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CASE NEWS ACROSS THE NATION (back to top)
 CASE AND ONECLEVELAND HELP CLEVELAND TO MAKE RANKS OF TOP INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES OF 2006
Cleveland is only U.S. city included in list from intelligent community forum
A prestigious think tank has named Cleveland one of the world's "Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2006," thanks in great part to the efforts of Case Western Reserve University and its chief information officer, Lev Gonick.
The New York-based Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) recently issued its list of "The Top Seven Intelligent Communities of 2006." One of the criteria for inclusion is significant deployment of, and access to, broadband communications. Numerous Cleveland-area institutions, organizations and governmental agencies have ultrabroadband access through OneCleveland, including Case Western Reserve University.
MED SCHOOLS URGED TO KEEP TABS ON DRUGMAKERS
USA Today, January 25, 2006
Medical school faculty must set an example for their profession by distancing themselves from drug companies' marketing efforts, a group of academic medicine leaders urges in a paper. The relationship between academic medical centers and drugmakers represents a “serious threat” to trust in doctors, according to the paper, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Some medical school may find the [group's recommended] guidelines difficult to implement because of how much they depend on drug company money, says co-author Jerome Kassirer, a former editor of The New England Journal of Medicine [and adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ]. The Case Western Reserve medical school hopes to implement its new policy by July 1. Says Dean Ralph Horwitz: “Medical schools need to be the conscience of American medicine.” Read More from the Plain Dealer.
CAMPUS NEWS (back to top)
 NOTICE: DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IMPLEMENTS NEW SECURITY MEASURE - BE SURE TO UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD
In order to ensure the security and integrity of Case Western Reserve University's network and information resources, the university recently endorsed a proactive quality password management policy. The new password policy requires that all Case network users, including alumni, select a “robust” password to access protected Case network resources. Strong passwords play an important role in the university's information security strategic plans.
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Award recognizes an individual, business or organization that has positively impacted Cleveland in the spirit of the teachings and example of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Case Western Reserve University is being recognized for its commitment to the community with the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award. Case President Edward M. Hundert, M.D. accepted the award on behalf of the university during The Cleveland Orchestra's 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Concert at Severance Hall on January 15.
NEXTBUS TRACKING SYSTEM
On January 31, Campus Services introduced Phase I of the NextBus tracking system where shuttle times and real-time maps can be viewed. Phase I includes installation of GPS online tracking units on the shuttles. Signs will be installed at certain campus bus shelters in Phase II to alert riders when the next bus will arrive.
STUDENTS CARRY MISSED LECTURES AROUND CAMPUS ON IPODS
The Plain Dealer, February 7, 2006
Students in Martha Rees' cultural anthropology class at the University of Cincinnati don't have to worry about missing a lecture. They can listen to it on their computer or iPod instead. That's because Rees digitally records her lectures and puts them on the Internet. The technology is called podcasting, and it is becoming widely popular on college campuses. Case Western Reserve University allows students to see as well as hear their professor's lectures on their computers or iPods through a program the university developed called MediaVision Courseware. Lectures are divided into clips so students don't have to watch the entire session. Read more.
CASE FEATURED AS COVER STORY FOR THE WINTER 2006 EDITION OF KALEIDOSCOPE MAGAZINE
University officials discuss the Supplier Diversity Program and building bridges with the community.
ALUMNI WATCH (back to top)
 CASE GRADUATE E. JOSHUA ROSENKRANZ TAPPED TO ARGUE HIGH-PROFILE CASE BEFORE U.S. SUPREME COURT
A recent high-profile case argued before the United States Supreme Court has a strong connection to Case Western Reserve University.
The case, FAIR v. Rumsfeld, involved military recruitment at law schools. The connection was in the person of E. Joshua Rosenkranz, attorney for the law schools and a 1983 Case graduate with a degree in chemistry, summa cum laude.
