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October 11, 2016
Second presidential debate and the science of voters ideastream: Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, weighed in on the second presidential debate. She specifically discussed how Republican nominee Donald Trump handled questions about his 2005 comments about women.
October 11, 2016
Student entrepreneur builds growing business with magnetic bottle openers It began as a simple gesture of thanks. Brian Tighe made a bottle opener for a friend’s grandfather to mount on the dock at his pond as a thank-you for letting him fish there. Except the man really didn’t care for the…
October 11, 2016
In the first major study of its kind, principal investigator Benjamin Gaston, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist and researcher at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, has received a five-year, $13.3 million federal grant to…
October 11, 2016
Red5 Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Case Western Reserve University-based biopharmaceutical startup, was among 35 companies chosen from 200 applicants nationally to be featured as part of the first University Startups Demo Day in Washington, D.C., in September. The event was produced by the National…
October 11, 2016
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program’s next Origins Science Scholars event will be held Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Tinkham Veale University Center. Jean Burns, assistant professor of biology, will present “From Rude to Food: Plant-Soil Interactions, Invasive Species and the Food…
October 11, 2016
Interested in learning about national fellowships and scholarships? Attend an information session Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Kelvin Smith Library, Room 215. The session will cover eligibility requirements and application processes for the Boren, Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, Rhodes…
October 11, 2016
Sexual Assault and Violence Educators (SAVE) will host Voices Against Violence, a speak-out event against domestic and intimate partner violence Thursday, Oct. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Thwing Center atrium. The event aims to empower people to share their experiences with this type of violence and…
October 11, 2016
The next Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) seminar will focus on FM Tracks, a new app created by Darcy Freedman, associate director of PRCHN. The seminar will be held Wednesday, Oct. 12, from noon to 1:15 p.m. in the ground floor conference room of the BioEnterprise…
October 11, 2016
The next Ethics Table lunch will be held Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Thwing Center’s Cleveland Room. These “come as you are” lunches invite participants to stop by for however long they’re able to—even if they are late—with a lunch in tow or to grab coffee and baklava,…
October 11, 2016
The Case Coulter Translational Research Partnership and University Hospitals are offering a collaborative pilot award opportunity to promote the development of new translational research projects between problem owners (clinicians) and solution providers (engineers). The target areas for funding…