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Medicine's Mark Cameron comments on the implications of resuming professional sports during a pandemic
Restarting professional sports is putting players at risk and sending the wrong message to the public Healthline: Mark Cameron, an associate professor at the School of Medicine, commented on the differing approaches professional sports leagues have taken to resuming competition.
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Medicine's Erika Trapl discusses new research involving the Cleveland tobacco industry marketing to public school students
New study: 77% of public schools in Cleveland are within 1,000 feet of tobacco retailers; city is home to 36 times more tobacco retailers than McDonald's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Erika S. Trapl, director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, said new research illustrates how…
Seeking Research Volunteers for the Study Pulmonary and Systemic immune Responses to SARS-Cov2
We are recruiting research volunteers for a study of the body’s immune responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the novel coronavirus that causes Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Individuals who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection are thought to have…
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Medicine's Leonard Calabrese explains the importance of managing inflammatory responses in severe COVID-19 patients
Managing cytokine storm requires ‘important dialogue’ among rheumatologists, specialists Healio: Leonard Calabrese, professor at the School of Medicine, said that rheumatologists are familiar with the enhanced inflammatory response seen in the most severe patients with COVID-19 and could play a…
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A new lens on the world
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into lenses,…
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Machine Learning Working Group virtual meeting
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to attend a virtual Machine Learning Working Group Meeting Aug. 31 from noon to 1 p.m. EDT. Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, the Sally S. Morley Designated Professor in Brain Tumor Research at the School of Medicine, will present “Cancer…
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CWRU Entrepreneurship Speaker Series: “Local journalism in Cleveland” with Lee Chilcote and Tammy Wise, founder/publisher of The Land
Join the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship for a Case Western Reserve University Entrepreneurship Speaker Series roundtable discussion with Lee Chilcote and Tammy Wise, Founder/Publisher, "The Land," Sept. 2 at 1 p.m. via Zoom. They will discuss local journalism in Cleveland and launching The…
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Apply for a Digital Scholarship Grant
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library is accepting applications for Digital Scholarship Grants for the 2020-21 academic year.  This newly created grant program targets scholars who are not eligible for the Freedman Fellows faculty or student programs. In particular,…
Applications due Sept. 7 for fall 2020 Virtual Global and Intercultural Learning: Ecuador
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge for students interested in studying abroad this year. However, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will offer study abroad courses virtually this fall. Virtual study abroad courses provide an opportunity…
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Spartan Showcase: Avantika Bhaduri
Major: Medical anthropology, pre-health trackYear: JuniorHometown: Kolkata, India After two years participating in the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning’s Civic Engagement Scholars Program, Avantika Bhaduri knew she wanted to help new first-year students discover service opportunities at…