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February 20, 2018
Stuck in an opioids crisis, officials turn to acupuncture ABC News: Ankit Maheshwari, clinical assistant professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, weighed in on the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating chronic pain. "There may be a certain amount of placebo effect. Having said…
February 20, 2018
Here’s how witnessing violence harms children’s mental health The Conversation: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, wrote about how children who are exposed acts of violence like the Florida school…
February 20, 2018
CWRU dental school receives $3.6 million grant Crain’s Cleveland Business: Suchitra Nelson, assistant dean at the School of Dental Medicine and clinical and translational research professor, is leading a team of researchers on a study that aims to get more primary-care physicians to refer…
February 20, 2018
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professor receives $450,000 grant Crain’s Cleveland Business: Alex Huang, the Theresia G. & Stuart F. Kline Family Foundation chair in pediatric oncology, was recently awarded a $450,000 Basic Science grant from Pediatric Cancer Research…
February 20, 2018
Case Western Reserve University researchers make natural windpipe replacement alternative to synthetic scaffolding now being used Biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University are growing tracheas by coaxing cells to form three distinct tissue types after assembling them into a tube…
February 20, 2018
International Student Services and the Center for International Affairs are seeking input on how to better serve international student populations in all aspects of their lives here at Case Western Reserve University. To that end, they will be hold focus groups for international graduate students…
February 20, 2018
Interested in becoming a wellness ambassador? To learn how you can be a part of building a healthier campus, attend University Health & Counseling Services’ information session Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Kelvin Smith Library, Room 215. Wellness ambassadors will serve as an…
February 20, 2018
Through the season of Lent, Covenant Student Ministries invites staff and faculty take part in a new Bible study, facilitated by Kevin Lowry, the organization’s campus chaplain. The group will meet Fridays from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in the Connection Center at Church of the Covenant. These sessions will…
February 20, 2018
“Redistricting and Gerrymandering in America and Ohio: The Effort to Reform How Districts Are Drawn”
The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a Northeast Ohio Public Policy Forums event Tuesday, March 20, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Landmark Centre (25700 Science Park Dr., Beachwood). This forum will look at the redistricting issue from a national and local perspective with…
February 20, 2018
Jill Lepore, historian and writer for The New Yorker, kicks off the spring Think Forum series with her talk “American History from Beginning to End” Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. at The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel. Photo credit: Dari…