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December 10, 2014
How Brazil plans to teach a million people English before the Rio Olympics
Wired: David Clingingsmith, associate professor of economics, explained how efforts to teach English in India had a big impact on the country, and whether it could do the same for Brazil. “In India, English has played a big…
December 10, 2014
CWRU leads multicenter research on sudden epilepsy deaths; project awarded $27.3 million grant
The Plain Dealer: Professors Samden Lhatoo and GQ Zhang discussed the National Institutes of Health grant to identify the causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Lhatoo shared that the phenomenon…
December 10, 2014
Police and the black community
ideasteam: Undergraduate student Eva Barrett was a panelist on The Sound of Ideas to discuss recent events involving police and the black community. Barrett is a member of CWRU's New Abolitionist Association.
December 10, 2014
Drug can repair spinal cord injuries, study shows
BBC.com: Jerry Silver, professor of neurosciences, discussed his team’s discovery of a drug that allows for nerves in the spinal cord to grow and repair injuries. "What we could see was really remarkable,” he said. “Some (nerves) recovered to a…
December 10, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have uncovered the mechanism that enables the enzyme Lecithin: retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) to store vitamin A — a process that is indispensable for vision. Their findings appeared in the Nov. 10 edition of the online…
December 10, 2014
As the semester winds down and the holiday season ramps up, university leaders are asking faculty and staff to include others less fortunate in their gift-giving plans. The university’s annual Charity Choice campaign closes next Friday, Dec. 19, and organizations that depend on donors are counting…
December 10, 2014
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library expanded its hours of operation to offer increased support for all users. Now in effect, the new hours are: Sunday: noon - 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday: 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday: noon - 5 p.m. To learn…
December 10, 2014
The 2014-15 Frontiers of Astronomy Lecture Series will continue with a talk by Josh Frieman, a senior staff scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and professor of astronomy and astrophysics and member of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, on…
December 10, 2014
The deadline to apply to most Case Western Reserve University spring semester study abroad programs has been extended to Jan. 16. The spring semester study programs include faculty-directed programs during spring break and study abroad programs in May. Download the PDF or visit…
December 10, 2014
Mongoose Metrics LLC, a Northeast Ohio telecommunications marketing research company in Independence, has captured the top rank among 2014 Weatherhead 100, the prestigious annual list compiled by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. The call-tracking company,…