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For the Love of the Game
Nursing student-athletes juggle practices, academics and hours of clinical work to be at the top of their games. Story by Sue Valerian | Photography By Roger Mastroianni Nina Cepeda was uncertain about attending Case Western Reserve University before her…
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Hands-on improvements
Amputees use new, naturalistic sensory device at home for daily tasks, gain greater sense of personal well-being and connection to loved ones In the first known study of how amputees use  advanced sensory-enabled prostheses outside the lab, subjects used a mechanical hand more regularly and for…
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Law School's Jonathan Entin analyzes the Supreme Court decision in gay wedding cake case
Of cakes, children and Christ: Moral dilemmas abound Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science, interpreted the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in favor of the baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay…
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Medicine's Anna Maria Hibbs authors study of Vitamin D's effect on recurrent wheezing
Vitamin D aids black preterm infants with wheezing MD Magazine: In a recent paper, Anna Maria Hibbs, associate professor of pediatrics, found that premature black babies fed milk or formula fortified with Vitamin D supplementation had reduced recurrent wheezing.
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Medicine's Sheryl Kingsberg shares what gynecological patients are hesitant to discuss
18 questions you’re too embarrassed to ask your gynecologist Reader’s Digest: Sheryl Kingsberg, professor of reproductive biology and psychiatry, explained that many gynecological patients are hesitant to discuss their loss of sexual desire with their physician, but that it is an important symptom…
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Leader of top-ranked Purdue programs to lead engineering school
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that the leader of one of the nation’s top programs for electrical and computer engineering will become the Case School of Engineering’s next dean this fall. An accomplished researcher in system and control theory, Venkataramanan “Ragu” Balakrishnan has…
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CWRU researchers conduct study of serotonin and epileptic seizures
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University and several other institutions published “Serum serotonin levels in patients with epileptic seizures” in Epilepsia. The aim of the study was to investigate epileptic seizure-induced changes in serum serotonin levels and whether there are…
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Mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics' Elisabeth Werner reviews asymptotic geometric analysis
Elisabeth Werner, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Bo’az Klartag, professor of mathematics at the Weizmann Institute and Tel Aviv University, wrote a review article titled “Some open problems in asymptotic geometric analysis” for Notices of the…
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HCM to be unavailable Friday overnight
Due to scheduled maintenance, the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) system will be unavailable from Friday, June 29, at 10 p.m. to Saturday, June 30, at 8 a.m. For assistance with any technology product or service at Case Western Reserve, visit help.case.edu or contact the University…
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Graduate student Samuel Rodgers-Melnick studies music therapy’s impact on pain
Samuel Rodgers-Melnick, a Master of Public Health student, recently published “The effects of a single electronic music improvisation session on the pain of adults with sickle cell disease: a mixed methods pilot study” in Journal of Music Therapy. The study investigated the feasibility and…