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Violent surge hits Cleveland’s summer, forcing authorities to scramble cleveland.com (subscription required): Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of…

A look at gas prices around the world U.S. News & World Report: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor at Weatherhead School of Management, noted several explanations for rock-bottom gas prices in some countries, while other nations pay much more at the pump. “Overall it's based on forces of…

Ozempic and Mounjaro may also lower your risk of obesity-linked cancer National Geographic (subscription required): Lindsey Wang, researcher at the School of Medicine, discussed her new research showing that weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic are linked to a lower risk of cancer. “This study…

Chemical engineering is all around us. It’s physical: we can see it, touch it and smell it. Take, for example, using car air fresheners or smelling your mother’s cooking.  Air fresheners take advantage of transport principles by using the mass transfer coefficient kin the air and agitating it,…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to make it easier for people to prevent skin cancer. Free sunscreen will be available to all visitors at participating Cleveland Metroparks beaches and golf courses. The project, “Be Sun Smart. Protect Your Skin…

University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will offer Syllabus Sessions to all faculty and instructors of record at Case Western Reserve University. These sessions are one-on-one meetings with a UCITE staff member, who will help instructors design, create and/or polish class…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host its third annual showcase Wednesday, Aug. 28, featuring a series of 10-minute lectures by Case Western Reserve University community members. The following lectures will be part of the showcase: “Roots of History: Finding Civil War Antibiotics…

The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio will host a Science Cafe event on the topic of “Rural Health” Thursday, Aug. 8, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Fredrick Schumacher, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and…

All new international students are invited to the International Students Fellowship’s annual Furniture and Household Items Giveaway Saturday, Aug. 17, at 9 a.m. in the gymnasium of the Church of the Saviour (2537 Lee Road). Individuals should arrive between 8:30 and 8:45; there is no need to arrive…

The Office of First-Year Experience and Family Programs, in collaboration with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and First CWRU, will sponsor a First-Generation Student Luncheon Monday, Aug. 19, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Thwing Center ballroom. The luncheon is an initiative developed to…