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November 28, 2011
School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine students take part in last year's DocOpera.
The 27th annual DocOpera, a student-run variety show benefiting the Free Medical Clinic of Great Cleveland, will be held Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium. This year’s...
November 28, 2011
When planning for the upcoming semester, many faculty members focus on what topics to cover and slip into thinking that the way to teach the subject is to follow the logic of topic sequence. But there are other, and better, ways to conceptualize the course to enable deeper understanding by students ...
November 28, 2011
JapanCASE's annual anime marathon will feature 26 hours of anime films, panels, a swap meet, a trivia contest and more.
The marathon begins Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. and runs until Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. in Nord Hall. Free snacks, drinks and Japanese meals will be provided to help power guests through the event.
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November 28, 2011
After an international search, the Department of Pharmacology announced Phoebe L. Stewart, PhD, as director of the Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (CCMSB), effective Nov. 1. Stewart comes to Case Western Reserve University after working as a professor of molecular physiology and...
November 28, 2011
A hard probe inserted in the cerebral cortex of a rat model turns nearly as pliable as the surrounding gray matter in minutes, and it induces less of the tough scarring that walls off hard probes that do not change, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found.
In the first test of the...
November 28, 2011
Ohio shale drilling spurs job hopes in Rust Belt
Associated Press: Many in Northeast Ohio hope a surge in oil and natural gas drilling might revive manufacturing job creation in the area. But Susan Helper, AT&T Professor of Economics, said job projections are suspect because the industry and politi...
November 28, 2011
Braces continue to evolve, become more affordable
The Columbus Dispatch: Mark Hans, chairman of the orthodontics department at the School of Dental Medicine, said even though braces are expensive—typically $4,800 to $6,000—they are “probably a bargain in health care.”...
November 28, 2011
Case neurotech spinoff developing device for urinary problems
Med City News: Conservocare, a Case Western Reserve University spinoff, is developing a neurotechnology medical device for patients suffering from urinary problems. Kenneth Gustafson, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical E...
November 28, 2011
The Department of Human Resources reminds faculty and staff to enroll in Benelect, the university’s 2012 benefits program. The deadline to submit benefit elections is Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 8 p.m. Stop by Crawford Hall 209 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to use computer kiosks or to talk with a human r...
November 28, 2011
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study sleep apnea as a possible cause of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most commonly diagnosed type of arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm.
AF is char...