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The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is mourning the loss of one of its most active and generous supporters, Lillian F. Harris, a 1933 alumna. Harris died Jan. 9 at the age of 104. Harris defied gender limitations in the 1930s and 1940s as one of a very small number of women to earn a gradu...

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ has a long, storied past—from the founding of Western Reserve College in 1826 and Case School of Applied Science in 1880 to the subsequent renaming to Western Reserve University in 1882 and Case Institute of Technology in 1947, and then, finally, the federation of the...

A fuel-cell bike. A kinetic battery for hybrid and electric cars. A way to turn algae into biofuel. An energy-use monitoring system. These are the inventions created by four multidisciplinary teams of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ students—and guided by our alumni—that will be showcased Jan. 29 i...

Peering deep into the dim edges of a distorted pinwheel galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), astronomers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ and their colleagues have discovered a faint dwarf galaxy and another possible young dwarf caught before it had a chance to form any stars. ...

The semester started in high definition for the faculty and students using the Strosacker, Schmitt and Ford auditoriums. Over winter break, Information Technology Services (ITS) worked with Campus Planning and Facilities Management to complete significant upgrades and improvements to the technology-...

Lani Guinier, a lawyer and Harvard professor and the first black woman to become a tenured professor at Harvard Law School, will headline ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation on Friday, Jan. 25, at 12:30 p.m. The free, public event, at Amasa Stone Chapel, is part...

Earlier this week, the University Athletic Association honored women’s basketball’s Evy Iacono for the second week in a row with its Player of the Week award—marking the third time this season and the fourth time in her career the senior guard has earned the honor. Iacono, who leads the UAA in scori...

Before last spring, Lisa Damour had never attended a TED event. Instead, the clinical psychology instructor often enjoyed watching the talks available for viewing online. Less than a year later, the tables have turned: Now, thousands of people are staring at their laptop screens, enamored with Damou...

Return to Think By Numbers, the 2012-2013 Annual Report More than 18,000 students have applied for admission to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Class of 2017—a figure that represents growth of 25 percent over 2012, and 150 percent over those who applied five years ago. “This remarkable result represents ye...

To the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ community: The beginning of the new semester marks an apt time to update you on ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s strategic planning process—particularly because we soon will be seeking your insights. As you know, our current five-year plan, Forward Thinking, draws to a close this...