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February 08, 2017
Brain Health Initiative gets boost with $1.5 million grant from Cleveland Foundation The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University received a $1.5 million grant from the Cleveland Foundation in support of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative, which aims to improve the understanding and…
February 08, 2017
Hand-in-glove therapy Stroke Connection Magazine: Jayme Knutson, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, talked about his team's study into how electrical stimulation therapy could improve hand function after a stroke.
February 08, 2017
Trump's 'buy American' policy directly conflicts with how his own hotels operate Business Insider: Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, explained how raising tariffs could impact U.S. manufacturing. “If there are tariffs just on a couple countries like China or Mexico,…
February 08, 2017
2017’s best & worst states to retire Wallet Hub: Eva Kahana, Distinguished University Professor and the Pierce T. and Elizabeth D. Robson Professor of the Humanities, explained some of the factors retirees should consider when relocating.
February 08, 2017
High court precedent may limit Trump’s ‘sanctuary city’ order The Wall Street Journal (subscription required): Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, weighed in on how the government is able to withhold federal money if states don’t comply with laws related to the allocation…
February 08, 2017
2017 isn’t ‘1984’ – it’s stranger than Orwell imagined The Conversation: John Broich, associate professor of history, wrote about the surge in sales of George Orwell’s 1984 and how the book relates to today. Republished by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and Daily Mail.
February 08, 2017
10 of Cleveland’s most notable and quirky architectural sites Untapped Cities: James Edmonson, chief curator at the Dittrick Museum of Medical History, talked about a new feature the museum will offer later this year: touch screens.
February 08, 2017
Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs Associated Press: Insoo Hyun, associate professor of bioethics, discussed the ethical perspective of the recent study that resulted in the growth of human organs in a pig embryo.
February 08, 2017
Research led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has used brain “organoids” — tiny 3D models of human organs that scientists grow in a dish to study disease — to identify root causes of Miller-Dieker Syndrome (MDS), a rare genetic disorder that…
February 08, 2017
Send your crush a bottle of Crush soda and support Habitat for Humanity this week. Habitat for Humanity will be tabling in Tinkham Veale University Center today (Feb. 8) through Friday, Feb. 10, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sell the soda. The group also will be in Leutner Commons and Fribley Commons…