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April 26, 2012
'Mad cow' incident has very low danger, expert says San Jose Mercury News: Pierluigi Gambetti, professor of pathology, said the case of mad cow disease in California is caused by a rare and poorly understood variant of the illness that is not nearly as threatening as others in the past. “There is…
April 26, 2012
State awards money for Northeast Ohio ventures Akron Beacon Journal: Case Western Reserve University is among three Northeast Ohio universities to receive grants from Ohio’s Third Frontier Fund Technology Validation and Start-up Fund. The university was awarded $50,000 to develop software designed…
April 26, 2012
Case Western Reserve University has joined a nationwide effort to pilot new technology designed to advance scientific research and reduce higher education costs. As part of the initiative, researchers will be able to send data 10 times faster than previously—at the rate of 100 Gigabits per…
April 26, 2012
Erin Lavik, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, is known around campus for her groundbreaking research in synthetic platelets, drug delivery in the eye, and approaches to repair the nervous system. But outside the lab, her interests are varied: She’s a published playwright and a…
April 25, 2012
The Art Studio will hold its 2012 Spring Semester in Review show April 30 to May 4, featuring works in ceramic, textile, painting, drawing, architecture, enamel, photography, assemblage and mixed media. All artwork is by Case Western Reserve University Art Studio Students. The artwork will be on…
April 25, 2012
The Spartan Club, in conjunction with Case Western Reserve University Athletics, will enshrine its Hall of Fame induction class of 2012 this Friday, April 27, at 6 p.m. at the Veale Center. Can’t make the event? No problem. Live streaming video will be available online courtesy of the Spartan Club…
April 25, 2012
The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will hold an information session April 28 for all interested in learning about social change and community development. The information session will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the Mandel School, where potential students can meet with admissions…
April 25, 2012
Information Technology Services has launched a website designed to assist researchers with planning for and executing the complex task of managing project data. The Data Management website contains resources and recommendations from the university, other research institutions, the National Science…
April 25, 2012
Musicology lecturer Nita Karpf won the R. Serge Denisoff Award for the best article published in the journal Popular Music and Society. Karpf’s article, which appeared in December 2011, is titled, “Get the Pageant Habit: E. Azalia Hackley’s Festivals and Pageants during the First World War Years,…
April 25, 2012
Mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate students Nick Badger and Andrew Smith competed in the Parker Hannifin Corporation’s 2012 “Chainless Challenge,” in which students designed and built a human-hydraulic hybrid bicycle. The competition was held April 12-13 in Irvine, Calif. Instead of a…