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August 23, 2013
Can the GOP fix its woman problem in time to fight Clinton?
The Atlantic: At the Republican National Committee’s Summer Meeting, party leaders noted they need women candidates. According to the 2012 findings of Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, the Republican…
August 23, 2013
Heart failure breakthrough may come from "open source" cancer drug development
The Plain Dealer: When Saptarsi Haldar, assistant professor of medicine, had a hunch the same mechanism at work in cancer cells also might be implicated in heart failure, he asked researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer…
August 23, 2013
Pop Ten Countdown: Author Susan Cain talks about introverts at Case Western Reserve University's Fall Convocation
The Plain Dealer: Susan Cain, author of this year’s common reading, Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, will speak during fall convocation onWednesday,…
August 23, 2013
Law school curriculum undergoes sweeping changes at Case Western Reserve University
The Plain Dealer: Lawrence E. Mitchell, dean of the School of Law, discussed changes to the school’s curriculum. “Other law schools are doing pieces of what we will be doing but nobody has put together what we have…
August 23, 2013
Building better brain implants: The challenge of longevity
Science Daily: Jeffrey Capadona, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, explained a new instrument being used in his lab to help produce better brain implants. "We created an instrument to measure the mechanical properties of…
August 23, 2013
Mother's genes may accelerate aging, study says: Discoveries
The Plain Dealer: An international research team found that a mother’s genes may accelerate how quickly her children age. "This answers a longtime question we've had about the role of the mother's DNA in the aging process,” said Barry…
August 23, 2013
Iron and age, a combo for Alzheimer's?
Med Page Today: Alan Lerner, professor of neurology, discussed a recent study that links iron and Alzheimer’s disease. “The study ... opens a window into some of the metal chemistry of the brain and its association with degenerative diseases,” he said.
August 23, 2013
Ohio's neurostimulation industry: On the brink of a breakout
hi velocity: Hunter Peckham, the Donnell Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedics, discussed the rise of the neurotechnology industry in Greater Cleveland. "Neurotechnology is the fastest growth area of the medical device…
August 23, 2013
Fifteen Case Western Reserve University alumni and former faculty members have earned the illustrious Nobel Prize over the years. Albert Michelson (1907) John J.R. Macleod (1923) Frederick C. Robbins (1954) Polycarp Kusch (1955) Donald A. Glaser (1960) Earl W. Sutherland Jr. (1971) Paul…
August 23, 2013
Case Western Reserve University’s Barnes and Noble college bookstore will hold its inaugural new student event on Aug. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. This event is for students to hang out and get all of their questions answered about the bookstore. It also will feature games, prizes, music, snacks and café…