 Alumni Weekend, Family Weekend and Homecoming Team Up in 2012
 The last week in September, three campus traditions will be rolled into one not-to-be-missed celebration!
Homecoming: A Celebration of Alumni, Families and Students includes nearly 100 unique events, including the traditional All Alumni Luncheon, the return of the popular THINK Forums series and lots of great reunion activities.
For alumni, the weekend kicks off on Thursday evening with a one-of-a-kind block party showcasing the new Uptown development. Saturday and Sunday feature the annual Spartan Tailgate, the Homecoming football game vs. Wittenberg College and the always fabulous Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gospelfest Concert (just to name a few of dozens of things to choose from)!
» Read more, see the full schedule and register!
University News Roundup: July 2012
 Even in this season of fun in the sun and summer in the city, there's a lot happening at Case Western Reserve—both on campus and in the global community.
Check out the following selection of recent university news headlines and stay in the know:
» New findings on the psychology of winning and losing
» Postdoctoral researcher and double alum earns Fulbright
» Announcing the Weatherhead Global MBA program
» President Snyder elected elected vice chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum .
School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve Secures Federal Funding from Ohio Medicaid
 Through the Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP) Healthcare Access Initiative (HAI), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has secured $6.4 million in federal funds through Ohio Medicaid to support its longstanding involvement in the health of its community.
The MEDTAPP HAI supports the development and retention of healthcare practitioners to serve Ohio’s Medicaid population using emerging healthcare delivery models and evidence-based practices. Read more.
» More School of Medicine news
Weatherhead School of Management
Weatherhead Welcomes New Dean
 President Barbara R. Snyder announced that Robert E. Widing II, dean of the Macquarie School of Management in Sydney, will become dean of Weatherhead School of Management. The appointment represents a homecoming for Widing, who served on the Weatherhead School faculty from 1988 to 1993.
"Rob Widing possesses the depth of experience and breadth of perspective required to lead in an era of increasing complexity and international engagement," Snyder said. "He also appreciates the vital importance of strategic thinking, philanthropy and continuous improvement of academic offerings. We are pleased to welcome him back to Case Western Reserve." Read more.
» More Weatherhead School of
Management news
Case School of Engineering
Considering Getting a Master’s Degree in Engineering?
 Consider the distance-learning program at your alma mater, the Case School of Engineering. Whether you live on the west side of Cleveland or the West Coast of the country, you can enjoy all the benefits of our prestigious graduate degree programs in a convenient manner that suits your schedule.
Enroll full time, part time or just one course at a time. All course lectures can be accessed online at any time and faculty are available for one-on-one interaction via phone or email. Give your career an edge by enrolling in one of our distance education master’s programs.
» More School of Engineering news
College of Arts and Sciences
Latest Issue of art/sci is Online Now
 The spring/summer issue of art/sci, the college’s alumni magazine, is arriving in mailboxes this month—but the full content is online now. Read about STEP, the innovative program that prepares scientists to become entrepreneurs, and join fellows from the Institute for the Science of Origins as they explain their research to an audience at a hipster bar. You’ll also experience an undergraduate string quartet’s final performance. View the entire issue.
» More Arts and Sciences news
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Nurse Researcher Surveys Infection Prevention Practices in Home-Care
 Assistant Professor Irena Kenneley, PhD, APRN-BC, CIC, reveals in the April issue of Home Healthcare Nurse about home healthcare workers who report about acquiring infections after visiting patients. One example is of a healthy boy who was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium that was traced to his mother’s nurse’s bag left in the family’s car after her home health care visit to a patient with the same infection.
Such events illustrate how bacteria from someone sick can infect others, she says. Read more.
» More School of Nursing news
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Game Helps Researchers Study Perception Deficits
 Bingo, a popular activity in nursing homes, senior centers and assisted-living facilities, has benefits that extend well beyond socializing. Researchers found high-contrast, large bingo cards boost thinking and playing skills for people with cognitive difficulties and visual perception problems produced by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD).
As people age, they begin to lose sensitivity to perceive contrasts. It is exacerbated in people with dementia, according to Grover C. Gilmore, a psychologist and dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Read more.
» More MSASS news
School of Dental Medicine
Dental Researchers Help Unearth Secrets of Evolution
 Dean Goldberg, along with students and faculty, will travel to Manot, Israel, to participate in an archeological excavation of a cave that has been sealed for of 20,000 years.
The site—a prehistoric Israeli cave discovered in 2010—houses remains of human ancestors who lived between 30,000 and 20,000 years ago and is the largest and potentially one of the most important archeological sites in Israel. Read more.
» More Dental Medicine news | Event listings
School of Law
Professor Paul Giannelli's Work Cited by U.S. Supreme Court
 The Supreme Court of the United States recently cited two of Professor Paul Giannelli's articles in Williams v. Illinois, --- S.Ct. ----, 2012 WL 2202981 (Ill. 2012). This is the eighth time the U.S. Supreme Court has cited his work.
The articles are:
Giannelli, Regulating Crime Laboratories: The Impact of DNA Evidence, 15 J.L. & Pol'y 59, 72–76 (2007).
Giannelli, The Abuse of Scientific Evidence in Criminal Cases: The Need for Independent Crime Laboratories, 4 Va. J. Soc. Pol'y & L. 439 (1997).
We congratulate Professor Giannelli on his continuing great success and influence.
» More School of Law news | Event listings | Stay connected
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July 2012
With record temps across the U.S. this year, what's your favorite way to beat the heat?
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June 2012 Results:
Which headline makes you the proudest to be a Case Western Reserve alum?
100% responded:
"Neuroscientists at the School of Medicine Make Dramatic Breakthrough in Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease!"
Alumni Events
 Check out photos from the Cleveland Chapter Inaugural Event at Sammy's in the Flats!
July 27
Austin: An Evening at Dell Diamond
August 9
Twin Cities: Lawn Bowling
at Brit's
August 25
San Diego: A Day at the Races
Summer 2012
Summer Send-offs are coming to a city near you!
International Friendship Families
Join us in supporting our international students! Local alumni are invited to participate in the International Friendship Family Program. This is not a home stay. Instead, friendship families get together with their assigned international student about every other month for a meal, events on campus or an outing in Cleveland.
"It has been a great experience for my entire family. It is fun to see our world through the eyes of someone not from this country." Sue Pohle (MBA '88)
» Learn more
Alumni Travel Program
Splendid South Africa
 From Cape Town to the wilds of Kruger National Park, join alumni and friends this fall as we discover spectacular South Africa this October. Our small group adventure will be led by an expert guide and includes a 4 night stay in a safari camp with two game drives each day. Travel in comfort with private safari vehicles, mini-coaches and internal flights within South Africa included. Call 800.886.9895 or email alumnitravel@case.edu for more details.
The Alumni House
 Coming to campus? Stop in at The Alumni
House. Located at 11310 Juniper Rd., this "home away from home" is the perfect place to read the paper, enjoy a cup of coffee, browse
the library or check your email in the business center.
The Alumni House is also available to rent for both business and social events.
» Learn more and book your next event
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