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IN THIS ISSUE:
CASE NEWS ACROSS THE NATION (back to top)
LEV S. GONICK: COMMUNITY LIAISON
Computerworld Magazine, December 12, 2005
(NOTE: Computerworld has named Lev Gonick, CIO and vice president of information technology services, one of its “2006 Premier 100 IT Leaders.” As CIO and vice president of information technology services at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Lev S. Gonick, 46, works with 191 IT employees and provides stewardship of a $38 million IT budget. This past year, Gonick and his staff launched the OneCleveland network, which has a fiber-optic backbone. They used Gigabit Ethernet optical gear to create an intranet for Case and more than 100 educational institutions, research organizations, health care facilities, libraries, government agencies and cultural organizations in northeast Ohio. Gonick took time out recently to talk with Computerworld's Marc L. Songini about leadership and the changing role of IT.)
SCIENTISTS FIND NEEDLES IN HAYSTACKS
United Press International, December 5, 2005
Case Western Reserve University scientists have created innovative statistical techniques to improve the chances of detecting a signal in large data sets. The Cleveland physicists and statistical researchers say the new techniques can not only search for a “needle in a haystack” in particle physics, but also have applications in discovering new galaxies, monitoring transactions for fraud and security risks, identifying carriers of a virulent disease among millions of people, or detecting cancerous tissues in a mammogram.
GETTING IN BED WITH INSOMNIA: CAN 'AUDIO' MATTRESSES, PILLOWS WITH AROMAS BRING SLEEP?
The Wall Street Journal, December 2, 2005 (paid subscription required)
The $5.6 billion bedding industry is snuggling up with a new friend – sleeplessness. But how do the new products work? For now, the research seems to be mixed. [A] study of 60 people earlier this year by researchers at Case Western Reserve University and a university in Taiwan showed that lavender oils wafted through a room helped elderly people sleep more soundly. While plenty of consumers doubt that a bona fide connection exists between music and relaxation, a few recent studies support the claim. [Another], the joint Case Western Reserve and Taiwan university study, showed elderly insomniacs who listened to 45 minutes of soft music before bed had improved sleep quality. [NOTE: The study referred to in the story was research completed by Marion Good, Case professor of nursing, and a Bolton School alumna based in Taiwan.]
CAMPUS NEWS (back to top)
CASE RECEIVES $1.2 MILLION GRANT TO DEVELOP FUTURE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
Program also seeks to create a more diverse medical and dental workforce
Case Western Reserve University's schools of medicine and dental medicine recently were chosen as one of 12 national sites for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP). They will receive a four-year, $1.2 million grant to develop and implement a six-week summer program for qualified undergraduate college students interested in careers in medicine or dentistry. The program will enroll 80 undergraduates from diverse population groups that have historically been under-represented in these health fields.
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW CODIFIES RULES GOVERNING TREATMENT OF DETAINEES IN WAR ON TERROR
“Cleveland Principles” clarify acceptable treatment under international law
The fundamental international law rules governing the treatment of detainees in the global war on terror are now in one brief, easily understood document, thanks to the work of a group of experts who participated in a recent conference at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
The document, known as “The Cleveland Principles of International Law on the Detention and Treatment of Persons in Connection with The Global War on Terror,” summarizes the existing state of the law regarding treatment of detainees in the war on terror in five general principles.
 MOCA CLEVELAND ANNOUNCES GUND FOUNDATION GRANT & CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR RELOCATION
The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) announced that it has received a $2.1 million grant from the George Gund Foundation to help fund a capital campaign to build a new museum as part of Case Western Reserve University's planned University Arts & Retail District development. With the Gund grant, MOCA has raised $5 million to date in early lead gifts toward its capital campaign, which will be formally announced at a later date. MOCA will be the signature structure in Case's mixed-use development located at the "Triangle" site at the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road in University Circle.
ALUMNI WATCH (back to top)
 JAMES M. ANDERSON, M.D., PH.D., PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY, RECEIVES ELSEVIER BIOMATERIALS GOLD MEDAL
James M. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., MED'76, professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering, is the recipient of the Elsevier Biomaterials Gold Medal. He received the medal for the most accumulated significant contributions to biomaterials science by an individual from 1980 to 2005. During that 25-year span, he made 650 contributions to the literature, including 237 peer-reviewed publications.
