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December 2000

• Young adults living in age of anxiety (12/27)
• CWRU senior named Rhodes scholar (12/19)
• Anthropology offers urban health program (12/15)
• Researchers explore social dimension of sex (12/15)
• Savinell, Angus named fellows of Electrochemical Society (12/15)
• CWRU, UH issue statement on affiliation agreement (12/11)
• Muffin company rises to top of Weatherhead 100 list (12/11)
• Why diet drug phen/fen damaged the heart (12/8)
• Researchers join team seeking screening test for Mad Cow Disease (12/8)
• Ophthalmology receives NEI training grant (12/8)
• College Scholars observe life in "the real Africa (12/8)
• African trip leads to exchange of gifts, exchange of cultures (12/8)
• Cromer to lead Center for Adolescent Health (12/8)
• BioPark founding trustees meet, set stage for developing project (12/6)
• No recession on horizon, say CWRU economic forecasters (12/5)

November 2000

• Gehry visits Lewis Building (11/30)
• Med school to examine path of knowledge from lab to patient (11/30)
• Infrastructure problems hinder clones of Silicon Valley (11/30)
• Marketing healthy lifestyle info in public housing (11/30)
• Wykle receives gerontology award (11/30)
• Live honors Bailey as "rainmaker" (11/30)
• Admissions office offers tips for college-bound students on preparing for and applying to college (11/29)
• Study finds public health issues not addressed by physicians lobbying Congress (11/27)
• Gardner to give UCITE lecture (11/20)
• Smith to direct new multicultural affairs office (11/20)
• Kelker Scholarship established (11/20)
• CWRU sponsors City Club radio broadcasts nationwide (11/13)
• Two professors' books nominated for Pulitzer Prize (11/9)
• Levin's book is on Cultures of Control (11/9)
• Nursing school to start community education program (11/8)
• Tennessee Williams plays to open at Eldred Theater (11/2)
• Engineering dean search panel formed (11/2)

October 2000

• Physics department hosts third annual Galileo Pumpkin Drop (10/31)
• CWRU engineers to study mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (10/27)
• Procter & Gamble donates technology to harness the power of the sun (10/25)
• Study reveals irony faced by former welfare mothers (10/19)
• CWRU joins consortium to develop service-based engineering courses (10/19)
• Debate is on privatizing Social Security (10/19)
• Symposium to discuss religious arts (10/19)
• Bagby returns for Sequentia concert (10/19)
• Concert celebrate 25th year of M.F.A. in dance (10/19)
• Human rights advocate to give Stein lecture (10/19)
• 19 fundraising records set during fiscal year (10/16)
• Colon cancer study uses 'gene chip' technology (10/16)
• CWRU faculty among Medical Hall of Fame inductees (10/16)
• Marcinko named interim basketball coach (10/16)
• Event brings media, scientists to panel (10/16)
• Kennelly to speak on Social Security, Medicare (10/16)
• Yen donates tools, dictionaries (10/16)
• Explorer Ballard to speak on 'Great Flood' finds in the Black Sea (10/9)
• Dahm's quantum bit could drive next-generation computers (10/9)
• Steinberg releases book on "unnatural" disasters (10/9)
• Med school's campaign hits midpoint (10/9)
• CRAC announces nine new inductees into Hall of Fame (10/9)
• Intergenerational conference is October 13 (10/9)
• Escalet's pulsating paintings illustrate immigrant life (10/9)
• Classic comedy opens Eldred season (10/9)
• Members named to dean search committees (10/9)
• Live awardees have CWRU ties (10/9)
• "Arms around Shaw" rally (10/9)

September 2000

• Glennan Fellows pursue instructional innovation (9/26)
• The Intergenerational School promotes life-long learning (9/26)
• Gup advocates fruitful indirection in Fall Convocation address (9/14)
• Transcript of Ted Gup's address at the Fall Convocation (9/14)
• Best named assistant dean of graduate studies (9/14)
• Engineering school to launch entrepreneurial lectures (9/14)
• Dental school holds first-ever white coat ceremony (9/14)
• Philip Johnson sculpture garden under construction (9/14)
• Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll conference is Sept. 15 (9/11)
• CWRU faculty to teach in religious studies institute (9/11)
• Experts to discuss globalization during Grazella Shepherd Lecture Day (9/11)
• Conference to celebrate life, influence of blues legend Muddy Waters (9/11)
• Senior class president dies of acute liver failure (9/7)
• CWRU grad awarded Howard Hughes graduate fellowship (9/7)
• CWRU law school clinic to expand with $750,000 gift (9/5)
• CWRU is still tops in Ohio on U.S. News ranking (9/1)
• Savinell appointed interim dean of Case School of Engineering (9/1)
• Gilmore named associate dean of College of Arts and Sciences (9/1)
• Humanities Week returns September 18-23 (9/1)
• Medievalist Bagby to create Beowulf epic (9/1)
• Faculty Art Show opens September 15 at Mather Gallery (9/1)
• Whiting named Leopold Leadership Fellow (9/1)
• Biegel named president of social work research institute (9/1)

