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Mayor's aide touts city's efforts to help 'mom and pop' businesses thrive The Plain Dealer: The Case Western Reserve University chapter of Net Impact held a panel discussion April 12 that explored the challenges and possibilities small businesses face. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s chief of…

Leatrice Madison volunteered for 36 groups: news obituary The Plain Dealer: Leatrice Madison, an award-winning activist who helped integrate Cleveland Heights and led 36 civic groups, died March 30 at age 89. Among the 85 committees on which she served throughout her life, Madison was on the Case…

ANA aims at stopping workplace bullying NurseZone: Bullying in the workplace has become part of workplace culture in many areas such as nursing, but it can adversely affect staff dynamics. “Studies have talked about how the culture of a work environment directly has an effect on patient outcomes…

The Career Center achieved silver status in OUT for Work’s 2012 Career Center Certification Program, an upgrade from the bronze level last year. In the last year, the Career Center added programs, resources and services highlighting issues particular to students who identify as LGBTQ. Working…

Matthew Schiefer, a post-doctoral fellow in the Training Program in Musculoskeletal Research in the Department of Orthopaedics, won the award for best oral presentation by a post-doctoral fellow at Musculoskeletal Research Day. Schiefer’s platform and poster presentations were on the subject of…

Assistant professor of genetics and genome sciences and senior author Peter Scacheri PhD candidate and lead author Batool Akhtar-Zaidi A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new mechanism by which colon cancer develops. By focusing on…

Voting begins today for Edy’s Communities Take Root contest. Each vote could help Case Western Reserve University’s Farm Food Program plant an orchard of blueberry and berry bushes and fruit trees at its Hunting Valley farms, which, in turn, could supply more fresh fruit to the Bon Appétit kitchens…

The University Program Board will bring Improv Everywhere to campus Tuesday, April 17. Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places, such as No Pants Subway and Frozen Grand Central. Now, they’ll visit Case Western Reserve…

Diners in Bon Appétit’s on-campus dining outlets will notice quite a few menu changes on Thursday, April 19, as Bon Appétit Management Co. celebrates the fifth annual Low Carbon Diet Day. At the grill, guests will see sweet savory miller livestock pork chops instead of beef burgers because cows…

When Philip Niles arrived at Case Western Reserve University eight years ago to begin his undergraduate degree in economics, he never imagined the opportunities he would find in Cleveland. Now, as he prepares to graduate in May with both MD and MBA degrees (in addition to the bachelor’s degree he…