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All first-year students are invited to attend SatCo, or “Saturdays in College,” Aug. 27 to learn more about some of the more than 180 student organizations. Some organizations will hold demonstrations and give new students the opportunity to meet members of the organization. For a full list of…

Why Aetna is ditching some health insurance exchanges Marketplace: After Aetna announced it will no longer sell Affordable Care Act exchanges in many counties, J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, explained the potential impact it will have on…

Determining your baby’s gender Canadian Family: Marjorie Greenfield, professor of reproductive biology, discussed some theories on how parents can determine their baby’s gender. “Around the time of conception, certain environmental situations may favor the survival of either a male or female…

To accommodate the influx of visitors to Access Services the first few days of the semester, the office will offer expanded hours Aug. 29-31, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Regular hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) will resume Thursday, Sept. 1. Access Services is located on the ground level of Crawford Hall, and…

The Case Western Reserve University chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will hold a bake sale to raise money for its NAMIWalks team. The team will participate in the 2016 Cleveland NAMIWalks Aug. 27, and all proceeds of the bake sale will go toward NAMI of Greater Cleveland…

This past week attended the national meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) in Chicago. It was an excellent meeting of cancer center directors and administrators that included discussion of implementation of genomic tumor boards, use of molecular testing in clinical…

When Monica Webb Hooper saw a Facebook post about an opening to establish and direct the Office of Cancer Disparities Research at Case Western Reserve University, she knew it had her name written all over it. She didn’t know much about Cleveland, but when she came here from the University of Miami…

Valerie Haywood, senior instructor of biology, presented her ongoing work in undergraduate biology education at Plant Biology 2016, the annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, in Austin, Texas, in July. More than 1,300 scientists from nearly 40 countries participate in the…

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Wade Pioneer Room. Approximately 900 pints of blood are needed daily to meet the needs of Northeast Ohio hospitals and medical institutions and each pint of blood can save up to three lives. Donors are…

Erik M. Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, penned an op-ed for The Plain Dealer, in which he explained the benefits of the Electoral College. In his article, titled “Is the Electoral College Exhibit A for 'rigged elections' - or a way to avoid Bush-Gore on steroids?” he…