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Digital Technology Services and Solutions, a unit within Information Technology Services (ITS), received two awards from the Society for Technical Communication. The respiratory recovery mobile app created for Professor Jerry Silver received an “Excellence” award, and the research computing…

Janice Eatman-Williams, assistant director at the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning and a Social Justice Institute leadership team member, received a 2013 Service Award in recognition of her contributions to the Cleveland Job Corps Center. At Case Western Reserve, Eatman-Williams connects…

A nudge from the nose of a free-roaming zebra or towering, 2,500-pound Clydesdale draft horse might send others running. But Lauren Burke, a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, instead extends a curved hand to…

For those considering studying abroad this summer, Case Western Reserve University offers faculty-led, May-term courses and a number of summer programs. In a May-term, faculty-led abroad program, a faculty member takes a group of students to another country as part of a university course. Summer…

Journal of Biological Chemistry “Paper of the Week” provides insight into vitamin production A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine study in the Nov. 22 issue of Journal of Biological Chemistry explained how vitamin A is generated from beta-carotene, its dietary precursors. The…

The case that could topple Obamacare Newsweek: In 2011, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, believed he found an error in the Affordable Care Act. Now, the resulting court case poses a real risk for the future of the health care law.

Patent power: Strong ideas start here Crain’s Cleveland Business: Craig Nard, the Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law and director of the Center for Law, Technology and the Arts, recently discussed the Patent Power Index, which is meant to highlight local businesses that produce…

Many rare disorders are caused by gene mutation, like sickle cell anemia. Yet until now the underlying genetic cause of more common conditions – for example, rheumatoid arthritis – has evaded scientists for years. New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to appear in…

The streets of Yangon, Myanmar, are jam-packed with cars, and a new Mercedes-Benz dealership has opened. People carry the latest smartphones and tablets. Electricity is sporadic and unreliable, though. And the city has open sewers. “It just feels like the place burst open to outside technology…

Program highlights his new book about historic moments that quickly change the course of international law C-SPAN Book TV will broadcast Case Western Reserve University law professor Michael P. Scharf’s recent talk at the City Club of Cleveland about his new book examining world events that…