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Oberlin man patents ion-propelled aircraft with help from the Ohio Patent Pro Bono Program and CWRU's IP Venture Clinic Many experts agree the future of flight will rely on zero-emission and/or renewable energy technology. That is, aircraft will be propelled by ions—electrically charged…

Graduate students are invited to a discussion on academic inequality in the K-12 education system at the next installment of the Diversity 360 Series for Graduate Students. The session will be held Thursday, Dec. 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Senior Classroom. The…

The University Farm administration will offer its “Basics of Oyster Mushroom Production” course in January and February 2019. Farm Food Program staff member Matt Burtonshaw manages the daily operations of the farm's oyster mushroom production and will teach the course. In this hands-on class,…

It’s not too late to support the Greater Cleveland community through contributions to Charity Choice this holiday season. The deadline to make donations through the program is Dec. 14. Faculty and staff can designate funds to go to an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit of their choice, such as…

The 10 most incredible medical breakthroughs of 2018 Prevention: Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering, discussed his research on how computers could more accurately predict which lung cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy. His work was named one of…

This is how Americans define their dream job Fast Company: Tracey Messer, assistant professor of organizational behavior, discussed what a recent study revealed most people look for in a dream job, particularly “freedom and self-determination.”

Lack of internet service in Cleveland neighborhoods linked to serious health issues, study reveals News 5 Cleveland: Amy Sheon, executive director of the Urban Health Initiative, and Scott Frank, director of the Master of Public Health Program, examined the relationship between lack of internet…

Exploradio Origins: What is dark matter? WKSU: Glenn Starkman, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Institute for the Science of Origins, shared why he believes in the existence of dark matter as well as how the proposed material would behave.

Members of the university community are invited to an Ethics Table event, titled “A Moral and Ethical Vision for Case Western Reserve University—A Report from Nine Years of the Beamer-Schneider Professorship in Ethics.” The event will be held today (Dec. 7) from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room…

Lecturer in English Gabrielle Bychowski wrote about the existence and experiences of transgender people in the Middle Ages. The article, titled “Were there Transgender People in the Middle Ages?” was published in The Public Medievalist, which features research on society in Medieval times and other…