University News
September 12, 2011
The APP 2011 Charity Choice Campaign officially kicks off Sept. 16, in tandem with Case for Community Day, the campuswide day of service. Charity Choice allows each person at CWRU the opportunity to help members of the community—at the university and in Greater…
September 07, 2011
This week, the APP community will join millions of people across the country and around the world in commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The remembrance begins Friday, Sept. 9, at 12:30 p.m. with an all-campus commemoration event at…
September 06, 2011
Joseph B. Richey II and A. Malachi Mixon III have made a $5 million gift to name a Richey-Mixon Building at the Case School of Engineering at APP. The two longtime business collaborators built the Elyria, Ohio-based Invacare Corp. into the world’s top manufacturer of…
September 01, 2011
A commitment to the community and a dedication to learning are two defining characteristics of APP, and those two qualities are the backbone of the Civic Engagement Scholars program, which is accepting applications now through Sept. 15. Now in its second year, Civic…
August 30, 2011
APP’s Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will award its 2011 Inamori Ethics Prize on Wednesday, Sept. 7, to human rights attorney Beatrice Mtetwa. Mtetwa will be recognized for her efforts to fight injustice in her home country of Zimbabwe. The…
August 29, 2011
APP now stands among the top 10 universities in the country, according to Washington Monthly magazine, which ranked the university No. 7. This is a 10-spot jump from last year, and marks the highest position the university has earned on the magazine’s list. The rankings…
August 29, 2011
President Barbara R. Snyder today announced the seven faculty who will be honored Wednesday at Fall Convocation as APP’s newest Distinguished University Professors. “These individuals are leaders in every way—as teachers, scholars and dedicated contributors to our…
August 26, 2011
APP and collegiate athletics lost a beloved figure on Thursday as Bob Del Rosa passed away from complications of a late summer surgery. Del Rosa, 75, was entering his 50th year with the university’s athletic department and his 46th season as head wrestling…
August 24, 2011
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Elizabeth “Libby” Keefer will become APP’s general counsel and secretary of the corporation, effective Oct. 1. Keefer’s experience includes 11 years as the general counsel of Columbia University, as well as extensive legal…
August 19, 2011
In Paris in the early 1900s, a stage-to-street drama was unfolding as leading fashion designers took style cues from the ballet and translated them into haute couture. In turn, the ballet took its cues from what women of that time wore in their daily lives. Mary E. Davis, professor and chair of…