University News
August 24, 2011
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Elizabeth “Libby” Keefer will become ϳԹ’s general counsel and secretary of the corporation, effective Oct. 1. Keefer’s experience includes 11 years as the general counsel of Columbia University, as well as extensive legal ...
August 17, 2011
Marilyn Lotas has sent many undergraduates abroad for field study. Now, the associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will cross international borders herself as a Fulbright Scholar at the Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing at...
August 15, 2011
As the space shuttle program comes to a close, things at NASA are just gearing up for Brian Michal, Adriana Popa and Brian Tietz, three ϳԹ students who were selected as members of the inaugural class of NASA Space Technology Research Fellows.
The fellowships provide a s...
August 09, 2011
This year’s Case for Community Day will take place Friday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The annual event—in its ninth year—is a campuswide day of service to the Cleveland area. Projects include teaching senior citizens the basics of new technology, reading to elementary students, painting houses...
August 09, 2011
ϳԹ’s alumni and friends contributed $126.2 million in cash and pledges in fiscal year 2010-2011, a total that breaks the previous all-time fundraising record by nearly $3 million. The amount raised in the past 12 months also exceeds the 2009-2010 figure by more than $10 ...
August 08, 2011
Summer jobs for college students often take place in retail stores, business offices or city pools. But two ϳԹ students are spending their summer farming in the city to promote sustainable, healthy eating in Cleveland.
Rising senior nursing major Clare Fagerholm and ris...
August 03, 2011
Fresh on the heels of being named the best medium-sized residential dining concept in the National Association of College and University Food Services’ (NACUFS) Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards, Leutner Commons earned the grand prize for all residential dining concepts, beating out University of Michig...
August 02, 2011
As temperatures spike, it might be time to cool off with a good movie.
Some of ϳԹ’s movie buffs—Robert Spadoni film professor in the English department, Bradley Ricca from the SAGES program, and Louis Giannetti, an emeritus professor of film—offered their top summer vie...
August 01, 2011
A faculty search committee has the difficult task of finding and agreeing upon the ideal candidate for a job opening, which can be tricky, given that everyone has his or her own opinions on what exactly constitutes “ideal.” Enter: The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity’s new traini...
July 29, 2011
Most people worry from time to time. A new research study, led by a ϳԹ faculty member in psychology, also shows that worrying can be so intrusive and obsessive that it interferes in the person’s life and endangers the health of social relationships.
These people suffer...