Anderson received the award at the Tissue Engineering Science International Conference held in Shanghai, China, in October. He was chosen for the award by an international panel of biomaterial scientists, chaired by David Williams, D.Sc., editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal Biomaterials.
 HELEN HOBBS RECEIVES CLINICAL RESEARCH PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Helen Hobbs, M.D., a 1979 alumna of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and professor of internal medicine and molecular genetics at UT Southwestern in Dallas, has received the American Heart Association's Clinical Research Prize. The annual award, announced Nov. 13, recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of clinical cardiovascular research.
CASE SCHOOL OF LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HONORS LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI AND FACULTY
The school's “Distinguished Recent Graduate Award” went to Stephen S. Zashin, a member of the class of 1995. An attorney with the Cleveland firm of Zashin & Rich Co., L.P.A., he specializes in labor relations, equal employment opportunity and employment discrimination. He was among the first attorneys certified by the Ohio State Bar Association as a specialist in labor and employment law.
William B. Goldfarb, a 1956 graduate of the law school, was awarded the Centennial Medal, the highest honor the law school bestows on one of its graduates. Goldfarb practiced law in Cleveland from 1956-1971 with the firm now known as Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP. In 1971 he moved to Israel, where he founded the firm Goldfarb, Levy, Eran & Co., now that country's largest law firm.
Speaking at the event was Colleen Conway Cooney, a judge on Ohio's Eighth District Court of Appeals and a 1981 graduate of the law school. Prior to her election to the Court of Appeals in 2000 she served as a Cleveland municipal judge, an assistant prosecuting attorney for Cuyahoga County, and a law clerk for the late Judge John V. Corrigan. In 1999 the Cleveland Bar Association named her one of “Ten Outstanding Cleveland Women in the Law,” and in 2001 she was inducted into the law school's Society of Benchers.
VOLUNTEER ANSWERS THE CALL OF STORM VICTIMS: A FORMER YOUNGSTOWN NURSE DISPENSED HOPE ALONG WITH MEDICINE TO VICTIMS
The Youngstown Vindicator, December 5, 2005
Pleas for help from nurses in a New Orleans hospital and images of the destruction on television convinced former area resident Mary Anne Schultz to become a volunteer nurse in Mississippi in the month following Hurricane Katrina. Schultz, 50, a registered nurse currently between nursing jobs, left her home and 17-year-old daughter, Deanna, in Upland, Calif., on Sept. 20 to work in Mississippi as a volunteer helping Hurricane Katrina victims. Schultz, a specialist in medical-surgical adult nursing and online education, said she had never worked in those types of primitive conditions. Schultz moved from Youngstown in 1976. She then moved to Cleveland, where she worked in management at University Hospitals. In 1984, Schultz received a master of nursing degree from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.
NP SPOTLIGHT: COMPETITIVE EDGE: AS NP AMBASSADOR TO THE WORLD OF REALITY TV, MARGARET BOBONICH DID HER PROFESSION PROUD
ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners, November 2005
Imagine you're left in the middle of the Mayan jungle with no tools, limited water and only CornNuts for food. Your task is to construct shelter, avoid crocodiles and compete in daily physical challenges. Mosquito swarms and 120-degree heat add local color. Your companions are a hotel doorman, a make-up artist, a sportscaster and a magician's assistant – and they're out to get you. That's the scenario family nurse practitioner Margaret Bobonich played out this fall on the CBS reality TV show Survivor: Guatemala. The 43-year-old NP from Chardon, Ohio, held her own through six primetime episodes before 18 million viewers, treating her teammates for heat exhaustion, puncture wounds and insect bites even as she demonstrated her cunning and athletic skills in tug of war, rowing and balance competitions. (NOTE: Margaret Bobonich is an alumna of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, where she received her NP/MSN in 2000.)
