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EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to headline CWRU School of Law symposium marking EPA’s 50th anniversary
Wheeler, a CWRU alum, joins more than a dozen nationally recognized environmental, legal experts at Oct. 18 symposium Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Case Western Reserve University alumnus, returns to campus as keynote speaker in a daylong symposium…
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Helping children return to school after traumatic brain injury focus of new $2.2M CDC research grant
With a four-year, $2.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers at Case Western Reserve University will seek answers on how children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can return to school. Nearly 2,000 children visit emergency rooms every day with TBI,…
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Student’s curiosity about his family’s cancer history fuels award-winning research project
Participant in Youth Engaged in Science, a National Cancer Institute-funded program at Case Western Reserve Connor Harris, a science-minded teenager from Hudson, Ohio, wants to know why African-Americans die from colorectal cancer at a higher rate than other racial groups. His curiosity, fueled…
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Give back to the Greater Cleveland community during this year’s Charity Choice campaign
Connect. Community. Impact. All are concepts evoked by the Charity Choice campaign, the annual opportunity for faculty and staff to demonstrate their appreciation for the Greater Cleveland community by designating funds to go to an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit of their choice, That includes…
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Case Western Reserve University part of a multi-million-dollar grant to combat opioid epidemic
As part of a recently announced $13 million federal grant to help combat the opioid epidemic in Northeast Ohio, Case Western Reserve University will play a big role in evaluating the project’s effectiveness. Under the new Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program, more than $2 million is earmarked…
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Study: Want more investors for your startup? Better make an impassioned pitch
One would expect that entrepreneurs who pitch their startup ideas with passion are more apt to entice investors. Now there’s scientific proof the two are connected: enthusiasm and financial backing. According to new research from Case Western Reserve University, the brains of potential investors…
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Fight against the mosquito bite
Research brings new understanding in the war against mosquito-borne diseases Research at Case Western Reserve University sheds new light on how mosquitoes behave and spread disease, adding to evidence that the insects responsible for millions of deaths per year are much more prolific biters than…
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5 things to know about… nurse midwifery
Care for women is at the heart of what nurse midwifes do. And Case Western Reserve University’s Nurse Midwifery Program has played an important role in Ohio for the profession. Based at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, the program is the oldest nurse midwifery program in the state of…
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Sonia Manzano—a pioneering figure in TV history—continues the 2019-20 Power of Diversity Lecture Series
Presenting “From the South Bronx to Sesame Street (A Puerto Rican Story),” Manzano will speak on campus Oct. 15 as part of the university’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Sonia Manzano—who broke ground as one of the first Latina actresses on national television, portraying “Maria” on Sesame…
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Living well, living longer with HIV-AIDS
Researcher at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing focuses on aging-related health issues among people living with HIV-AIDS A nurse scientist at Case Western Reserve University is further expanding her research on aging-related health challenges increasingly faced by people living longer with…