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The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is a sponsor of the second annual Miles for Melanoma 5K, to raise money for the Melanoma Research Foundation. The race will be held Sunday, Sept. 27, at Edgewater Park. Check-in will be at 9 a.m. and the walk/run will begin at 10 a.m. Last…

How did a mixed-race woman, born into poverty in the remote Andes, whose formal education ended with primary school, become a literary celebrity—and Latin America’s first Nobel Laureate? Find out when Elizabeth Horan, professor of English at the University of Arizona, presents “Unrepentant…

Holden Arboretum, CAN Journal & Iron Composer ideastream: Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, talked about an article he co-authored for the CAN Journal about the early visual arts roots of The Cleveland Play House.

Tiny solar cells could soon charge electric vehicles while on the road Gizmag: Liming Dai, the Kent Hale Smith Professor of macromolecular science and engineering, discussed his research team’s discovery of how solar cells could effectively charge electric cars. "We found the right match between…

Genetics researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have identified a novel long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), dubbed DACOR1, that has the potential to stymie the growth of tumor cells in the second-most deadly form of cancer in the U.S. — colorectal cancer.  The researchers found that…

The Case Western Reserve University Institute for Computational Biology (ICB) will host its inaugural symposium Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tinkham Veale University Center’s Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Ballroom. The symposium’s topic will be "Present-Day Problems and Potentials…

Mathematica 10.2, SAS JMP 12.1 Pro and SAS 9.4 TS1M3 are now available to members of the Case Western Reserve University community through the Software Center. Mathematica 10.2 Mathematica 10.2 is available to students, faculty and staff at no cost; it is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux…

Chippy Kennedy wants to get people talking. As the new Undergraduate Student Government president, he plans to make that happen. Traditionally, he noted, students have a reputation of being apathetic toward political issues on campus and what’s going on around them. But he is confident this…

Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute, participated in a panel discussion as part of the showing of the film Cincinnati Goddamn. The film is about the shootings of two unarmed black men in late 2000 and early 2001 in Cincinnati. The shootings resulted in riots…

Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, was active as a presenter this past summer, speaking on a range of health law-related topics. In May, she participated at the Conference on Law, which was hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law…