FROM FOOT DOCTOR TO SCIENCE TEACHER: THROUGH DIFFERENT CAREERS, PODIATRIST'S DREAM WAS TO HELP PEOPLE
CNN.com, November 30, 2005
As a child, John Karaffa had a single driving ambition that became the central theme of his life – he wanted to help people. Now at 57, after a radical midlife career change, he thinks he has found the ideal way to do just that – teaching science to seventh and eighth graders. But Karaffa is not your everyday science teacher. He is a doctor of podiatric medicine and a former assistant dean at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland. He went to Case Western Reserve University, still seeking a career that would allow him to realize his altruistic ambitions. At Case he majored in biology and education, but he also worked full time at Metro Health Medical Center as a respiratory therapist, which was his introduction into the world of hands-on caring.
EVENTS (back to top)
//JANUARY 2006//
JANUARY 3-4: NETWORKING NIGHTS - CHICAGO, CLEVELAND, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
 JANUARY 19: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW DYNAMIC: ART, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE MIND
Why is art so important to us? How was it possible for the human mind to evolve in a world without any form of art, only to achieve our remarkable capacity to create and enjoy art in so many different forms? How does technology affect the mind itself, so that it can determine a great deal about how we remember the past, visualize the future, and ultimately, construct our own reality? These are all important questions that we are just beginning to understand. Join us on Thursday, January 19 at Bolton Theater, Cleveland Playhouse from 4-6 P.M.
JANUARY 23: CASE CONCERT CELEBRATION
Four years ago, The Payne Fund wanted to provide an opportunity for the Case community to celebrate the richness and diversity of our campus. The Fund underwrote the annual Case Concert Celebration, an exceptional evening with the Cleveland Orchestra meant only for the Case community of students, faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and special friends.
You are all cordially invited to this year's concert, which takes place on Monday, January 23, 2006, starting at 8 p.m., in Severance Hall. A pre-concert reception begins at 6:30 p.m. Once again, the concert celebration is generously being underwritten by The Payne Fund.
//FEBRUARY 2006//
FEBRUARY 3-5: VARSITY ATHLETICS THROWBACK WEEKEND
The Case Western Reserve University Athletic Department will be taking a step back in time the weekend of February 3-5 when they host a Throwback Weekend at Adelbert Gymnasium. Both the Spartan men's and women's basketball teams will be wearing uniforms commemorating Western Reserve University (Red Cats), Case Institute of Technology (Rough Riders), and Mather College. Relive your glory days by joining us for this fun event!
//MARCH 2006//
 MARCH 1: DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Case faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends are invited to attend at the annual Case Western Reserve University Distinguished Lecture Series. Designed to bring prominent scholars from a variety of fields to speak about their work, the 2006 lecture will feature Pulitzer-prize winning author and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Jared M. Diamond.
//SAVE THESE DATES//
APRIL 5-6, 2006: RESEARCH SHOWCASE
OCTOBER 13-14, 2006: ALUMNI WEEKEND & HOMECOMING
REGIONAL EVENTS (back to top)
Case Western Reserve University's Regional Programs exist to connect, engage, and serve the university's diverse alumni. This outreach is achieved through strong leadership, dynamic programs and effective communication. We encourage you to stay involved with Case and your community by interacting and networking with alumni in your area. Contact University Alumni Relations at 800-368-6280 to get involved.
Mingle and network with fellow alumni - Visit the links below to find out what is happening near you!
Chicago - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/chicago.htm
Cleveland -http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/cleveland.html
Columbus - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/columbus.html
Detroit - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/detroit.html
Houston - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/houston.html Washington, D.C. - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/dc.html
GET INVOLVED: THE ALUMNI HOUSE (back to top)
 ALUMNI HOUSE UPDATE: LOCATION
The Alumni House will be located in the Heart of the Campus right on Euclid Avenue. It will be in front of Mather House, between Thwing Hall and the Church of the Covenant. This fulfills a recommendation of an alumni committee that the Alumni House be centrally located on campus near students and visitor parking.
Alumni making a gift prior to ground breaking will be considered an Alumni House Visionary and will be recognized as such in the Alumni House. For information about the Alumni House, contact Dan Clancy, LAW'62, at dtc2@case.edu or 216-368-5551.
