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June 04, 2013
The distinguished list of presenters and their topics have been announced for the National Academy of Engineering’s “Topical Meeting on Shale Gas: Promises and Challenges,” taking place June 18-19 at ӰƵ. The agenda of the non-biased informational and educational meeting ...
June 03, 2013
Portable, inexpensive diagnosis to enable more effective treatment
A group of researchers from ӰƵ’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science are lining a vest with ultrasound sensors, signal processing electronics and other high-tech gear. Their goal is ...
June 01, 2013
Project brings two renowned academic tracks together in one space to capitalize on synergies and advance state-of-the-art teaching and learning
ӰƵ and Cleveland Clinic have agreed to collaborate on construction of a new, state-of-the-art medical education building for ...
May 30, 2013
Nicholas P. Ziats, associate professor of pathology, biomedical engineering and anatomy, joined ӰƵ more than 30 years ago as a laboratory technician. But after only a few months, he knew he was going to work in that field for the rest of his life.
He went on to earn his...
May 29, 2013
Nurses will use extreme measures to save patients and their parents. But they’d prefer less aggressive life-preserving methods for themselves, according to an international survey on nurses’ end-of-life preferences.
Findings from a cross-cultural survey of 1,089 nurses from five countries about the...
May 28, 2013
Professor Ron Wilson has received praise throughout his career as an actor, director, playwright, fight choreographer, musician and teacher. Now, he’s gaining fame—or infamy, as he calls it—as an artist, due to the recent attention his drawings received on the popular website Reddit.
Work by Wilson...
May 25, 2013
A newly published book, Mexico and American Modernism (Yale University Press), caps the 31-year academic career of Ellen G. Landau, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at ӰƵ.
Landau, a faculty member in the Cleveland Museum of Art/ӰƵ Unive...
May 25, 2013
The 67th annual Association for Continuing Education Book Sale at ӰƵ will move to a new location this year because of a record number of donations.
The sale is June 1-4 at Veale Convocation, Athletic and Recreation Center. The move from Adelbert Gym, where the event has...
May 24, 2013
On Sunday, Brittany Rohner was supposed to be on campus with her fellow graduate students as they celebrated the successful completion of their degrees. Instead, she was in Akron City Hospital, celebrating her graduation with the hospital’s nursing staff, her husband, family and most importantly, he...
May 22, 2013
ӰƵ political scientist Karen Beckwith received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to the United Kingdom. She will spend six months next year in Scotland and attend political science meetings in England and Spain.
Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor of Pol...