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Law's Michael Scharf examines Trump's two-week ceasefire
Trump’s two-week ceasefire ‘a great relief’ for the world: int’l criminal law expertCTV News: Michael Scharf, associate dean for Global Legal Studies at the School of Law, said countries can invoke universal jurisdiction—including the U.S.—to prosecute serious international crimes, such as war…
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Apply for the Staff Advisory Council’s Staff Education Enhancement Fund
The Staff Advisory Council at Case Western Reserve University is seeking applicants for its Staff Education Enhancement Fund. Whether you’re looking to enhance your current role, stay up-to-date with industry trends or grow your career, this award supports Case Western Reserve University staff in…
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Case Western Reserve University awarded $6.2M to identify new targets to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers will combine AI, machine learning and genomics
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Meet eight students presenting their work at Intersections Friday
From the moment they step foot on campus, Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students have ample opportunity to gain real-world experience in research settings. Across disciplines, they make integral contributions to the university’s research landscape. At the end of each term (fall,…
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Neuroscience’s Qian Sun seeks to further understanding of brain region involved in many neuropsychiatric disorders
Qian Sun, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, School of MedicineArea of Focus: HippocampusEditor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication…
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Anthropic sends jolt through market for buying shares in hot pre-IPO startups
Bloomberg News: Anat Alon-Beck, professor of law, said Anthropic’s crackdown on unauthorized SPVs signals a “reckoning” for modern private markets, raising questions about ownership, risk and whether trillion-dollar private companies should face public-company disclosure rules.
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New heart research from Case Western Reserve University
WKYC: New research by Cody Rutledge, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, is bringing science one critical step closer to understanding what causes cardiac arrest and potentially preventing it.
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The people AI is displacing may be the ones holding everything together
Crain's Cleveland Business: Andrew Medvedev, the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management, warned that AI’s biggest risk is eroding the “informal system”—human judgment, relationships and culture that prevent mistakes. He says AI speeds top-down decisions while stripping away unseen safeguards,…
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Nitrate Levels in Tap Water May Raise Dementia Risk
Epoch Times: Hope Barkoukis, chair of the nutrition department, explained how about 80 percent of human nitrate exposure comes from vegetables but that these sources are not toxic because, in foods, they predominantly convert to nitric oxide, which helps dilate (open) blood vessels and reduce the…
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Trump administration personnel agency is asking for federal workers' medical records
CBS News: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, explained how the Office of Personnel Management could use medical data to analyze costs and improve the current system. "But," Hoffman said, "they are going to get very, very detailed and…