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CLEVELAND - One of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer’s disease - loss of sense of smell – can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease, a study led by a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher finds. The study confirms…

Eight university student groups will perform during a special community hour a cappella concert Dec. 2 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Amasa Stone Chapel. The event will feature Case In Point, Speakeasy, Solstice, Case Women’s Glee Club, Dhamakapella, Case Men’s Glee Club, Case Concert Choice and…

Today is the final day to enroll in the university's 2012 benefits program during the open enrollment period. Employees must enroll online using the PeopleSoft Human Capital Management (HCM) system. Stop by Crawford Hall 209 by 5 p.m. today to speak with human resources representatives or to use…

Case Center for Inquiry will host an “Ask an Atheist” event Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. in Wickenden 322. The Ask an Atheist event is designed to invite all members of campus to come and have an open dialogue with atheists, agnostics and humanists who are willing to answer questions from the audience. The…

The Institute for the Science of Origins Noontime Lecture Series continues Dec. 7 with “The Origin of Mathematical Truth: On the Nature of Mathematical Proofs.” Daniel Solow, professor of operations at Weatherhead School of Management, will lead the discussion Dec. 7 at noon in Ford…

American art historian and Case Western Reserve University art history professor Henry Adams has written extensively about painters like Thomas Hart Benton, Thomas Eakins, Jackson Pollock, Andrew Wyeth and Grant Wood. Now he turns his attention to photographer Abe Frajndlich, whose images of major…

What happens to the criminally insane, after court NPR: On “Talk of the Nation,” Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry, discusses whether someone declared criminally insane can be released from a mental health facility, like in the case of John Hinckley Jr. “That's ultimately a judicial…

HCG dieters see success, but is it worth the risk? WMC-TV: The HCG diet, in which patients are injected with the hormone HCG to trick the brain into burning extra fat cells and which restricts patients’ diets to 500 calories per day, gets mixed reviews, with many professionals stressing its…

Exploradio - The sea cucumber and the brain WKSU: Researchers are developing a better way to communicate with the human brain by studying how sea cucumbers defend themselves. Specifically, one feature is it stiffens its outer layer through a change in the chemistry of its skin, “… and that’s the…

The inquiry into Hinduism is to be undertaken The Huffington Post: In his latest blog, Deepak Sarma, associate professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, discusses why studying Hinduism in college is critical for Hindu students. For example, he wrote: “The Mādhva school of Vedānta … puts…