TALK BACK (back to top)
NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE NONPROFIT INNOVATION AWARD
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University announces the establishment of the Nonprofit Innovation Award to honor a nonprofit organization that has creatively used its resources to advance its mission. The inaugural honoree will receive the award during the Mandel Center's annual Awards Luncheon on March 28, 2006 at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel.
In selecting an honoree for the Nonprofit Innovation Award, a committee of community leaders will consider the following criteria in three areas:
Record of innovation—that is, the organization demonstrated inventiveness in using traditional products or services in new ways to increase the effectiveness of the organization's goal or devising new solutions that withstand the test of time.
Expansion beyond traditional organizational boundaries—creatively addressing urgent problems in new ways and teamwork and collaborations within and outside the organization.
Creation of a culture or climate of innovation within the organization—an organization's record of rewarding and encouraging creativity within an organization and its effectiveness in identifying or anticipating community or civic needs.
BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH (back to top)
WHAT'S RISKY FOR THE HEART IS BAD FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS
Periodontists report in January issue of Quintessence International
What stresses heart health also impacts the teeth and gums, report researchers in the article, "Periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases: A review of shared risk factors and new findings support a causality hypothesis", in the January issue of Quintessence International . With common risk factors shared by the two diseases, the researchers urge the development of a common prevention program that relates to tackling both diseases.
WEATHERHEAD PROFESSOR CO-AUTHORS NEW STUDY LINKING AGE DISTRIBUTION OF A COUNTRY'S POPULATION AND ITS ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY
Early 30's found to be prime age for starting a new business
In “Demographic Structure and Entrepreneurial Activity” Moren Lévesque and Maria Minniti argue that there is an age level – usually in the early to mid-30's -- at which a person is most likely to start their own business. Countries where the average age is significantly older or younger are likely to experience less entrepreneurialism than are those places with more people around the peak entrepreneurial age. Lévesque is an assistant professor of operations and management studies at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management and Minniti is a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College.
STUDYING TEENS ON PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS - WHAT DO THEY THINK?
Ground-breaking MSASS study by Floersch investigates patient perspective
A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. Whoa, not so fast! What does the young patient think, asks Jerry Floersch from the Mandel School of Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
Floersch plans to find out when he begins questioning teen patients and their parents in a clinical study on how they “make sense” of the use and impact of medications for mental disorders on their everyday lives.
He has received a five-year, $700,000 mentored grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for the research project, “Adolescent and Parent Subjective Experience of Psychotropic Treatment.”
FACULTY WATCH (back to top)
 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY NURSING PROFESSOR AWARDED PROFESSION'S HIGHEST HONOR
Professor's induction brings total number of Case American Academy of Nursing Fellows to 16
Carol M. Musil, an associate professor of nursing at Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was inducted recently as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) at its Annual Meeting and Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. This award acknowledges Musil's outstanding contributions to nursing and health care, advances that will have a strong and lasting influence on nursing practice and health policy nationwide.
HURRICANE KATRINA SURVIVOR PREPARES TO RETURN TO TULANE
Collins begins career in academia while visiting at MSASS
Cyleste Collins, visiting assistant professor at Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, quietly works away in Room 209 at MSASS.
Her office is devoid of books, wall art and other things that adorn the office space of faculty members. All those things that subtly say "this is who I am" are back at Tulane University behind a locked door since Hurricane Katrina, a level-5 storm, shut down operations Monday, August 29.
