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Case Western Reserve awarded $1.4 million for Ohio’s Great Minds Fellowship initiative Eligible students may receive up to $10,000 for pursuing careers in behavioral health As part of a statewide effort to encourage more students to pursue behavioral health-related professions, the Ohio…

There's already confusion over the abortion ballot language in Ohio. It's going to get worseideastream: Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science, said he expects plenty of confusing memes, ads, mailers and more to come in advance of this November’s ballot measure on abortion rights,…

Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanylPolitiFact: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, explained that it’s not possible to overdose from touching an item with fentanyl on it, or from breathing air in a room that has…

Law experts break down redistricting in OhioSpectrum News: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law, outlined the plan to redraw Ohio's House and Senate voting districts due to a previous Ohio Supreme Court ruling that deemed the maps in place unconstitutional.

Who was Marcus Aurelius? Roman emperor from Gladiator involved in Cleveland Museum of Art intriguecleveland.com: Maggie Popkin, the Robson Junior Professor and associate professor of art history, discussed the reality versus fiction of the history of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who until…

Erika Trapl, PhD, Case CCC's Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, Charles Modlin, MD, MBA, Director of the MetroHealth Minority Men's Health Institute, and Waverly Willis, owner/operator of two Urban Kutz barbershops and member of Case CCC's Community Advisory Board, discussed…

Partnerships between the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office (CCMEO) and the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education have allowed for the creation of a comprehensive database of over 250+ variables to understand fatal overdoses in the county. A team of researchers…

Joel Saltzman, MD, a member of Case CCC's Developmental Therapeutic Program and a clinician in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO). An ASCO member is recognized as a…

When the television series Star Trek launched in 1966, it set out to chronicle the exploits of the starship USS Enterprise’s crew in the 23rd century. What the show’s creators likely didn’t anticipate was the impact Star Trek would have on popular culture for decades to follow.  As the series…

Kaixiang Cao, PhD, a member of Case CCC's Cancer Genomics & Epigenomics program, is challenging the current paradigms for using the LSD1 (lysine-specific histone demethylase 1A) protein to slow cancer growth. He and his team posit that the entire LSD1 protein can be completely degraded rather…