| Case
celebrates progress since inaugural colloquium
One year ago, Case Western Reserve University celebrated
the inauguration of President Edward M. Hundert with "Great
Universities & Their Cities," an unprecedented, daylong
colloquium designed to drive understanding of the enormous
benefits that can result from strong partnerships between universities
and their cities.
 College
of Arts and Sciences
Literary
giant
Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most sought after speakers
by Case Western Reserve University's College Scholars Program,
addressed a sold-out crowd at Severance Hall.
Readers
ask for Campus News to take new shape
Case Western Reserve University faculty, staff, students,
alumni and friends said they want more timely campus news
but are already overwhelmed by e-mail messages, so University
Marketing and Communications is transforming its weekly print
newspaper and e-mail newsletter—called Campus News—into
a daily, online news center.
 University
secretary moonlights on nationally ranked synchronized
ice dancing team
Two or three days a week during the winter months, Lynne Ford walks out the doors
of Case Western Reserve University's Adelbert Hall and puts on her dancing shoes—ice
dancing that is.
College
of Arts and Sciences
Week
to feature medical humanities
A number of events will explore the ways humanistic disciplines
shed light on the practice of medicine as the Baker-Nord Center
for the Humanities in the Case Western Reserve University College
of Arts and Sciences hosts Humanities Week March 22 through
March 28.
 College
of Arts and Sciences
Case
historian chronicles rise of American celebrity
Adah Isaacs Menken—the poet
and legendary star of the 1860's stage who almost bared it for
all—was one of the first to manipulate newspaper reports and
photographs to create a public persona.
School of Medicine
Researchers
call for improved consent for children in cancer studies
A study at six of the nation's leading children's hospitals
has concluded that physicians should do a better job in communicating
with parents before a child with cancer enrolls in a randomized
clinical trial.
 Check
this out
Case Western Reserve University President Edward M. Hundert
and members of the university's Staff Advisory Council present
a check for $6,000 to representatives from Shoes and Clothes for
Kids.
College of Arts and Sciences
Anthropologist
honored for spiritual healing studies
Exploring why people in Mozambique increasingly turn to church
prophets for spiritual healing instead of traditional healers
has earned James Pfeiffer, assistant professor of anthropology
at Case Western Reserve University, the Steven Polgar Prize.
Also in this issue of Campus News:
New
company joins strategic partners
ITS
adds spam filtering software to its list of services
Nominees
sought for Wittke, Jackson awards
In Memoriam:
Boyd
worked as Case telephone operator
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