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New high-tech meeting room spurs international collaboration
Students from ӰƵ chat with students in Hong Kong via a telepresence screen. One Friday night this semester, nearly 20 social work master’s students entered a meeting room at Kelvin Smith Library and took their seats. Within minutes, the high-definition screen in the room lit up, a...
Religion professor takes on political “Biblespeak” in new “Huffington Post” blog
It should come as no surprise that not every word that rolls off the tongue of a politician is completely accurate. Much of it is, of course, but some of it isn’t—and who can keep track? That’s where Timothy Beal comes in. Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, recently launched his biw...
Anthropologist to explain hardships, excitement of recent fossil discoveries during TEDxCLE talk
Yohannes Haile-Selassie has been making worldwide news recently, thanks to his latest fossil discovery that showed the famous early human ancestor “Lucy” had a close cousin—another pre-human species that existed at the same time and in the same region as Lucy but with a different method of locomotio...
Researcher to discuss CWRU’s role in combating malaria at TEDxCLE
When Brian Grimberg speaks at TEDxCLE April 20, it will be his first time attending the annual event—but not for lack of trying. “They kept selling out so quickly, and this year was no different,” he noted. “They doubled the seating capacity for this year’s event, but it still sold out in 39 minutes...
Psychology instructor to talk adults vs. grown-ups at TEDxCLE
They may be used interchangeably in everyday talk, but there is a distinct difference between being an adult and being a grown-up—and that’s precisely what Lisa Damour intends to explain to a sold-out crowd of Cleveland-area adults (and grown-ups) during her talk at the upcoming TEDxCLE event April ...
Grad student among four from CWRU selected to speak at TEDxCLE
When Philip Niles arrived at ӰƵ eight years ago to begin his undergraduate degree in economics, he never imagined the opportunities he would find in Cleveland. Now, as he prepares to graduate in May with both MD and MBA degrees (in addition to the bachelor’s degree he ea...
Two faculty members earn prestigious Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards
Funding for early-stage, cutting-edge research can be difficult to obtain, but The Hartwell Foundation has selected two projects from ӰƵ faculty members in which to invest. Jennell C. Vick, assistant professor of psychological sciences, biomedical engineering and pediat...
CWRU to expand programs for leaders committed to positive social impact
Three decades ago the Mandel Foundation and ӰƵ established a program for nonprofit leaders that set the standard for excellence in an emerging discipline. Today, the two organizations announced initiatives designed to expand and elevate opportunities for those committed...
Safe Ride enhancements aim to increase campus safety
The Safe Ride vehicle operates daily from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. and is driven by campus police and safety staff, such as George Kusber. Photos by Susan Griffith. The university’s police department has expanded its successful Safe Ride initiative to improve response times and encourage greater use of the...
CWRU raises wind-energy labs over Cleveland area
Crews put the second blade on the newest wind turbine. Photos by Susan Griffith. ӰƵ and its partners have erected their third and largest research wind turbine — and begun the process of tying into the grid. The 1-megawatt turbine, which will sit 230 feet above William...