University News
May 15, 2017
On eve of sabbatical, Art History and Art chair Catherine Scallen is recognized with John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Catherine Scallen’s students know she has an open-door policy that’s especially for them—even as she juggles the responsibilities that come with…
May 12, 2017
Materials Science and Engineering Professor Frank Ernst, recipient of a 2017 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching, is sure his students know he considers them his “colleagues in science” by making himself approachable and seeking their most creative ideas. That “open-door” teaching method…
May 11, 2017
A 30-piece painting by the late Julian Stanczak is being installed on a 20-foot-high by 16 1/4-foot-wide white wall in the two-story atrium of the renovated Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. The piece, titled, Proportional Mixing, 2011, is part of the artist’s…
May 09, 2017
Volunteer “Green Teams” will help reduce waste and educate fans Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians teamed with three graduate students from ӰƵ's Weatherhead School of Management to help produce a report highlighting the ballclub’s efforts to make Progressive…
May 05, 2017
Collaboration will include joint course development and research The “Internet of Things (IoT),” which refers to the vast interconnected network of devices—from cell phones to factory equipment—provides a treasure trove of data and other information that can greatly improve numerous aspects of…
May 03, 2017
ӰƵ Weatherhead School of Management’s wide-ranging entrepreneurial education program, known as Beyond Silicon Valley, has been honored in the first Entrepreneurship Spotlight Challenge (ESC) of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of…
May 01, 2017
17 business innovations to be honored for contributions to the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals The Fourth Global Forum for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, on June 14-16 at ӰƵ, will celebrate business leaders, professors and students making a positive…
April 27, 2017
The Hartwell Foundation again selects CWRU as one of nation’s Top 10 Centers for Biomedical Research
The Hartwell Foundation, a Memphis-based philanthropic institution that funds innovative biomedical research to benefit children of the United States, has again selected ӰƵ among its 2017 Top 10 Centers of Biomedical Research. The other 2017 Hartwell Top 10 Research…
April 27, 2017
Volunteer statewide legal service helps inventor protect idea for ultraviolet light-based medical treatments Protecting an idea or invention can be time-consuming and expensive, involving costly legal fees and navigating a complex patenting process. But startup companies and entrepreneurs in Ohio…
April 26, 2017
A new national survey shows that ӰƵ’s recent efforts to educate the campus community about sexual misconduct align strongly with initiatives of more than 60 peer institutions across the U.S. Released today, the report from the Association of American Universities (AAU) shows that…