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July 29, 2011
The Staff Advisory Council will be at Party on the Quad today from 3 to 6 p.m. to spread the word about SAC elections. Online voting has begun to fill positions as Staff Advisory Council representatives for the School of Dental Medicine, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, School of Nursing, a...
July 28, 2011
As a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, Stephanie McClure studies how local culture shapes physical activity in African-American teen girls. This work has led to two highly competitive fellowships for her studies at Case Western Reserve. An alumna of Washington University in St. Lou...
July 28, 2011
Colleges join plan for faster computer networks
The New York Times: Gig.U, a project from a coalition of 29 U.S. universities to build ultra-high-speed computer networks, launched Wednesday. The one-gigabit network connections will be critical to the universities but also homes and businesses in the...
July 28, 2011
Poor health linked to very preemie birth stabilizes by adolescence
U.S. News & World Report: A recent study led by Maureen Hack, professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, found that children born at extremely low birth weights are susceptible to chronic health conditions, but most become st...
July 28, 2011
A team for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s has been created in memory of Mark A. Smith, a professor of pathology and renowned Alzheimer’s researcher who died in December. Smith created the team three years ago to support local Alzheimer’s researchers and enrich the link between r...
July 28, 2011
On Aug. 8, Science Café Cleveland presents “The Most Incredible Animal Park You Have Never Seen: A Trip To Prehistoric South America.” Darin Croft, assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy, will guide guests through ancient game parks, focusing on the strange mammals that once roamed South A...
July 28, 2011
An artificial lung built by Cleveland researchers has reached efficiencies akin to the genuine organ, using air—not pure oxygen as current man-made lungs require—for the source of the essential element.
Use in humans is still years away, but for the 200 million lung disease sufferers worldwide, ...
July 27, 2011
Whole grains provide nutrients that are vital for the health and maintenance of our bodies. In the next Employee Wellness Program cooking demo, a Bon Appetit chef will show how to easily incorporate whole grains into cooking. The demo will take place Aug. 3 from noon to 1 p.m. in Nord Hall 310. Regi...
July 27, 2011
The Infectious Diseases (ID) Alliance of Case Western Reserve University—a group of community health leaders and advocates, social scientists, doctors and researchers dedicated to preventing infectious diseases in our Cleveland community—recently received funding from CWRU and the United Black Fund ...
July 27, 2011
This morning, Case Western Reserve University joined more than 20 universities and communities across the country in the launch of Gig.U, The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project. Gig.U, which is modeled after the Case Connection Zone, aims to deploy ultra-high-speed networks to l...