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January 26, 2007
Three-week warm-up
Akron Beacon Journal, January 26, 2007
While current Cleveland Indians venture in and out, gathering equipment for next month's start of spring training, nestled in the stadium's visitors locker room are 18 minor-league prospects getting ready to complete the second week of the Indians' three-week Winter Development League program. The usual 10-minute drive to nearby Case Western Reserve University takes a half-hour. Read article.
December 22, 2006
Cleveland Heights to try wireless in '07
The Plain Dealer, December 22, 2006
Cleveland Heights -- A city that many cherish as eclectic will seek to strengthen its allure by adding wireless Internet access to the mix. The nonprofit OneCleveland will provide free service to users in the Mayfield, Coventry and Cedar Road corridors under an 18-month deal with the city. If the trial is a success, service could be extended throughout Cleveland Heights, city Law Director John Gibbon said. The city will contribute up to $20,000 to the project, which may cost $150,000 to $200,000, said Mark Ansboury of OneCleveland. Case Western Reserve University, which has many teachers and students who live in Cleveland Heights, will help with the balance, Ansboury said. Read article.
Case commuters love open bridge
The Plain Dealer, December 22, 2006
The Adelbert Road bridge near Case Western Reserve University might as well have been wrapped in shiny paper, tied with a bow and stamped "Do Not Open Until Christmas." For thousands of commuters, University Hospitals employees and Case students and faculty who have battled detour congestion twice a day for nearly two years, the bridge's reopening Thursday was like an early Christmas gift from the city of Cleveland. Read article.
December 11, 2006
Case seeks aid for sublease of Halle space
Crain's Cleveland Business, December 11, 2006
Case Western Reserve University is taking a step that signals it may be preparing to drop or scale back its long-stalled plan to move about 300 employees from its University Circle campus to downtown Cleveland. The university has sought proposals from four real estate brokerages for how they'd handle a sublease of office space Case has leased at the Halle Building, said Lisa Chiu, Case's director of media relations. Case two years ago leased 120,000 square feet in the building at 1228 Euclid Ave. but never has occupied it. Read article. (subscription required)
November 30, 2006
Who's in charge? What it takes to manage diversity
The Scientist, magazine of the life sciences, November 2006 issue
Ten years ago, a chief diversity officer or vice president of diversity was almost unheard of, but today about one in five Fortune 1000 companies have diversity managers, according to DiversityInc cofounder Luke Visconti. There are no hard or fast qualifications for the job, diversity managers and consultants agree. Most have a background in human resources, says AstraZeneca senior director of diversity Orlando Ceaser. However, Ceaser's own training lies in sales and marketing, Wyeth vice president of diversity Daphne Mobley is a veterinarian and scientist by training, and Case Western Reserve University faculty diversity officer Beth McGee is an associate professor of theater and dance. Read article.
November 27, 2006
'Case' just can't describe Western Reserve
The Plain Dealer, November 25, 2006 (Letter to the editor)
I am an alumna of Western Reserve University, class of 1956, on my annual visit to Northeast Ohio to see my family. Each year, I am angered when I see stories in the Plain Dealer, or elsewhere, referring to my alma mater as "Case." Read article.
Case senior teaches other students about joys of living in Cleveland
The Plain Dealer, November 24, 2006
Jeffrey T. Verespej is much, much busier than you, but he still finds time for a nightlife. The 21-year-old senior at Case Western Reserve University is majoring in pre-law with minors in political science and German studies. The former football player still finds time to act as a campus tour guide and appear in plays. Read article.
November 22, 2006
University Circle exploring service assessment: Fee could cover police, maintenance
The Plain Dealer, November 21, 2006
Faced with rapid growth, University Circle leaders will study new ways to fund safety and cleanup efforts in Cleveland's medical, cultural and educational mecca. University Circle institutions, including University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University, pay voluntary assessments now that fund a $2.3 million annual budget for police. Read article.
