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Awful literacy stats make the case for Jackson's school reform plan The Plain Dealer: According to research from the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, only 43.8 percent of Cuyahoga County residents over the age of 16 meet “Level 3” literacy standards—those that are necessary to…

Science jokes The Columbus Dispatch: In honor of April Fools’ Day, the newspaper asked scientists, including physics and astronomy professor Glenn Starkman, to tell their favorite science-related jokes.

Taking a me-day Psychology Today: In her “Don’t Worry, Mom” blog, assistant professor of psychology Amy Przeworski discusses the importance of “me-days” and how to not feel guilty about taking them.

Why some breast tumors resist chemo DailyRx: Researchers have found a particular marker may be able to predict if a woman’s breast cancer will respond to taxane chemotherapy. “This exciting data first provides a new way to attack cancer cells,” said Anthony Berdis, assistant professor of…

Cleveland Foundation awards $16.2 million to nonprofit and community groups The Plain Dealer: The Cleveland Foundation awarded $1.75 million to the university’s Great Lakes Energy Institute to help it pay for electrical grid research and education.

Case's Swagelok Center 'best facility on planet' for microstructural analysis Fresh Water Cleveland: Equipment in the Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials, located on campus, allows industrial and academic users to conduct surface analysis, structural analysis and optic microscopy.…

Ford demonstrates virtual reality tools to Case Western Reserve University students The Plain Dealer: Ford Motor Co. visited campus to show off its virtual reality design tools to engineering students. “All of us as Case, we gravitate to these new technologies,” said School of Engineering Dean…

The Women in Science & Engineering Roundtable’s (WISER) annual SEVA benefit dinner will be held April 4 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Nord Hall 310. The dinner is an annual fundraiser for WISER’s adopted and underprivileged public school in Bangalore, India, through a non-profit organization called…

Case Western Reserve University was among the schools named to The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. With the honor roll, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education recognize higher education institutions that reflect the values…

Universities are often assumed to be bastions of progressiveness and inclusion. But even if they are more welcoming and tolerant of differences than society at large, research shows that one-third of undergraduate students across the country have experienced anti-LGBT harassment in the past year…