August 2000

• James W. Wagner named CWRU provost (8/24)
• Near-record freshman class expected on campus (8/24)
• Multimedia CD-ROM becomes part of freshman orientation (8/24)
• Gup will be keynote speaker at Fall Convocation (8/24)
• Grant supports dental school's sealant program for local youngsters (8/24)
• Two new coaches join athletics staff (8/24)
• Dental students launch community dental clinic in Dominican Republic (8/21)
• New study places CWRU in top 19 private universities nationally (8/21)
• Kids who threaten are likely to be violent, study shows (8/14)
• Baer inducted into Plastics Hall of Fame (8/9)
• Ensemble to explore koto music during CWRU program (8/9)

July 2000

• Three areas on chromosomes contain prostate cancer aggressive genes (7/27)
• Findings presented on Alzheimer's disease, brain gymnastics, and lead (7/27)
• Researchers decipher fundamental genetic signal for maleness (7/27)
• Arnold appointed otolaryngology chair (7/27)
• Genuth receives award from American Diabetes Association (7/27)
• Arts and Sciences ends its first campaign (7/26)
• WSOM to receive $1.5 million for e-learning program (7/24)
• Science Coalition spotlights CWRU research (7/12)
• Locci named director of CWRU's farm (7/12)
• University Alzheimer Center offers anti-inflammatory drug study (7/12)
• Dittrick Museum opens microscope exhibit (7/12)
• Conference will focus on "Enriching Children's Environments" (7/12)
• Study is on perception of privacy rights between parents and adolescents (7/12)
• Three new trustees, honorary trustee elected (7/12)
• Recipients selected for President's Award for Distinguished Service (7/12)
• Fratianne wins Vogt Alumni Service Award (7/12)
• CWRU senior receives Beinecke scholarship (7/12)
• Protestant campus ministry receives national award (7/12)
• Two from CWRU selected to attend national Young Women's Health Summit (7/12)
• Orthodontic Residency Program seeks patients (7/12)

June 2000

• Queen conch shell suggests new structure for ceramics (6/30)
• Mastering gravity: Making liquids dance (6/22)
• How do you learn to live after emerging from schizophrenia? (6/22)
• Helping stroke survivors recover communication skills (6/22)
• Can Acceptance Training help older adults cope with chronic illness? (6/22)
• Nursing school receives training grant for researchers (6/22)
• Symposium focuses on Western Reserve writers (6/22)
• Cottington named director of research administration (6/15)
• Weatherhead adds to Family Business Hall of Fame (6/15)
• Weiss elected to prestigious medical association (6/15)
• Savin named interim arts and sciences dean (6/15)
• Youngner new director of Center for Biomedical Ethics (6/15)
• Hokenstad named to U.N. committee (6/15)
• New scholarships targeted for minority med students (6/15)
• Videoconference helps dentists prepare for Lithuania trip (6/15)
• Teaching award winners named: (6/15)
  • Wittke Award: Thomas Sayers Ellis
  • Wittke Award: Carol Epstein
  • Diekhoff Award: Roberto Ballarini
  • Diekhoff Award: Michael Zagorski
  • Hovorka Prize: Cynthia Beall
• Nursing grant will aid rural Mexican village (6/15)
• Psychology graduate studies the genius behind music ability (6/15)

May 2000

• Grant to succeed Ginzberg at Weatherhead (5/22)
• "Dry rot" threatens nation's educational system, Gorman tells graduates (5/22)
  • Read the transcript of the commencement address (5/22)
• Med school recruits national cancer researcher Yu-Chung Yang (5/22)
• Nursing school receives $1.2 million grant to study cardiac patients' exercise habits (5/22)
• Warman named to Hughes Institute (5/22)
• Regents award grant to med school for neurogenetics (5/22)
• Rocke will receive Dexter Award from ACS (5/22)
• CWRU seniors receive Fulbright honors (5/22)
• Naparstek's book profiles HOPE VI success in 7 cities (5/22)
• New study offers hope for treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder (5/22)
• CWRU to host GED ceremony June 9 (5/22)
• Sophomore wins community service award (5/22)
• Middle school student tackle math competition at CWRU (5/18)
• Gup uncovers covert deaths at the CIA in new book (5/16)
• Experts can comment on school funding decision (5/12)
• New master's program will focus on physics entrepreneurship (5/12)
• Research feature package released (5/12)
  • Study finds some bottled water has more bacteria and less fluoride than tap water
  • Holding a grudge against God can lead to emotional distress
  • Researchers develop prototype of miniature fuel cell
  • Positive effects of intensive therapy for diabetes persist
• Faculty use Nord Awards to develop, revamp courses (5/12)
• Law-Medicine center hosts display of comic medical cartoons (5/12)
• Book signing set for Gup's new book on the CIA (5/12)
• Graham to receive award (5/12)
• Sudeck's youth basketball camps return (5/12)
• Lady Spartans host basketball camp (5/12)
• Gorman to deliver commencement address May 21 (5/8)
• $10 million gift to Weatherhead creates Miller Center (5/5)
• Law student wins Scribes Law Review award (5/5)

