Campus News

September 11, 2003

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School of Dentistry
Gum disease bacteria linked to preterm birth in mice
A team of researchers, led by a Case Western Reserve University microbiologist, has discovered that a bacterium found in oral periodontal disease enters the blood, targets placentas and amniotic fluid of pregnant mice and triggers preterm or term stillbirths and infant deaths.

College of Arts and Sciences
Case, Play House offer unique theater training
A new agreement between The Cleveland Play House and Case Western Reserve University elevates their joint master's degree of fine arts in theater to that of the country's top acting programs.

Case School of Engineering
Celebrate
Case Western Reserve University's Case Alumni Association and the Case School of Engineering celebrate the signing of their new "memorandum of understanding."

University unveils free, public wireless service
In what could be the largest, public wireless service in the world, Case Western Reserve University is opening more than 1,230 Cisco Aironet 1200 Series wireless access points, providing free Internet access to faculty, students, staff and visitors to the Case campus and University Circle.

Case creates center for community partnerships
In order to build more and stronger relationships with University Circle and Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University has created a new Center for Community Partnerships to be directed by Jacklyn J. Chisholm, the University's newly appointed associate vice president for community partnerships.

Library fund grants faculty wishes for new collections
Christmas could be coming early for some Case Western Reserve University faculty, courtesy of an innovative program at the University Library. Through this new Library Opportunity Fund, the University Library has developed a grant program that awards to faculty items from their "wish lists" of interdisciplinary resources not normally collected within the library's acquisitions policies.