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The campus community is invited to “Guantanamo Tribunal on Trial: A Screening and Panel Discussion of The Response” Nov. 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in School of Law Room 157. The Response is an award-winning courtroom drama based on the actual transcripts of the Guantanamo Bay military tribunals, starri...

Science Café Cleveland presents “Prions: From Cannibalism to Mad Cows and New Mechanism of Brain Diseases” on Nov. 14, discussing the interesting and controversial prion diseases—a group of diverse brain-wasting disorders that includes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Fatal Familial Insomnia in humans,...

Nov. 7-13 is “No Excuses” week at 121 Fitness. New members get 50 percent off their initiation fee and have an opportunity for a full refund of the initiation fee. To get the refund, use the facility five or more times in November to get half of the initiation fee back; use the facility eight or mo...

Case Western Reserve establishes $20M biomedical endowment MedCity News: Case Western Reserve University and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation created a $20 million endowment aimed at translating biomedical research into commercial products and clinical practices. “With the Coulter process, there i...

A new express bus route will begin Nov. 8. This route will pick up from House #7 on East 115th Street at 7:30 a.m. and go directly to Adelbert Road. The bus will only stop at the first Circle Link stop on Adelbert Road and the Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital stop. These will be the only two ...

With the temperatures cooling off—but still perfectly pleasant—people often crave the comfort of seasonal foods. Tantalizing the taste buds of the Case Western Reserve University community are pumpkin-flavored goods, whether lattes, breads or even ice cream. Next up, the hearty, warming flavors of c...

You never know what a college experience at Case Western Reserve University might bring. That’s what Colleen Hosler—president of the Panhellenic Council, sister in Kappa Alpha Theta and member of the Orientation Executive Board—realized when she started here three years ago. Now in the first year of...

Things to remember if you plan to move your money on Facebook-created Bank Transfer Day NewsNet5: Bank Transfer Day is a Facebook movement encouraging people to move their money out of big banks and into credit unions, but Bill Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, expects fewer than ...

Breakthrough drug announced for cystic fibrosis treatment The Plain Dealer: For the first time, a new oral drug has been shown to work on a genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis rather than the disease’s symptoms, said Michael W. Konstan, professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine. “The...

Brookings report finds poverty-stricken neighborhoods jump dramatically in Cleveland area The Plain Dealer: The number of people living in extremely poor neighborhoods has grown faster in Northeast Ohio suburbs than elsewhere in the U.S., according to new data. “Yes, this is exactly what we’ve seen...