University News
September 02, 2016
Editor’s note: This article originally ran in 2016, but to help the university’s new students acclimate to ӰƵ—and because of its popularity each year—it's appearing in The Daily again—with a few updates. Arriving on campus for the first time, in a brand-new city and…
September 01, 2016
Information sessions for faculty and staff to be held this month After completing a four-year pilot with a program that provides tuition assistance to dependents of university employees enrolled elsewhere, campus leaders have elected to continue the partnership on a permanent basis. In 2012, the…
September 01, 2016
Lecture and panel discussion free and open to the public, Sept. 8 and 9 Each year, the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at ӰƵ gathers the community to honor an international exemplar of ethical leadership with the Inamori Ethics Prize as part of…
August 31, 2016
Krzysztof Palczewski, one of the world’s leading vision researchers and recipient of numerous international awards and universal peer respect, has been awarded the permanent title of ӰƵ Distinguished University Professor. Palczewski, the John H. Hord Professor and…
August 30, 2016
As chair of ӰƵ’s Department of Chemistry, Mary D. Barkley guides others to academic success by blending leadership, research and life skills. The M. Roger Clapp University Professor of Arts and Sciences was recognized for that guidance by being chosen a Distinguished…
August 30, 2016
Photo by Dan Milner. ӰƵ has honored David L. Cooperrider, a global expert on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and a faculty member at Weatherhead School of Management, as a Distinguished University Professor, a title that acknowledges the outstanding contributions of…
August 29, 2016
To the ӰƵ community: First-year move-in day epitomizes the spirit of community on our campus. The lines of families unloading vehicles, the welcoming smiles of students, staff and faculty, the energy of orientation leaders guiding their groups—they all combine to create a rich…
August 26, 2016
Liz Roccoforte remembers being a sensitive kid. “I was easily upset by seeing others in pain, so much so that I was sometimes teased for being ‘oversensitive,’” she said. This sensitivity, however, remains at the core of her work. “I have a personal stake in the LGBTQ community,” said…
August 25, 2016
Editor’s Note: To get an up-close perspective of some of the first-year students’ introduction to their new home, the editor of The Daily, Katie Laux, joined students on the Creates Adventure, watching them experience different parts of Cleveland for the first time and witnessing the early start of…
August 25, 2016
Two men sat on stools in a ballroom at Tinkham Veale University Center earlier this week, passing a microphone back and forth as they fielded questions from 160 students entering their first year at the ӰƵ School of Law. It was Day One of orientation, and the “1L’s,”…