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October 21, 2014
Dental anxiety can be so extreme for some patients that a simple cotton swab on the gums makes them flinch. And others, fearful of pain, simply avoid seeing the dentist, according to a new study by Case Western Reserve University dental researchers on when and how to use sedatives during dental…
October 21, 2014
Students are invited to join the Weatherhead Multicultural Club for a fall hike on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The event is free, and transportation is available if needed. For more information, contact Minshi Chen at mxc643@case.edu or 216.926.0948,…
October 21, 2014
Presentations will be held over the next two weeks for university faculty and staff members to learn about benefits open enrollment and wellness program updates. Employees are encouraged to attend and learn more about participation opportunities available now through Nov. 30 to benefits-eligible…
October 20, 2014
Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River, Shutter Island and Gone, Baby, Gone, will speak on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Grand Ballroom. His appearance is the second lecture in the William N. Skirball Writer's Center…
October 20, 2014
CWRU researcher to scour data for new drug matches to treat disease, gets $2.4 million NIH award
The Plain Dealer: Rong Xu, assistant professor of medical informatics, received the 2014 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award. The grant will help fund her continued research to…
October 20, 2014
Esperanza Spalding, Jared Bendis and Tom Rush
ideastream: Jared Bendis, the creative new media officer at Kelvin Smith Library, discussed the latest technology news on The Sound of Applause.
October 20, 2014
Ebola expert seeks to educate, reassure audience about virus during lecture at CWRU
The Plain Dealer: Daniel Bausch, associate professor of tropical medicine at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University, recently spoke at Case Western Reserve and addressed concerns…
October 20, 2014
Pre-med students are invited to learn about study abroad opportunities from Office of Education Abroad and Pre-Health Adviser Steven Scherger. The session will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. in Crawford Hall, room 720.
October 20, 2014
This week, work will begin to install a new Spirit Wall on the north side (rear) of Thwing Center. Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7 a.m., walkways near the current Spirit Wall will be closed to pedestrian traffic. There will be detour signs indicating new traffic patterns. Walkways will reopen…
October 20, 2014
Patients in critical condition are often incapable of making their own health care decisions. Instead, a family member or someone else may have to decide end-of-life care on the patient’s behalf. Ronald Hickman Jr., assistant professor of nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at…