Dateline revisits school shooting at Case Western Reserve
Dateline MSNBC, November 22
Dateline MSNBC has produced a segment about the May 2003 fatal shooting at the Peter B. Lewis Building at the Weatherhead School of Management. The segment "Terror in the Afternoon," is said to offer a "rare look inside a hostage drama, a day-long siege, in which every second and decision made the difference between life and death." The segment, a video transcript, discussion board, and other materials are now online. Read transcript.
November 20, 2006
University Circle open to suggestions
The Plain Dealer, November 20, 2006
University Circle, the arts-and-medicine district criticized for its closed-door planning, is ready for public scrutiny of its fast-growth future. The Cleveland Planning Commission recommended Friday that the city create a design-review body to oversee building in the one-square-mile neighborhood. Institutions, including Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals, are ready for the change as hundreds of millions of dollars in projects roll off the drawing board, said Chris Ronayne, executive director of University Circle, Inc., a nonprofit that handles parking, policing and planning. Read article.
November 13, 2006
Greek community placed under scrutinizing spotlight
The Observer, November 10, 2006
With 30 percent of all undergraduates members of a Greek organization on campus, it's obvious that fraternities and sororities are an essential part of life at Case. Case Greeks have strived to promote the positive aspects of Greek Life through their philanthropic efforts, academic achievements, and leadership roles. Last week though, the harmony within the Greek system was broken when it was decided that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity, an established chapter at Case since 1905, would lose its house on Southside and no longer be recognized by the university due to past history and alcohol violations. Read article.
November 10, 2006
New building planned for Case's Mandel Center
Cleveland Jewish News, November 10, 2006
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University, "one of the first programs in the country with a primary focus on educating nonprofits' management leaders," is embarking on an $11 million project to build its new center on Bellflower Road. The new facility will make Mandel the first institution of its kind with its own freestanding building. Read article.
November 08, 2006
A resurgence in Cleveland
New York Times, November 8, 2006
According to research by the Brookings Institution, the potential for high-wage job growth is less likely to be found in traditional downtowns than in districts like University Circle, areas referred to as "eds and meds" for their typical concentration of educational and medical institutions. There are ripples of commercial development activity as a result of collaboration among University Circles partners. Case Western Reserve University recently announced it was negotiating with MRN Ltd. and Zaremba Inc., two local developers, to turn a site of eight and a half acres into a mixed-use arts, retail and residential district. The $100 million project would produce more than 400,000 new square feet on Euclid Avenue, the main street that connects University Circle to downtown. "This is different in its orientation. Really this is a community project sponsored by Case and developed privately by a team," said Russell Berusch, vice president for commercial real estate at Case. Read article.
November 07, 2006
Nonprofit program moves to Case site
The Plain Dealer, November 7, 2006
A program aimed at educating leaders of nonprofit organizations is getting a new home on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations is scheduled to move next year from rented space in the basement of the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center on Euclid Avenue to a two-story structure being built on Bellflower Road, just east of Hessler Court. The new building will provide an environment that fosters creative thinking and scholarly exchanges, the essence of an academic center, according to Susan Lajoie Eagan, the center's executive director. Read article.
November 06, 2006
Free birds
Inside Higher Ed, November 6, 2006
Just as campuses once banned non-union grapes or stocked Nicaraguan coffee, colleges are increasingly choosing cage-free eggs, responding to student activists' appeals for socially conscious consumer choices and endorsing what they call a sustainable farming practice that gives chickens more room to roam. Among the colleges that have made the switch are Dartmouth and Oberlin Colleges; Case Western Reserve University... Dining service managers cited a variety of reasons for deciding to purchase the cage-free eggs, which are often significantly more expensive -- at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Delmar Crim, the culinary director, said the eggs cost an extra 40 percent. Among the reasons identified include the efforts of student activists, stated institutional concerns about animal welfare and environmental issues, and a desire to provide higher-quality, better-tasting products. Read article.