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January 15, 2015
Earlier this month, a pair of Case Western Reserve University engineering students field tested their foot-powered cell phone charger in rural villages of the Kingdom of Lesotho, a small country surrounded entirely by South Africa. “A lot of people have cell phones but no way to charge them,” said…
January 15, 2015
Due to its popularity, University Counseling Services (UCS) has added an additional interpersonal process group (or “IP group”) to accommodate more students’ schedules. Because membership had reached capacity in the original IP group, UCS offered a second group last semester; now, it anticipates…
January 15, 2015
The Laura & Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University will kick off the spring semester with a distinguished lecture by NASA astronaut Captain Michael J. Foreman. In the lecture, Foreman will explore the current state of the U.S. space program, its future and…
January 15, 2015
The Student Community at Covenant invites students to a brunch on Sunday, Jan. 18, from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Church of the Covenant, located next to Thwing Center (enter the door under the tower, facing Euclid Avenue). All students and friends are invited to attend the free, home-cooked…
January 15, 2015
A panel of faculty members from the Department of Religious Studies will discuss the recent massacre at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Topics to be addressed are free speech, fundamentalism, and violence and religion. The event will take place on Friday, Jan. 16,…
January 15, 2015
The Case Western Reserve University Farm's Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program has officially launched for its fourth season. A CSA allows community members to invest in local farms and receive fresh produce in return. Better yet, when shareholders join, they support the university's…
January 15, 2015
The Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute invites students to apply for its undergraduate social justice fellowships. Applicants will have the opportunity to carry out research or projects related to social justice, which can be in any discipline. A complete application should…
January 14, 2015
Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center researchers and physicians have discovered that the molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by regulating the actions of nitric oxide. Cell metabolism is the ongoing process of chemical transformations…
January 14, 2015
Women are focus of recruiting efforts for local HIV-related clinical trials The Plain Dealer: The Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals AIDS Clinical Trials Unit has a new recruitment video and other outreach efforts to highlight the importance of women participating in HIV-related…
January 14, 2015
Government's plan to end kids health study stirs concerns
Columbus Dispatch: The National Institutes of Health announced last month that it will discontinue the National Children’s Study, which tracked how environmental factors influence health and development. Dorr Dearborn, the Mary Ann Swetland…