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Pediatric allergy specialist offers tips for allergy sufferers
Sneezing Season: University Hospitals Case Medical Center Doctor Offers Advice for Summer Allergy Sufferers Midland Daily News: Feeling sniffly this season? Pediatric allergy specialist and assistant professor of pediatrics Leigh Kerns offers two tips for allergy sufferers.
Violence expert comments on how juvenile mind processes death
Experts: Sweet's behavior after grandparents' deaths not uncommon Des Moines Register: Youth violence expert Daniel J. Flannery, director of Case Western Reserve’s Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, comments on how the juvenile mind processes death in the wake of…
Norma Lerner honored with President’s Award for Visionary Achievement
A decade ago Al and Norma Lerner made a historic $100 million commitment to advance medical education of a special kind of doctor—the physician-scientist. Neither a practitioner who only spent time in the office or operating room, nor a researcher who logged every hour in the laboratory, this…
Faculty: Submit creative digital work to Adobe Achievement Awards
Faculty members are invited to submit their creative digital work to the Adobe Design Achievement Awards—a competition celebrating faculty achievement that reflects the convergence of technology and the creative arts. Submissions are being accepted through June 22 in the categories of Innovation…
Graduating medical student aims to use degree to close gap in health disparities
Michael Knight is a student who makes people shake their heads and ask, “How do you do it?” He led the Student National Medical Association, gave vocal coaching to members of Doc Opera and volunteered in Cleveland’s neighborhoods. That’s just a few of activities that Knight, a 2012 graduate of the…
University remembers engineering professor, steel metallurgy expert
In the final weeks of his struggle with mesothelioma, Gary M. Michal, PhD, LTV Steel Professor of Metallurgy in Case School of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, could no longer come to the classroom. But his commitment to his students was so great he insisted on…
Graduating senior to continue his studies in Switzerland as Fulbright scholar
Patrick Chirdon came to Case Western Reserve planning to major in psychology. Four years later, he is still focused on the inner workings of the mind, except now the biology of the brain commands his interest. Credit the influence of compelling biology professors and an extraordinary faculty…
University bookstore to open on Sunday for commencement activities
On campus this weekend for commencement? The Barnes & Noble at Case Western Reserve University will be open Saturday and Sunday this weekend to serve the campus community. The bookstore is usually closed on Sundays. On Saturday, May 19, the bookstore will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on…
Reporting for Army duty, CWRU student leaves legacy of Peru dental mission
Nathan Buckner, of Hunter, Utah, sits in the Case Western Reserve University dental clinic, turning pages of a photo book from a mission he took to Lamay, Peru, with 16 Case Western Reserve students and faculty. He’s a bit nostalgic as graduation approaches Sunday, May 20, and he closes this…
MetLife Auto & Home group insurance available as voluntary benefit
MetLife Auto & Home’s group insurance program is available to Case Western Reserve University employees as a voluntary benefit. Through MetLife Auto & Home’s group insurance program, employees have access to value-added features and benefits, including special group discounts on auto and…