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CLEVELAND - John Chae, MD, has been elected as a new member to the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM), one of the highest national honors in the fields of health and medicine. A noted Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician specializing in stroke rehabilitation, Dr. Chae has made...

CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will lead a national study determining if corneas transplanted up to two weeks after donor death work as well as corneas transplanted up to one week after donor death. The National Eye Institute has just awarded a $12.3 mi...

CLEVELAND - Osteoporosis is blamed for backbone fractures. The real culprit could well be our own vertebrae, which evolved to absorb the pounding of upright walking, researchers at Case Western Reserve University say. Compared to apes, humans have larger, more porous vertebrae encased in a much thi...

The new face of American poverty is often a child's The Huffington Post: Across the country, more children are coping with the stressors of economic hardship. Often faith-based service programs catch people who fall through the cracks of other safety nets, said Robert L. Fischer, co-director of the...

Make change worth it Investor’s Business Daily: When companies look to make major changes, like Netflix did, they must first figure out how to strengthen customer relations rather than focus on how the company structure works. “It is easy to be blinded by the organization’s internal logics of effic...

CWRU to use $5.4 million grant to study esophageal cancer Crain’s Cleveland Business: Researchers at Case Western Reserve University received a five-year, $5.4 million grant to study the causes of esophageal cancer. The award from the National Cancer Institute will support the Barrett’s Esophagus T...

Money to restore Great Lakes still flows -- for now Associated Press: In the past two years, Congress has given $775 million to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Opinions differ on spending priorities, with some favoring “on-the-ground actions” while scientists want more money for research. “...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday night $80 million in new commitments as part of the launch of “Forward Thinking: The Campaign for Case Western Reserve University.” The president shared news of the $1 billion fundraising initiative with more than 3,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni ...

The Macintosh. With the original’s introduction in 1984, and so many iterations since, it’s changed how many people work—and play—on the computer. In The Daily’s poll, it ranked No. 1 for being Steve Jobs’ most defining product, followed up by the iPhone, iPod, iPad and iTunes, in order. Want to re...

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Information Technology Services (ITS) will host a presentation of the online EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Oct. 19-21 from 8 a.m. to noon in Sears 221 (Kulas Music Hall). All university personnel are welcome. The presentation will focus on security-r...