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March 13, 2013
Fermat’s Last Theorem was unsolved for nearly 350 years until Oxford Mathematician Andrew Wiles created a proof in 1995. Case Western Reserve University’s Colin McLarty has shown the theorem can be proved more simply. The theorem is called Pierre de Fermat’s last because it was the last and…
March 13, 2013
A scientist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop a therapy to reduce the prevalence of premature births, which today affect more than 15 million newborns worldwide each year. Sam Mesiano, associate professor of reproductive biology,…
March 12, 2013
The Case Western Reserve University Department of Dance will present Converging Pathways March 21, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., with a 2:30 p.m. matinee March 24. All shows will be held at the Mather Dance Center. The dance thesis concert includes works by Master of Fine Arts candidates Carissa Bellando…
March 12, 2013
On Thursday, March 21, the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will present “Eslanda Robeson: Black Internationalism & the Fight Against White Supremacy and Empire in the 20th Century,” featuring Barbara Ransby. Ransby—a historian, writer and longtime political activist from the University of…
March 12, 2013
The SPSS Modeler Premium Campus Edition version 15 is now available on the Software Center as a free download to CWRU students, faculty and staff using Windows computers. The download includes SPSS Text Analytics 15. SPSS Modeler is a powerful, versatile data and text analytics workbench that…
March 12, 2013
The president & the painter: The Truman-Benton friendship The Kansas City Star Magazine: A new exhibit in Missouri explains the relationship between President Harry Truman and painter Thomas Hart Benton. Henry Adams, professor of American art, wrote a biography on Benton in 1989. Given the…
March 12, 2013
Copernicus and the Church: What the history books don't say The Christian Science Monitor: Though legend says Nicolaus Copernicus and the Catholic Church were at odds over his development of the heliocentric theory, he actually had a good relationship with the church. Mano Singham, associate…
March 12, 2013
Rats sniff each other to assert dominance, study suggests LiveScience: Research led by Daniel Wesson, associate professor of neurosciences, shows that the act of sniffing among rats allows them to reaffirm their hierarchical status and maintain order.
March 12, 2013
By Jack Behrend It’s day two of spring break, which means many Case Western Reserve University students already are enjoying vacation destinations, home or just a stress-free week on campus. Nearly 200 Case Western Reserve students have decided to take a different route, however, choosing to…
March 12, 2013
Case Western Reserve’s health law program leapt to fifth in the nation and pediatrics climbed to 14th in U.S. News & World Report’s annual graduate and professional school rankings released Tuesday. Those gains, coupled with a seven-point jump, to 30th, for the Weatherhead School of…