 RESONANT LEADER IS ONE IN TUNE WITH HIMSELF, OTHERS
USA Today, November 28, 2005
Leaders have responsibility, influence, and, it turns out, their own brand of management maladies: power, stress and the sacrifice syndrome. These afflictions, which can cause psychological and career damage, and ways to avoid them are the focus of Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee's Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion. Boyatzis (Case Western Reserve University) and McKee (University of Pennsylvania) have emerged from the shadows of Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, with whom they co-authored the 2002 best-seller Primal Leadership. Like Goleman, they write about complex psychological subjects in a clear way. Case Press Release
CASE ASTROPHYSICISTS RHUL, STARKMAN NAMED 2005 APS FELLOWS
Confirms strength of Case physics program
John Ruhl and Glenn Starkman, professors from Case Western Reserve University's department of physics, have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society in honor of their work in area of astrophysics.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT (back to top)
FORGET PIES. GRANDMA'S INTO GAMING
The Akron Beacon Journal, December 11, 2005
Old Grandma Hardcore wants an Xbox 360 for Christmas. On the surface, the idea of a 69-year-old grandmother from Shalersville Township becoming the belle of the gaming world seems unlikely. At best, a gimmick. At worst, an exploitation. Barbara St. Hilaire lives with her 44-year-old daughter and four grandchildren, ages 12 to 22, in a little vinyl-sided ho use in Shalersville, a northern Portage County community that's as much cornfield as it is suburb. She plays [video games] constantly, averaging about 10 hours a day, and spends a good chunk of her Social Security checks at the Aurora GameStop store. Her 22-year-old grandson, Timothy St. Hilaire, decided someone should be writing some of this down, a student at Case Western Reserve University, he ran out of money for tuition and had to move back home. In June, he started a blog called "Old Grandma Hardcore."
COLLEGE SCHOLAR'S SENIOR PROJECT FOCUSES BIRTHING OPTIONS
Organizes program to inform students and community
As a doula, Case College Scholar Rachel Pope has trained to be at the bedside of women during the birithing process. She was so impressed with her experience that she shared what she had learned with other Case students and the public during the special informational session, "What Your Mama Never Told You," earlier this fall.
CASE WEATHERHEAD STUDENTS SOAR INTO THIRD PLACE IN THUNDERBIRD GLOBAL INNOVATION CHALLENGE®
For the second consecutive year, students from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management scored highly in the world's largest business innovation competition, the Thunderbird Global Innovation Challenge®.
EXPLORE WITH CASE: ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAM (back to top)
ITALIAN RIVIERA ALUMNI CAMPUS ABROAD: MAY 6-14
“We like the Alumni Campus Abroad tours. The educational focus, good accommodations, excellent guides make for a most enjoyable, stress-free trip. We like staying in one place. Everyone from the hotel staff and Alumni Holidays International guides and directors were so helpful and courteous and made our stay delightful.”
- Mr. Norman Jackson CIT'50, and Mrs. Norman Jackson, Alumni College in Sicily, 2001
Visit ancient fishing villages perched between rugged mountains and the sparkling sea. Feel the warmth of the day fading as the sky ignites in a dazzling sunset. Your feet slip through silky sand as you walk along beautiful beaches and echo on well-worn docks as you stroll through picturesque harbors filled with yachts. Your senses will savor the natural beauty of the land, the sea, the art, the architecture and the cuisine of that romantic stretch of captivating coastline called the Riviera di Levante, the Italian Riviera. From your gateway city of Florence you will move through romantic terraced villages, lush gardens and ancient olive groves overlooking the sea and continue on to explosions of art, legendary maritime history, and unique contemporary history. When you finally return to historic Florence your experience will feel all the richer framed with the most amazing memories!
For more information please contact Beverley Smith via 216.368.6874, 800.866.6280 or e-mail at alumtravel@case.edu.
SUPPORT CASE (back to top) MANY HAPPY RETURNS
The Office of Annual Giving would like to remind you that the simplest way to increase itemized deductions is a gift before year-end to Case Western Reserve University. Charitable deductions for gifts of cash are generally subject to an annual limit of 50% of the contribution base. (The contribution base is usually adjusted gross income.) For gifts of cash made to charities like Case Western Reserve University during the period beginning on August 28, 2005 and ending on December 31, 2005, however, the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 generally permits a limit equal to the amount by which the contribution base exceeds the deduction for other charitable contributions. Please check with your advisors to see how you can take advantage of this additional benefit. Increase your Annual Fund gift this year while receiving greater tax benefit.
To learn more about the Annual Fund and to make your gift or pledge payment, visit http://www.case.edu/development/annual/index.html or call the Office of Annual Giving at
1-800-304-4483.
CASE WEB WATCH (back to top)
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UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION WITH ALUMNI@CASE (back to top)
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BACK ISSUES (back to top)
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