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“Introduction to Emotional Intelligence”
Join Bob Hall, director of Case Western Reserve University’s Professional Development Center, and Denise Douglas, associate dean of executive education in the Weatherhead School of Management, for an online seminar titled “Introduction to Emotional Intelligence.” Hall and Douglas will explore the…
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EASE@Work offers online seminar on embracing a multicultural workplace
Case Western Reserve University’s employee assistance program through EASE@Work is offering an online seminar providing guidance, information and resources to help employees embrace the multicultural workplace. The seminar is available on demand. To access the seminar: Go to easeatwork.com; …
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Join Crafters@Case to earn your Wellness Program Community Well-Being Incentive
Faculty and staff can get involved with the Crafters@Case group to earn the Wellness Program Community Well-Being Incentive. Over the last few months, more than 30 knitters, sewers and other artists in the Crafters@Case group have met weekly to create items for a warm holiday season at Moriah…
Researchers Find Possible Markers for Earlier Diagnosis of Aggressive Form of Tongue Cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, also known as oral tongue cancer, is an aggressive form of cancer that generally affects older people. Patients with the disease often find it difficult to eat, swallow food, or speak. Reasons for its generally poor prognosis include late detection, before…
Did You Know: High-profile campus events in 2017
As 2017 comes to a close, we’re taking time to reflect on this year—a time packed with significant university news, key research advancements and high-profile events on campus. Did you know that in 2017, we welcomed a number of leading thinkers—from authors to distinguished alumni—to our campus,…
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School of Medicine researcher receives NIH grants to uncover connection between abnormal embryonic brain development and autism
Will probe link among cell-signaling defects, rapid cell growth and enlarged brains One hypothesis for how autism develops is excessive neuron production in the prenatal period, leading to a transient but significant increase in brain size in the first few years of life in about one-quarter of…
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Reminder: Take valuables home over winter break
As the semester wraps up and residence halls close (at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21), students living on- and off-campus are reminded to lock their doors, and take their valuables with them over break. Leaving a car? Remove all valuables from it, or lock them in the trunk. Though police and…
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Donate clothing to the LGBT Center for a “Walk-In Closet” event
Going home for winter break? Check your closets and bring back your gently used or like-new clothing to donate to the Gender Resistance’s Walk-In Closet event. The LGBT Center will accept donations through Feb. 2 for the Feb. 5 event, at which gender-nonconforming or transgender people will have a…
New Research Aims to Improve the Lives of Children with High Grade Glioma
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded a $100,000 Josh Metzger Memorial Fox Trot Grant sponsored by the Prayers From Maria Foundation, in support of pediatric neurosurgical oncology research. Violette Recinos, MD, director of…
Researchers Repurpose Immune-Activating Cytokine to Fight Breast Cancer
The most lethal form of breast cancer could have a new treatment option, according to new research out of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers showed triple-negative breast…