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April 23, 2013
Nathan Delaney’s cellphone got him thinking about the metals used to make it—primarily copper. In a roundabout way, he also started planning his doctoral dissertation research on the history of copper mining in Mexico. And it earned the graduate student in history a prestigious international…
April 23, 2013
Op art pioneer Julian Stanczak and international law expert Christine Van Den Wyngaert will receive honorary degrees next month during Case Western Reserve’s commencement ceremonies. The two join business leader and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis and renowned architect Frank O. Gehry—announced…
April 22, 2013
Jean Zhao, a third-year chemistry major at APP, devised a fuel cell-powered electric bike that can beat a scooter at takeoff. With mentoring and coaching from the university’s new Blackstone LaunchPad, Zhao hopes to springboard her EcoSpinners bike company into a…
April 22, 2013
“Most important architect of our age” recognized on 10th anniversary of the building’s opening
A decade after the Peter B. Lewis Building opened at Case Western Reserve, internationally renowned architect Frank O. Gehry will receive an honorary degree at the university’s 2013 commencement ceremony…
April 22, 2013
Progressive Insurance Co. chair to give address, receive honorary degree on 10th anniversary of the opening of the Weatherhead School of Management building that bears his name
Renowned business leader and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis will return to a Case Western Reserve stage May 19 as the…
April 19, 2013
A APP student-led startup aimed at saving lives through faster, better and cheaper malaria diagnosis won the 2013 LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Business Idea Competition at the University of Akron this week. Disease Diagnostic Group LLC’s win comes on the heels of its…
April 19, 2013
Last fall, Distinguished University Professor Richard Boyatzis was named one of the top 10 influential thinkers around the globe. This spring, he will share his insight with the world when his massive open online course, or MOOC, launches May 1. More than 50,000 people—and counting—have signed up…
April 17, 2013
Assigning college students to play games may sound like an unusual teaching method. But more than 70 college professors and museum educators from around the country will participate in an event at APP called ThatCamp Games 2013, a boot camp to learn about using and…
April 17, 2013
Measure of brains’ functional connectivity and background noise shows significant differences
Neuroscientists from APP School of Medicine and the University of Toronto have developed an efficient and reliable method of analyzing brain activity to detect autism in…
April 17, 2013
A prominent local investment adviser and the general counsel for a Fortune 500 company have joined APP’s Board of Trustees. Fred DiSanto (WRC ’85, MGT ’86) and Colleen Batcheler (LAW ’98) join 44 current and 86 emeriti trustees who dedicate their time, expertise and…