April 2000

• CWRU researchers develop prototype of miniature fuel cell (4/28)
• CWRU to host regional NAE biomedical conference (4/27)
• Sahin will use fellowship to seek spinal cord prosthesis (4/27)
• Schwab will give Michelson Lectureship (4/27)
• Group seeks computer donations (4/26)
• Mini Med School provides health classes for lay public (4/26)
• Experimental seminar combines religion, academics, compassion (4/26)
• Undergraduates receive annual leadership awards (4/26)
• Network rankings issued (4/18)
• Law expert available to comment on Supreme Court case (4/13)
• Students' high tech robots to compete at Great Lakes Science Center (4/12)
• Endowment passes $1.5 billion mark (4/10)
• Laidlaw named interim dean at Weatherhead School (4/10)
• Morriss named associate dean at law school (4/10)
• Sehgal receives Golden Apple Award (4/10)
• MSASS hosts photo exhibit of varied U.S. families (4/10)
• Geology class travels to Florida, Bahamas during spring break (4/10)
• Medical school among top tier in NIH funding (4/4)
• Engineering school receives tech transfer grant (4/4)
• Students give presentation at volunteerism conference (4/4)

March 2000

• Conference, readings scheduled for National Poetry Month (3/28)
• Dietrich family grant supports diabetes research (3/28)
• Nutrition department receives $1.17 million from Mt. Sinai foundation (3/28)
• CWRU seminar to explore U.S.-Canadian dispute resolution (3/28)
• Mather dance to honor composer George Crumb April 8 (3/28)
• Eldred Theater presents Misalliance (3/28)
• CWRU alumna, instructor to present dance concert April 27-30 (3/28)
• Lamis edits book on Republican Party's development in South (3/28)
• Lee's book looks at how Senate representation affects large and small states (3/28)
• Peckham named engineer of year (3/21)
• Affirmative action roundtable is March 29 (3/21)
• Economist to discuss impact of tight job market (3/21)
• Study finds some bottled water has more bacteria and less fluoride than tap water (3/21)
• Louis Adelbert Toepfer, president emeritus, guided CWRU during the 1970s (3/9)
• Koenig elected member of National Academy of Engineering (3/7)
• M.F.A. candidate Katri Shaller to give dance concert (3/7)
• Columbia architecture dean to deliver Campen talk (3/7)
• CWRU and Rock Hall to host conference on Muddy Waters (3/6)
• Undergraduates to compete in international moot court contest (3/6)
• Dental school hosts annual Prophy Day (3/6)
• Some 750 students visit CWRU for regional Science Olympiad (3/6)
• FES research in the news (3/3)
• CWRU researchers continue quest for dark matter (3/3)
• Donovan to study in Ireland as an inaugural Mitchell Scholar (3/3)
• CWRU hosts regional egg drop (3/3)
• Intensive diabetes treatment yields long-term benefits (3/3)
• Mather Gallery offers new art show (3/3)
• Jason Project returns through March 10 (3/1)
• Blackboard system offers online course materials (3/1)
• Study reinforces benefit of exercise for diabetics (3/1)
• Nobelist visits (3/1)
• Matzah Ball is March 4 (3/1)
• Medieval Strings to perform (3/1)
• Med school gets grant for blindness research (3/1)
• Glass named to Toot professorship (3/1)
• Crago appointed to Ford professorship (3/1)
• Sale of Einstein letters sets up graduate fellowship (3/1)
• Tuition rates set for 2000-01 (3/1)

February 2000

• CCWA, CWRU formalize collaboration agreement (2/15)
• Anti-landmine activitist to speak (2/15)
• Playboy of the Western World to open at Eldred (2/15)
• Law school names new assistant director of career services (2/4)

January 2000

Expert available on Sheppard trial (1/31)

Law student launches first journal of Internet law available exclusively online (1/25)

Science Coalition Web site features CWRU research (1/25)

New i-drive service offers personal Web space, easier file sharing (1/25)

Freshman skater to compete at Gund arena championships (1/25)

Consumer champion Ralph Nader to speak Feb. 18 (1/25)

Proponent of free-market environmentalism to speak Feb. 3 (1/25)

Engineering senior featured in ads (1/25)

Lecture will kick off Childhood Studies Minor Program (1/25)

Law school to present lectures on cloning, violence (1/25)

Sea slugs provide information about brain-body connections (1/11)

Economists win award for study linking educational attainment, economic growth (1/11)

Y2K parody on Web server inadvertently taken seriously (1/6)

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