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With move to Greece on horizon, classics’ Jenifer Neils wins Baker-Nord prize
Entering her 37th (and final) year at Case Western Reserve University, Jenifer Neils—an internationally renowned scholar of ancient Greek and Roman art—has won the 2017 Baker-Nord Center Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Humanities. After the academic year, Neils, the Elsie B. Smith…
Apply for funding from Case Comprehensive Cancer Center for cancer-related projects
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, with funds from its American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant (IRG), will provide seed money to foster cancer research by junior faculty who have no current national grant support of their own. Investigators in the CWRU School of Medicine and…
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CWRU researchers receive NIH grant renewal to build on progress in understanding Crohn's disease
Goal: Investigate the role of intestinal innate immunity in Crohn’s disease Fabio Cominelli, a professor in the departments of Medicine and Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and director of the school’s Digestive Health Research Institute, has received a $9.7 million,…
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case.edu Redesign Focus Groups
University Marketing and Communications is in the midst of a redesign of the case.edu homepage and other critical pages on the university’s website. After conducting competitor research and a survey of visitors to case.edu, we still want to hear more from you. There will be three focus groups to…
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Combination Hormone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Breast Cancer
Invited commentary by Drs. Paula Silverman and Cheryl Thompson  A recent study by Jones et al. in The British Journal of Cancer (BJC)(Jones ME. Br J Cancer. 2016 Aug 23) estimated an almost 3 fold (2.74 times) increase risk of breast cancer among post-menopausal women who used combination estrogen…
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Develop your leadership style with the Emerging Leaders Program
Apply to be a part of the Emerging Leaders Program Class of 2016. Through the program designed for first-years, the Office of Student Activities and Leadership helps students develop their personal leadership styles while also getting involved on campus. First-years will be paired with an…
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Submit nominations for honorary degrees by Sept. 21
The university community is invited to submit nominations for award of honorary degrees. Case Western Reserve University confers honorary degrees at spring commencement to recognize people who exemplify excellence in human endeavor, including scholarship, public service and the performing…
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Multicultural Welcome Reception
A welcome reception for multicultural students, faculty and staff will be held Monday, Sept. 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, ballroom A. The reception provides an opportunity to meet President Barbara R. Snyder, establish new acquaintances, build relationships across…
Distinguished Speaker Symposium- Dr. Fred "Rusty" Gage
We are excited to announce the first of six speakers who will be giving two seminars at CWRU as part of the Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program's Distinguished Speaker Symposium Series! Please join us to welcome Dr. Fred Gage from the Salk Institute, who will be visiting on Tuesday,…
Watch documentary about songbirds at Cleveland Museum of Natural History event
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 28 Time: 6 p.m. Location: The Cleveland Museum of Natural History The Messenger, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Su Rynard, chronicles the struggle of songbirds worldwide to survive in the turbulent environmental conditions brought about by humans. The…