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Medicine's Kathleeen Fagan offers caution for proposed Trump administration meat-processing rules
New Trump rules will make meat processing a lot deadlierThe New Republic: Kathleen Fagan, adjunct assistant professor at the School of Medicine, warned that proposed Trump administration rules increasing meat-processing line speeds would lead to more worker injuries, chronic pain and amputations.…
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Medicine's Ian Neeland explores the health effects of GLP-1 drugs
Keep muscle while losing weight, even on OzempicScientific American: Ian Neeland, associate professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, said most older adults tolerate GLP-1 drugs well, but preserving muscle requires resistance training and higher protein intake—about 1.2 to 1.6 grams per…
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Law's Jessie Hill discusses fight against Ohio's 2023 reproductive rights amendment
Abortion opponents continue fight against Ohio's 2023 reproductive rights amendmentStatehouse News Bureau: Jessie Hill, professor and director of the Reproductive Rights Law Initiative at the School of Law, said the lawsuits challenging Ohio’s 2023 reproductive rights amendment show the amendment…
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A Q&A with Dean Stan Gerson on the Opportunities of a Strategic Plan
For Stan Gerson, MD, a strategic plan is not a sit-on-a-shelf-and-gather-dust kind of document. It’s a living plan that speaks to our times, details the rationale and goals for potentially game-changing collaborations, and is adjusted annually to account for the unforeseen. Work on the School of…
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Karen Oye to retire after 30 years of exceptional service to Kelvin Smith Library
On Wednesday, June 3, research and engagement services librarian Karen Oye will retire from Case Western Reserve University. She has been an essential fixture at the library over the last 30 years, and she will be missed by many at Kelvin Smith Library and across the campus and community.Oye got…
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Three from Case Western Reserve University earn Fulbright awards
Three members of the Case Western Reserve University community are headed abroad. Nyat Isack, Annie Zhao and Claire Sumner each received a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program—the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program, which pairs scholars with opportunities…
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From Mars rover crystals to machine learning: a CWRU alum’s AI built for materials manufacturing
A crystal Katie Colbaugh helped grow is currently sitting on Mars. It rode there aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down on the Red Planet in February 2021 and has been searching for signs of ancient life ever since. Colbaugh and her colleagues at Gooch & Housego—a Highland…
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Collaborative convenes to reimagine youth justice
How a CWRU Law initiative is tackling Cuyahoga County’s highest-in-the-state youth incarceration rates.
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CWRU School of Medicine celebrates historic commencement
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine marked a milestone weekend in May, celebrating the accomplishments of graduates across its Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and master's programs with ceremonies that reflected both tradition—particularly during the university’s…
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Artsci's Kathryn Lavelle remembers Democrat Barney Frank
Democrat Barney Frank, architect of Wall Street reform, dies at 86Newsweek: Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences, described Barney Frank as demanding, blunt and fiercely strategic, driven by protecting ordinary Americans’ financial…