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Bon Appétit opens new convenience store in Uptown
In response to the closure of Constantino’s Market, Bon Appétit Management Co. has opened a small convenience store within Dunkin’ Donuts to help students get some of the necessary food staples they might normally have purchased from the former Uptown vendor. Open on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.,…
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Commencement speaker, alumnus Bill Baker leaves Class of 2020 with simple advice
William “Bill” Baker began his commencement address Sunday with a confession. As a triple alumnus of ӰƵ, he had attended three graduation ceremonies here. “That’s three commencement speeches,” he said, “of which I don’t remember a word.” Still, the experience proved instructive…
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Watch: From orientation to commencement, the Class of 2020 reflects on their CWRU experience
No student would have anticipated the last two months of their ӰƵ experience would have looked like this: remote classes, Zoom calls to “see” friends, a virtual commencement. But while it is an unconventional ending, it’s just part of the Class of 2020’s story. We…
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Celebrating the Class of 2020: Members of the community share their messages for this year’s graduates
While members of the ӰƵ community won’t be able to come together physically to celebrate commencement this year, we invited faculty, staff, students, family members and alumni to share their messages of encouragement and congratulations with the Class of 2020. Some…
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Trustee’s idea for emergency fund proves perfectly timed
Gaudianis’ gift assists students, inspires additional support Maria Luisa Bates Domenech had a problem. On spring break when the university moved to remote learning, she needed to get back to campus to gather essentials for class—and, afterward, home to Utah. But because of the short notice, the…
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Sears think[box] and University Hospitals join forces to fight COVID-19
Devices being developed at ӰƵ’s public-access innovation center in collaboration with University Hospitals protect front-line health care workers Northeast Ohio health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 are benefitting from innovative devices being…
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Connecting from afar: International students reflect on their experiences during COVID-19 pandemic
When ӰƵ moved to remote learning in March to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the change resulted in many uncertainties for students, faculty and staff across campus. But for international students, their experiences sometimes included exceptional challenges, from…
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SAGES class uses Minecraft to create medieval robots
“Medieval robots” may sound like menacing characters in a graphic novel or sci-fi blockbuster, but there actually were robots (also called automatons) in medieval literature. ӰƵ students had the opportunity to learn more about them in an interdisciplinary SAGES seminar,…
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Sociology 101 students practice acts of kindness and compassion
Heather Hurwitz, a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology at ӰƵ, challenged students in her Sociology 101 classes to perform acts of kindness and compassion and then post about their experiences on a class discussion thread. The result was an outpouring of…
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Medical device developed by CWRU/UH researchers wins 2020 Edison Award
A medical device based on technology developed by three faculty members from ӰƵ and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH) has won a prestigious 2020 Edison Best New Product Award. EsoCheck, a device designed to help detect precancerous changes in the…