 ALUMNUS DR. PETER D. BOND SELECTED TO HELP GUIDE RESEARCH ENABLING FUTURE MANNED MISSIONS TO THE MOON AND MARS
Dr. Peter D. Bond received his master's in education and his doctorate in physics from Case Western Reserve and has now joined the Board of Directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute ( NSBRI ). NSBRI is a nonprofit granting agency, funded by NASA, tasked with mediating the risks to astronaut health and safety on long missions. As a member of the Board, Maj. Gen. Bolden is helping to guide NSBRI's research focus and the viability of the space program's future goals.
FIERY ACTIVIST TAKING BREAK, FOR A LITTLE BIT
The Plain Dealer, February 3, 2006
Gail Long, MSASS '67, retires Friday, March 31, as the executive director of Merrick House. The historic settlement house in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood offers many low-income services, from day care for babies and basketball leagues for teens to meals for senior citizens, and weighs in heavily on social-justice issues. “Gail is a social worker's social worker,” said Gerald Strom, a senior instructor at Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences “What she has done in Tremont has truly made a difference.”
PAIR LOOK TO REBOOT THE BRAIN: COMPUTER CHIP MAY HELP PEOPLE WALK AGAIN
The Arizona Republic, February 9, 2006
Ranu Jung and Jimmy Abbas are at the forefront of research that could help people recover from spinal cord injuries and diseases, enable paralyzed people to stand and walk and allow amputees to use brain waves to move artificial limbs. The husband-and-wife team co-direct the Center for Rehabilitation Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Engineering at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. The couple met as graduate students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Both were interested in the effects of spinal cord injuries but pursued different lines of research. Eventually they realized their work was very compatible and teamed up.
 CIT GRADUATE, A PIONEERING SCIENTIST AND FORMER RUNNING STAR AT CASE, TOOK FAST TRACK TO THE TOP OF HIS FIELD
When you think about the field of optics, also known as the science of light and applied in everything from DVDs, CDs, laser printers, computer chips, fiber optic communications and telescopes—the name James Wyant may not automatically pop into your head. But it should.
HUNGARIAN FINANCIAL SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF BATARA SIANTURI '83 AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CITIBANK ZRT.
Batara Sianturi was appointed a member of the board of directors at Citibank Zrt, as of mid-December. At the same time, Sianturi was named the new country business manager of Citibank's consumer business. Sianturi first joined Citigroup in 1988 as a management associate in Jakarta, Indonesia. His Citigroup career spans 17 years in Indonesia and Australia, where he held various senior management positions in marketing, retail banking, sales and distribution, and finance.
Sianturi graduated from Case as a part of the Class of 1983, majoring both
in Chemical Engineering and Macromolecular Science. He holds an MSc in chemical engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, U.S., as well as an MBA in finance from the St. John's University in New York. Besides his native Indonesian, he speaks fluent English and French. He is married and has three children.
EVENTS (back to top)
//FEBRUARY 2006//
FEBRUARY 22: CLEVELAND HILLEL FOUNDATION SPONSORS ALUMNI EVENT FEATURING DR. MICHAEL BAR ZOHAR
The free event is February 22, 2006. The lecture is at 7:30pm at the Cleveland Hillel Jewish Student Center (11291 Euclid Avenue). It will feature
Dr. Michael Bar Zohar, author of the book Massacre in Munich that describes
the tragedy during the 1972 Olympics and the Israeli manhunt that ensued
afterwards. A private desert reception for Case alumni will follow the lecture. Please RSVP to Harriet Rosenberg Mann, Director of Alumni Relations at the Cleveland Hillel Foundation at 216-231-0040 or at hrmann@adelphia.net.
 SAVE THE DATE: FEBRUARY 27...DON'T MISS THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION WITH FRED GRAY
Fred Gray, LAW'54 and past trustee, was Dr. King's attorney and friend. He also defended Rosa Parks in the case that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott, and successfully litigated a series of major civil rights cases involving school desegregation and voting rights in Alabama. Event details forthcoming - please check the website.
//MARCH 2006//
 MARCH 1: DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Case faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends are invited to attend 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. PRESS RELEASE
SPECIAL OFFER FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
As a special incentive, in partnership with the University Bookstore, the Alumni Association is offering you 20% OFF Jared Diamond's book (paperback), "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed " with FREE SHIPPING (in the continental U.S.). Purchase your copy today for only $14.62 total. Please allow two weeks for shipping.
