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Bon Appétit Management Co. is offering its annual campus dining survey, available at www.cafebonappetit.com/case, until Dec. 6. Two winners will receive a Kindle Fire, and Starbucks gift cards ($10 value) will go to the first 75 and last 75 survey participants. To take the survey, visit…

Busting 10 diet myths Real Simple: Hope Barkoukis, associate professor of nutrition, gives advice on eating protein with carbs to lose weight. “Those foods take longer to absorb, so there's a slower release into the body and a more steady energy source,” she said.

Using teeth as tools not healthy The Columbus Dispatch: Teeth are often used to pop a bottle top or cut a thread, but it’s harmful for teeth. “They’re doing this because it’s available, it’s always there,” said Sorin Teich, associate professor in the School of Dental Medicine. “They get used to…

CWRU researchers studying link between sleep apnea, atrial fibrillation Med City News: CWRU researchers received a $3.8 million grant to study the link between sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation. “The data generated from the research will fuel the development of new approaches for prevention and…

Doctoral student Drew Banghart, winner of the 2011 Neil Macintyre Memorial Prize, will present his paper, “Dark Pools, Desperate Women and the Body in Adam Bede,” at the Macintyre Prize Lecture. The lecture will be held Dec. 2 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Clark Hall 206. Refreshments will be served. The…

School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine students take part in last year's DocOpera. The 27th annual DocOpera, a student-run variety show benefiting the Free Medical Clinic of Great Cleveland, will be held Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium. This…

When planning for the upcoming semester, many faculty members focus on what topics to cover and slip into thinking that the way to teach the subject is to follow the logic of topic sequence. But there are other, and better, ways to conceptualize the course to enable deeper understanding by students…

JapanCASE's annual anime marathon will feature 26 hours of anime films, panels, a swap meet, a trivia contest and more. The marathon begins Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. and runs until Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. in Nord Hall. Free snacks, drinks and Japanese meals will be provided to help power guests through the…

After an international search, the Department of Pharmacology announced Phoebe L. Stewart, PhD, as director of the Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (CCMSB), effective Nov. 1. Stewart comes to Case Western Reserve University after working as a professor of molecular physiology…

A hard probe inserted in the cerebral cortex of a rat model turns nearly as pliable as the surrounding gray matter in minutes, and it induces less of the tough scarring that walls off hard probes that do not change, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found. In the first test of…