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CLEVELAND - The link between psoriasis and cardiovascular events has been observed for years, however the mechanics were unknown. For the first time, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered preclinical evidence demonstrating that the inflammatory skin disease…

Information Technology Services will stream live sessions from the EDUCAUSE Security Conference May 16–17 in the Active Collaboration Room in Kelvin Smith Library (Room 215). A schedule of the sessions with full descriptions is available on the EDUCAUSE website. Refreshments will be…

FDA advisers rebuff Regeneron gout drug Reuters: A panel of outside experts to the FDA, including David Blumenthal, assistant professor of medicine, unanimously voted against an experimental drug to prevent gout flares, based on trials that tested the drug for only 16 weeks. “A lot of the patients…

Beginning on Friday, May 11, the ITS CARE Center located at 11424 Bellflower Road will be open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Extended weekday and Saturday hours will resume at the beginning of the fall semester. The CARE Center in Sears Hall will continue its weekday hours of 9 a.m.–5…

Over the past 10 years, Case Western Reserve law professors, students and alumni have played several key roles in the historic war crimes case against Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor. Recently, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Taylor on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war…

Award-winning Islam and Arabic studies lecturer Ramez Islambouli’s advice to those who want to emulate his teaching success sounds remarkably basic: “You have to keep your students awake.” It’s only when he begins to describe some of his strategies for staving off class-wide sleepiness that the…

The Software Center has updated LabVIEW to the spring edition for Windows and Macintosh computers. It is available at no charge to Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff, while students may use the software on CWRU-owned computers in a lab environment. Media sets for LabVIEW can be…

Parking and Transportation Services announces new parking rates for the 2012-13 academic year. Specific rates for each lot are posted online. The new rates are effective July 1. Case Western Reserve University's parking program provides more than 5,000 spaces to support the needs of faculty,…

Studies shed light on ‘twice exceptional’ students Education Week: New studies on “twice-exceptional students”—intellectually gifted children also diagnosed with learning disabilities—highlight the need for educators to take an earlier, more holistic approach to evaluating and teaching students…

Cuyahoga County defends Joe D'Ambrosio lawsuit The Plain Dealer: Joe D’Ambrosio spent two decades on death row after being convicted of killing Tony Klann, but he was freed two years ago after a judge found prosecutors withheld evidence. His lawyers filed a civil case against the city and county…