MARCH 18: CASE RECOVERY HOUSE FUNDRAISER
Join us for the Inaugural Fundraiser to benefit The Recovery House at Case Western Reserve University and to celebrate recovery in the greater Cleveland area. Please save the date of March 18th, 2006 from 6 pm to 10 pm and plan to join us at the Church of the Covenant in University Circle for this exciting event. It will include a well known keynote speaker discussing the History of Alcoholics Anonymous, a student from Recovery House speaking about his experience, a reception with catered refreshments; a raffle (Make a Donation) and most of all a forum to celebrate recovery with our friends and relatives. Learn More About the Recovery House.
//SAVE THESE DATES//
APRIL 5-6: RESEARCH SHOWCASE
APRIL 21: CASE RESERVE ATHLETIC CLUB HALL OF FAME RECEPTION AND DINNER
APRIL 29: HUDSON RELAY & SPRINGFEST
OCTOBER 13-15: 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 800.866.6280 to get involved.
Mingle and network with fellow alumni - Visit the links below to find out what is happening near you!
Cleveland - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/cleveland.html
Columbus - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/columbus.html
New England - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/newengland.html
New York - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/nyc.html
San Francisco - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/sanfran.html Seattle - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/seattle.html
Washington, D.C. - http://www.case.edu/alumni/stay/dc.html
GET INVOLVED: THE ALUMNI HOUSE (back to top)  Alumni House will be a "home away from home" for visiting alumni. All the functions to be included in the Alumni House ---meeting rooms, office space, business center, pub---were identified by alumni task forces.
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)
 WITTKE AND JACKSON AWARDS - NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATION
The 2006 submissions for the Carl F. Wittke Nomination and the J. Bruce Jackson Nomination are now being accepted. The deadline for both nominations is Friday, February 24.
Do you know a faculty or staff member . . .Who has fostered your personal development or who has facilitated your goals and life choices?
BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH (back to top)
WHEN WE SAY THE WRONG THING
Case and Kent State researchers look at repairing regretted messages
The minute the words are said, the regret sets in.
According to Jane R. Meyer from Kent State and Kyra Rothenberg from Case, most people offered an apology, spurred by guilt to mend any offense their remarks might cause in an intimate relationship. Following the offer of an apology, the next popular ways people choose to smooth over the offensive message were to excuse or justify why the words were said. When embarrassed, people tended to avoid the message's receiver instead of making excuses or apologies.
GENETICS STUDY ON FUCHS, DYSTROPHY LAUNCHED BY CASE AND UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND
Supported by a $4.1 million grant from National Eye Institute
Researchers at the Vision Research Coordinating Center and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Case) and University Hospitals of Cleveland (UHC) are leading a nationwide study of the genetics of Fuchs‚ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD). The disease afflicts approximately one percent of the general population, including entire families, and can cause blindness. The FECD Genetics Multi-center Study is funded by a $4.1 million grant over the next five years from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
FACULTY WATCH (back to top)
 STRAIGHT FROM SCIENCE FICTION...STAR TREK'S HOLODECK INSPIRES CASE COMMUNICATION SCIENCES PROFESSOR
For the past decade, Stacy Williams has dreamt of building a virtual reality theater to help people with speech and language deficits. "When I saw the TV series," she explains, "I just knew we needed something like this, with its real-life situations, for speech-language therapy." Now, in collaboration with VirTra Systems, she is building the kind of environment she has long imagined.
