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Case Western Reserve scientists lead study documenting that two approved FDA drugs disrupt signaling that drives breast tumor growth The uncontrolled growth of cancer cells arises from their ability to hijack the cell’s normal growth program and checkpoints. Usually after therapy, a…

All members of the campus community are encouraged to wear CWRU blue or gray every Friday of this academic year to show their CWRU spirit and pride for faculty, administrators, staff and students. Whether it’s a CWRU shirt or pin, or simply a blue or gray outfit, please show your spirit and pride…

Raising the curtain on the history of America's first regional theater wksu.org: Jeffrey Ullom, assistant professor of theater, discussed the history of the Cleveland Play House. “They wanted to emulate what was going on in Europe at the time," he said. “So they established the Cleveland Play House…

State lawmaker taking action after Ice Bucket Challenge attack Fox 8 Cleveland: Carmen Naso, senior instructor of law, is apprehensive about a new bill that would mandate penalties for crimes against the elderly and disabled. “There’s already a law on the books that would cover this,” he said. “Let…

Two student startups do well in competition: Higher Education Roundup The Plain Dealer: Student startup Carbon Origins took third place and a $10,000 prize in the first Blackstone LaunchPad Demo Day in New York City. Other CWRU projects—Everykey and SensID—also competed.

Case Western Reserve University mental health researcher Joseph Galanek spent a cumulative nine months in an Oregon maximum-security prison to learn first-hand how the prison manages inmates with mental illness. What he found, through 430 hours of prison observations and interviews, is that…

Students are invited to attend Finding Summer Research—a 50-minute information session where students will learn how to conduct a thorough web search of the many summer programs not only at Case Western Reserve University, but all over the country and the world. Students can learn about both…

People spend large chunks of time in classes during their formal education and yet, after it is all over, they tend to remember only a few things here and there. This raises the question of what makes some ideas "stick" in the minds of people long after they heard them, while other ideas seem to…

Students are invited to join the Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) for its monthly general body meeting with special guests Bill Novak, assistant director of cooperative education, and Jack Behrend, editor-in-chief of Discussions, the undergraduate research journal of Case Western…

Six Case Western Reserve scientists are part of an international team that discovered two compounds that show promise in decreasing inflammation associated with diseases such as ulcerative colitis, arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The compounds, dubbed OD36 and OD38, specifically appear to…