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Scott Cowen to serve as interim president
Former Weatherhead School dean and Tulane president emeritus starts Oct. 1 The Board of Trustees has appointed former long-time Case Western Reserve dean and faculty member Scott Cowen to be the university’s interim president, effective Oct. 1. “Scott’s extensive knowledge of our campus and…
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Chemical engineer Christine Duval wins U.S. Dept. of Energy Early Career Research Grant
Case Western Reserve's Christine Duval selected to accelerate work on purifying radioactive isotopes, used in diagnostic imaging, cancer treatment A Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer who is pioneering a faster and more sustainable means for increasing the national supply of…
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‘Age-Friendly’ care coming to retail clinics
The John A. Hartford Foundation awards $2.44 million to Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing to enhance age-friendly care at MinuteClinic locations The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University is charting a path toward a more age-friendly health care experience…
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Hundreds take part in Day of Dialogue events
Participants emphasize need for action in addition to communication After a Day of Dialogue that drew hundreds of faculty, staff, students and alumni participants, the central question for the Case Western Reserve community became exceptionally clear: What comes next? Even before Wednesday’s…
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Case Western Reserve University-led research uncovers connections between psoriasis and joint disease
Study underscores importance of treating patients early to reduce likelihood of lasting bone damage A team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers has made two major discoveries involving psoriasis, a chronic and debilitating skin disease with no known cure. The…
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Day of Dialogue offers opportunities to listen, learn, and inspire action
In the 15 days since George Floyd was killed, protests have stretched across the country and around the world. Some local leaders have vowed to reallocate portions of police budgets to community investment, while others have called for defunding of departments. And books like White Fragility and…
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With yearlong grant in hand, Classics’ Maddalena Rumor explores how ancient cultures shared medical knowledge
Receiving a prestigious fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Maddalena Rumor will work on a manuscript for a book currently titled Dreckapotheke in Ancient Mesopotamia and the Graeco-Roman World.  Rumor is the only scholar…
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Living in a COVID-free bubble at the bottom of the world: CWRU Physics PhD student Allen Foster on living at the South Pole during a global pandemic
When fourth-year PhD physics student Allen Foster arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica in early January for a 10-month research assignment, he had no idea that the rest of the world soon would be hit by a global pandemic. With no flights in or out since early February, the…
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Haima Therapeutics licenses synthetic platelet technology from Case Western Reserve University for hemostatic therapy
Haima Therapeutics has executed an exclusive license agreement with Case Western Reserve University to research, develop and market artificial platelet technologies to treat patients with various bleeding disorders. The core technologies were developed in the laboratory of Professor Anirban Sen…
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With a worldwide audience watching, Bolman set to reflect on two decades in Egypt—and four projects of historic significance
Elizabeth Bolman’s original end-of-semester plans called for the art historian to be in the midst of research trips: After Cyprus and Ethiopia, she was set to deliver a lecture in Egypt about her work there on landmark projects—the conservation and documentation of four holy Coptic (Egyptian…