THE SPACE BETWEEN US...A NEW NOVEL BY THRITY UMRIGAR
Hired help comes to know a family's dirty secrets, from its soiled laundry to its concealed bruises. While the person who diligently scrubs the pots clean can be a confidante or a witness to what's hidden from the public, there remains that invisible barrier between employee and employer so aptly described in the title of Thrity Umrigar's second novel, The Space Between Us. Umrigar is an assistant professor of English at Case.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT (back to top)
ERB'S RUNNING AN AFTERTHOUGHT: BUT MWGS GRADUATE IS SETTING RECORDS AT CASE
The Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, January 27, 2006
Maggie Walker Governor's School coach Jim Holdren does a good job of keeping tabs on talented middle school runners, especially those headed his way. Esther Erb already was establishing herself in track during her middle school days at Tuckahoe, but it wasn't until her senior year at MWGS that she ran for Holdren's Green Dragons. Now, two years later as a Case Western Reserve University sophomore, Erb is setting records. Last fall, she became the Cleveland school's first female to qualify for the NCAA nationals in cross country. In her indoor season debut this year, Erb set Spartans records in the mile (5:13.94) and 3,000-meter run (10:48). In 2004, she headed off to Case Western, but running had nothing to do with it. “I went there for the music, and now I play in two choirs and sing with another choir,” Erb said. It was at the request of Spartan cross country coach Kathy Lanese that she began running at the college level.
SPARTAN WATCH (back to top)
 DAVIS BACK FOR LAST SEMESTER, UAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Case Western Reserve University senior swim captain Becky Davis spent ten weeks in Australia this past fall and she wasn't practicing her freestyle. Davis gave up the fall season of her last year on the team to work in Aboriginal Medical clinics.
MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS NAMED ALL-ACADEMIC
Exceptional effort in the classroom and outstanding play on the basketball court have resulted in Matt Cannan (Dublin, OH), Mason Conrad (Tarpon Springs, FL), and Rich Mullen (Columbus, OH) being named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District IV men's basketball team. The three Spartan student-athletes earned Second Team District IV honors for a combination of their excellence in the classroom and community along with their key contributions as members of the Case men's basketball team.
EXPLORE THE WORLD WITH CASE: ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAM (back to top)
 TRAVEL INTO THE VERY HEART OF EUROPE: MAY 17-29, 2006
Feudal castles and storybook wine villages seem to drift by as you cruise along the Rhine between Düsseldorf and Strasbourg, and along the Moselle from Koblenz to medieval Cochem. Journey to Lucerne, Switzerland, embraced in the regal arms of the Alps. This is a magical journey, a Legendary Passage through time and places that you will never forget.
For more information on this and many other trips, visit the travel web site, email alumtravel@case.edu, or phone The Office of University Alumni Relations at 800-866-6280.
SUPPORT CASE (back to top)
 SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE HOSTS 4TH ANNUAL GIVE KIDS A SMILE! DAY
Over 400 Cleveland school children, the majority of whom had never been to see a dentist before, were given free dental exams and other needed treatments on Friday, February 3, as the School of Dental Medicine hosted the 4th Annual Give Kids a Smile! Day. Dental professionals, students and staff volunteered their time and talents to bring the importance of dental health into the spotlight.
The event merited coverage on local news stations and in The Plain Dealer.
 The School of Dental Medicine is proud to support programs like Give Kids A Smile! Day and we couldn't do it without the generosity of our alumni. Thanks to all who helped us give kids the treatment they needed to return healthy smiles to their faces. To give to future smiles, see our online giving page at: https://ur-web.case.edu/awc301/MakeAGift.aspx or contact the Office of Annual Giving at 800-304-4483.
CASE WEB WATCH (back to top)
Case Research Newsletter: http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/ospa/news/index.cfm
Office of the President and Provost: http://www.case.edu/menu/president/
Career Network: http://www.case.edu/alumni/involve/network.html
Avian Influenza (“Bird Flu ”): http://www.case.edu/news/avianflu/
Case Magazine: http://www.case.edu/pubs/cwrumag/
Dorm Life Blog: https://blog.case.edu/dormlife
Dorm Life Scrapbook: http://www.case.edu/its/archives/dormitorylife/dormmain.htm Class Notes: http://www.case.edu/pubs/cwrumag/spring2005/downloads/AlumniJournal.pdf
News Center: http://www.case.edu/news/
UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION WITH ALUMNI@CASE (back to top)  Have you recently moved, changed jobs, or obtained a new
e-mail address? You can easily update your alumni profile using our new online alumni directory, ALUMNI@CASE.
BACK ISSUES (back to top)
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