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National Postdoc Appreciation Week
APP is grateful for the dedication, resilience and innovation of our postdoctoral scholars and fellows. National Postdoc Appreciation Week is Sept. 18–22. Members of the university community are invited to help the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs recognize, support and…
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Say cheese! Faculty and staff members share their childhood school photos
It’s a memory many of us share: Getting dressed up, having our hair combed just so, standing in line with our classmates, sitting in front of a classic backdrop and smiling on the count of three. School photos captured a moment in time, allowing us to see how much we’d grown from year to year. In…
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Innovation Week: Sears think[box]: More than a Makerspace
Members of the APP community are invited to attend an Innovation Week session to hear from faculty, staff and students who are using Sears think[box] to make ideas become a reality. The free, public event will take place from 2 to 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, on the…
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“How to Write a Value Proposition”
Are you struggling to articulate what your business offers and why customers should care? Crafting a unique and compelling value proposition is key to attracting and retaining customers. Members of the APP community are invited to join CWRU LaunchNET for an executive…
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Innovation Week: “Leveraging Data Science to Build a Successful Startup”
Join the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 8:30 a.m. as part the APP Entrepreneurship Speaker Series and CWRU Innovation Week, for a coffee chat and roundtable discussion with Zaydoon Munir (CWR '88, MGT '90), CEO and co-founder of RainyDayPal.…
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Innovation Week: “The Problem with AI and Problem Solving: Ethics”
APP’s Office the Provost hosts a Critical Conversation series that engages a panel of experts in timely and topical discussions. These cross-disciplinary conversations cover important (and often controversial topics) providing multiple contexts, including the legal,…
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Innovation Week: Poster Pitch Contest
Get ready for Innovation Week’s student/postdoc Poster Pitch Contest—with 10 prizes of $1,000 available. The contest will take place Friday, Sept. 29, but contestants are encouraged to attend a preparation session Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 10 to 11 a.m. in Sears think[box]. Preparing for the…
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Apply for up to $2,500 in project funding at Sears think[box]
Applications are open now for the Sears think[box] Student Project Fund, which can be used for personal projects, team projects, design competitions, entrepreneurial activities and more. Past funded projects include: A specialized backpack to carry vaccines in Uganda; An underwater robot for a…
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Innovation Week
To celebrate Case Western Reserve's culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, the university will host the second annual Innovation Week Sept. 26–29. This year’s Innovation Week will kick off with a keynote presentation by MIT Professor Vladimir Bulović on Tuesday, Sept. 26, that addresses the…
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APP’s Sears think[box] opens ‘Community Floor’
First-floor grand opening marks formal completion of seven-story, 50,000-square-foot creative and entrepreneurial space for university and expanding community use APP’s Sears think[box], the largest open-access makerspace and innovation center in the United States, is…