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October 10, 2013
ACLU challenges abortion-related restrictions in new state budget The Blade: The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio challenged the constitutionality of new abortion-related restrictions passed in the new state budget. Law professor Jessie Hill commented on the ramifications. “If we were to get…
October 10, 2013
Predicting lung cancer outcomes effective with PET imaging, University Hospitals-led study shows The Plain Dealer: Mitchell Machtay, the Vincent K. Smith Chairman in Radiation Oncology, recently led a study that tried to predict cancer treatment outcomes. The study had promising findings. "These…
October 10, 2013
Five Cleveland biomedical research and health care institutions have received a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), one of the National Institutes of Health, to collaborate on developing the Cleveland Stroke Clinical Trials Regional…
October 10, 2013
A team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University received a $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant to investigate why brain implants fail, and to test a drug that may prevent such failure.
Implants include brain-computer interfaces that use a tiny electrode implanted in the…
October 10, 2013
Maureen O’Connor, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, will speak on Friday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. in Thwing Center’s Spartan Room. O’Connor, the highest-ranking judicial official in the state of Ohio, will speak about her prior educational and work experience that led to her election to the…
October 10, 2013
The 2013 Choices Fair will take place Friday, Oct. 11, during Community Hour—12:30 to 1:45 p.m.—in the Veale Convocation, Athletic and Recreation Center. This annual event, sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Studies, provides students with the opportunity to learn about the variety of…
October 10, 2013
This month, the University Health Service will offer flu shots on five dates: Tuesday, Oct. 15, Fribley Commons, Room 210, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, Thwing Center, Cleveland Room, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, and Tuesday, Oct. 22, University Health Service, by appointment (call…
October 10, 2013
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) of Case Western Reserve University and the Case Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) are accepting letters of intent for the 2014 CTSC Annual Pilot Grant Funding. The grant will fund up to $50,000 to support innovative…
October 10, 2013
The work of Julian Stanczak, world-renowned painter and pioneer in Optical Art, will be featured in a series of four exhibitions at Case Western Reserve University’s Kelvin Smith Library. The first exhibit, "The Genesis of Perceptual Art," will be on display through Nov. 29 in the library’s newly…
October 10, 2013
On Thursday, Oct. 10, Case Western Reserve University’s Nurse Midwifery Education Program will celebrate National Midwifery Week by giving away 1,000 pink and blue frosted "baby" cupcakes—one for every 10 births assisted by a midwife each year in Ohio. National Midwifery Week, created by American…