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June 05, 2019
All are invited to celebrate his life and work at 4 p.m. Monday, June 10, at an on-campus remembrance
In his dozen years as provost and vice president of Case
Western Reserve University, Richard Zdanis led with a quiet strength and a deep
respect for fairness, while shaping practices and policies t...

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June 04, 2019
In early June, the United States Embassy in Vienna will host Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management at ӰƵ, for a number of events aimed at a common priority of the business community in the two countries: ho...

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June 03, 2019
After leading the largest and most successful capital campaign in ӰƵ’s history, Bruce Loessin is stepping down as the university’s fundraising leader at the end of this month.
“What an amazing ride that [capital campaign]
has been,” Loessin said in thanking the university relation...

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May 31, 2019
Last year, an injury during the indoor track and field
season cut Cassandra Laios’ senior season short. But Laios, a thrower on the
ӰƵ women’s track and field team, was determined to
end her athletic career on her own terms.
So, she returned to ӰƵ for ...

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May 30, 2019
In early June, a ӰƵ student will bring an adventurous spate of creators and performers from around the country to Cleveland for a festival of new and experimental music.
Sophie Benn
Re:Sound, now in its second year, is staged by the Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CU...

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May 17, 2019
This Sunday, May 19, approximately 2,000 Case Western
Reserve University students will take part in commencement ceremonies, beginning
with the university-wide
convocation at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic
Center and followed by diploma
ceremonies throughout the day.
Be...

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May 16, 2019
For most of her time as a mathematics undergraduate at Idaho State University, Jenny Hawkins was a shy student with an aversion to talking to her professors as strong as her determination to earn straight A's in their classes.
Finally, in her junior year, a professor’s effort to ease Hawkins’ core...

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May 16, 2019
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Harold Connamacher wins Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Harold Connamacher has been called a “master teacher” by one colleague, a professor with “lifelong impact” by another, and simply “the most approachable professor I ev...

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May 16, 2019
The business world’s loss has been a significant gain for students at ӰƵ and the School of Medicine.
Monica Gerrek, assistant professor of bioethics, had taken a philosophy course as an undergraduate but opted for the ostensibly safer choice of pursuing a business degre...

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May 15, 2019
A Case
Western Reserve undergraduate taking a May term class in Israel died Wednesday
after being pulled from a natural spring in one of the country’s national parks.
Lifeguards
on site immediately contacted emergency services and performed CPR, but were
unable to revive Xinling Yuan. He was 20 yea...