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Mark Black History Month with Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration events
“Closing the Divide: Building Communities of Support, Belonging and Togetherness” is the theme of this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Case Western Reserve University. The celebration will feature a number of virtual events, including the MLK Convocation, the national speaker for the…
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Remembering Emeritus Professor, National Academy of Engineering fellow Jack Koenig
Emeritus Professor Jack Koenig, a founding faculty member of Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering whose innovative use of modern spectroscopy revolutionized science's understanding of the characterization of polymer systems, passed away on Tuesday,…
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Undergraduate student Garrett Marchetti passes away
Members of the campus community are mourning the loss of undergraduate student Garrett Marchetti, following his sudden death last week. In an interview with KKTV during his senior year of high school, Marchetti explained his career goals simply: “Making a difference. That’s kind of where I see…
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Engineering a viral solution to cancer
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine researcher part of effort to modify adenovirus to seek and destroy cancer cells While doctors can successfully treat some types of skin cancer at the surface with human-engineered viruses, scientists have yet to find a way to inject these types of viruses to…
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COVID-19: answers to concerns about new variants
Mark Cameron was part of the rapid-response research team when the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak hit Toronto in the early 2000s. Now a faculty member in Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, he is conducting COVID-19 and other infectious disease research while also…
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Alumna and philanthropist Charlotte Kramer passes away
Charlotte Kramer, a 1941 alumna whose philanthropic passion helped advance Judaic studies and launch a campus law clinic, died last week at the age of 101. Kramer’s lifetime of support of the people and institutions of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio continued a family tradition of charity reaching…
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Microsoft features Case Western Reserve’s signature software for anatomy education at two online events
HoloAnatomy® mixed-reality curriculum highlighted in webinar and industry summit Case Western Reserve University’s HoloAnatomy® Software Suite will star this week in a pair of online events that Microsoft is hosting for colleges and universities: On Tuesday, Jan. 26, representatives from the…
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5 questions with... Damaris Punales-Alpizar, chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and associate professor of Hispanic studies
As chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures since August 2020, Damaris Punales-Alpizar has been laser-focused on raising the profile of the department, which she considers to be the multicultural epicenter of Case Western Reserve University. “We cover languages and cultures from…
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Unique prediction of ‘modified gravity’ challenges dark matter
Case Western Reserve astronomer Stacy McGaugh and international collaborators detect ‘external field effect,’ a prediction unique to rival dark matter hypothesis An international group of scientists, including Case Western Reserve University Astronomy Chair Stacy McGaugh, has published research…
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Fighting the cybersecurity battle
National Science Foundation funds Case Western Reserve team working to stop data breaches, protect customer information A pair of Case Western Reserve University computer researchers want to develop a better defense against big data breaches—and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is intrigued…