Christopher Reeve receives CWRU, UH breathing device

The actor known for playing Superman in the movies volunteered to have implanted an experimental breathing system that is being tested at University Hospitals of Cleveland and CWRU.

University launches MyCWRU

Calling all beta testers. Information Technology Services has taken the covers off the first iteration of MyCWRU, and they want feedback.

Network upgrades near completion

Faculty win national career development awards:
Pilla develops statistical models to find landmines, cancerous tumors

Ramani Pilla, assistant professor of statistics at CWRU, is working on mixture distributions to model and analyze heterogeneous or highly variable data.

Faculty win national career development awards:
Burda studies nanomaterials with applications in industry, medicine

Clemens Burda, assistant professor of chemistry, plans to create, study and characterize nova nanomaterials that have the potential to lead to applications in industry and medicine and as alternative energy sources.

Gross to leave CWRU with numerous accomplishments

After accomplishing what President Edward M. Hundert calls a "decade's worth of work" in just over two years at CWRU, Rhonda Gross, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will leave the University June 30.

Life after 90

What's life like after 90? How about 100? That's what this panel discussion in front of a packed lecture hall of first-year medical students was about.

A place in history

CWRU's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing dedicated an Ohio Historical Marker honoring Bolton for her work in education, philanthropy and public service.

Expert on economics of education to speak

One of the country's leading experts on the economics of education and school finance, particularly in the area of primary and secondary education reform, will deliver the 25th annual Howard T. McMyler Lecture at 4 p.m. March 26 at Reinberger Chamber Hall in Severance Hall.

CDC director returns to alma mater, addresses post -Sept. 11 concerns

Gerberding relayed some lessons learned through and since the events of the fall of 2001 as well as the agency's current terrorism readiness status in a for-credit grand rounds talk.

Gharib, Times journalist to visit CWRU

Two prominent journalists—including CWRU alumna Susie Gharib—will present lectures next week at CWRU.

Q & A

President Edward M. Hundert fields a question from the audience at ExecutiveCaterers' Corporate Club at Landerhaven, where he was the featured guest.

The cutting edge

Michael J. Ackerman, assistant director for high performance computing and communications for the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health, delivered the keynote address at CWRU's Internet2 Day.

University to host more than 400 history buffs

For history buffs, it's the student triathlon of history competitions. More than 400 students from Northeast Ohio will participate in the Ohio District 3 History Day March 22 at CWRU.