Report: Health professional education needs overhaul

Doctors, nurses and other health professionals are not being adequately prepared to provide the highest quality and safest medical care possible, and there is insufficient assessment of their ongoing proficiency, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

Warm welcome

President Edward M. Hundert and Georgia Narsavage, associate professor of nursing, welcome Ralph I. Horwitz during a reception in the Hovorka Atrium.

Gum, heart disease tie reinforced

One more link has been forged between poor oral health and heart disease as a result of two new research studies from CWRU's School of Dentistry.

Students learn long-term care firsthand

CWRU is broadening the medical school student experience by augmenting its neuroscience clerkship program with a rotation to a post-acute care setting.

University area has experienced population increases

The results of the 2000 United States Census contained both good and bad news for the City of Cleveland, according to a study from CWRU's Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change.

Leadership symposium

U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. from Michigan is joined by Louis Stokes and President Edward M. Hundert. Conyers was the guest speaker for CWRU's 2003 Louis Stokes Leadership Symposium.

Work on Wade Oval to begin

The first phase of CircleWalk—the plan to knit together CWRU and other University Circle institutions with pathways, green space, public art, lighting and signage—will begin in May with the Wade Oval improvement project.

Employee excels at high tech hide-n-seek

For Paul "Froggy" Schneider, manager of facilities and teaching labs in the department of electrical engineering and computer science , hide-n-seek has reached a new level of play.

Current, past Glennan Fellows to present

During a program of presentations from Glennan Fellows, Patricia King from the University of Michigan will give the keynote speech, 'From Ignorant Certainty to Intelligent Confusion: The Development of Reflective Judgment."

Alumna is first chair of U.S. fitness council

Susan Finn, who earned her master's degree in nutrition from CWRU's School of Graduate Studies in 1968, has been named the first chair of the American Council for Fitness and Nutrition.

Several programs at graduate and professional schools continue to rank among U.S. News top 10

Several programs at CWRU's graduate and professional schools continue to rate among the country's top 10, according to the latest U.S.News and World Report graduate school rankings.

Graduate students take honors at first ever Research ShowCASE 2003

Five graduate students were honored in the Research ShowCASE 2003 poster competition.

University Circle Inc. names new president

Terri Hamilton Brown is bringing more than 15 years of experience in real estate, city planning, government and public safety issues to University Circle as the new president of University Circle Incorporated.

Double vision

While his image is projected onto a large screen over his left shoulder, Lev Gonick, CWRU's vice president and chief information officer, addresses the more than 300 participants at the second annual No Strings Attached Conference in Thwing Center.

In Memoriam:

Braden was accountancy professor

Kuhl served as former Adelbert College dean