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The Prevention Research Center for Health Neighborhoods (PRCHN) received a National Institutes of Health award to launch the Partners in Education, Evaluation and Research (PEER) Training Program, an 18-month mentored training program to increase research capacity in community organizations and…

Information Technology Services (ITS) has updated LabVIEW to the Fall 2011 version on the Software Center. It is available to CWRU faculty and staff as a free download.  Students may use the software on CWRU-owned computers in a lab setting. Media sets are available for a two-week loan period at no…

The nation of Costa Rica has only one nurse-scientist with a PhD conducting research in the field—but Ana Laura Solano Lopez is hoping to change that. A student in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s bachelor’s-to-doctorate program, Salano, of Turrialba, Costa Rica, is one of four…

Cleve-Lens: Wendy's Hot 'N Juicy Tour Metromix Cleveland: A photographer chronicled the Wendy’s Hot ‘n’ Juicy Taste Tour stop at Case Western Reserve University Tuesday, as students, faculty and staff tried out free burgers and Frostys. Did they snap your photo?

Another ObamaCare glitch The Wall Street Journal: School of Law professor Jonathan Adler co-wrote an opinion piece in which he explains a “glitch” in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that authorizes premium assistance in state-run exchanges but not federal ones.

Dhamakapella, an international music group from Case Western Reserve University, was named the second best South Asian a cappella group in the country at Anahat, earning the group a $1,000 prize. Anahat is an annual competition at UC Berkeley for which eight groups are selected from dozens of…

Seeking input/CWRU offers new degree program in China The Plain Dealer: The Bright Ideas initiative is highlighted in higher education news, as well as a new double-degree program from Weatherhead School of Management and the School of Economics and Management at Tongji University in Shanghai.…

The City Club forum: Francis S. Collins ideastream: Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, spoke at the City Club of Cleveland on the research funding climate in America. During the speech, he recognized School of Medicine Dean Pamela Davis and several faculty members.

Under 30 CEO? Try under 20 The Washington Post: A D.C.-area 18-year-old woman became part of a small group—18- to 19-year-old self-employed people—when she opened an accessories store. According to research, hers would be an outlier if it succeeds. “The failure rates [of small businesses] decline…

Does Wikipedia have a place in academia? That’s what the Public Affairs Discussion Group will take on during this week’s session, “Wikipedia in the University.” Students’—and professors’—use of the site is growing, and it may be an acceptable use in some cases, says Peter Shulman, assistant…