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Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and its primary affiliate University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center will begin testing the first of two technologies they plan to combine in a new effort to enable people with paralysis to regain some control of their arms and hands. The…

Fewer Ohioans starting own businesses Hamilton Journal-News: The number of self-employed Ohioans is at the lowest level since 2001. “It’s not necessarily a good thing or a bad thing, it’s just the nature of the Ohio economy is people on average are less likely to be self-employed than in some…

Cosmic fuggedaboudit: dark matter may not exist at all Time: Though dark matter is widely accepted, the underdog theory of Modified Newtonian Dynamics, or MOND, recently got a boost from research conducted by astronomy professor Stacy McGaugh. Like many, McGaugh initially wrote the theory off. But…

Today marks the start of the sequester, the imposition of $85 billion in across-the-board cuts in federal spending for this fiscal year. Like many leading national universities, Case Western Reserve relies heavily on federal funds for research and also receives significant government assistance for…

Registration for 2013 commencement is now open. All students who plan to attend commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 19, must register online by 5 p.m. EDT on April 1. Register now. Additionally, the commencement office will host two doctoral fitting days: Wednesday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to 3…

While this year’s Academy Awards had its share of critics, very few complaints came from members of the Case Western Reserve University community. According to our very unofficial poll, an overwhelming number of individuals loved the show, while just a scarce few felt the opposite. A good number of…

Have you ever wondered what to expect after you graduate from Case Western Reserve University? “The Grand Affair: Life After College Explained” is an inaugural event that will provide students with help transitioning from the university setting, personal budgeting and tax advice, guidelines for…

In the spirit of RecycleMania, all members of the campus community are invited to check out the Student Sustainability Council and the sustainability office's public waste sort in front of Bingham Building today from noon to 2 p.m. The waste sort will involve going through trash and recycling…

For Maxwell Mehlman, everything happens for a reason. Take, for example, his entire career. “Everything that has happened to me was part of a sequence of fortuitous events,” Mehlman said. When Mehlman graduated from law school at Yale University, he headed to Washington, D.C., to practice. He…

On Friday, March 8, the Department of History will present the 2013 Wish Symposium, featuring keynote speaker Anthony Grafton of Princeton University. Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, will present “Renaissance Humanism as a Border-Crossing Movement,” looking to provide a…