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Robots reading feelings
Researchers boast 98 percent accuracy for robots recognizing facial cues; could improve video gaming today, health care tomorrow Robots are getting smarter—and faster—at knowing what humans are feeling and thinking just by “looking” into their faces, a development that might one day allow more…
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Case Western Reserve University alumnus launches Center for Environmental Law with $10 million gift
Alumnus Coleman P. Burke’s contribution—the law school’s largest-ever—will support interdisciplinary education and research Nearly a decade after endowing a professorship in honor of his law school mentor Leon Gabinet, alumnus Coleman P. Burke (LAW ’70) has committed $10 million to establish a…
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Tips for getting around campus safely
Editor's Note: As of June 30, 2019, Case Western Reserve uses Rave Guardian. CWRU Shield is no longer active and should be deleted from all mobile devices. Download Rave Guardian on the App Store and Google Play. Editor’s Note: This is a follow-up to the piece earlier this month on campus safety.…
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Five honored with 2019 Faculty Distinguished Research Award
Last Friday, members of the Case Western Reserve University community gathered in celebration of all levels of research on our campus. And the annual Research ShowCASE also offered an opportunity to recognize some of the university’s most prolific scholars with the presentation of the Faculty…
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Senior Megan Masterson wins prestigious Gates-Cambridge Scholarship
To senior Megan Masterson, astronomy is “curiosity about the world on the largest scales.” That curiosity has driven her studies at Case Western Reserve University in the classroom, in the lab and through outreach efforts. Masterson, who will graduate from Case Western Reserve University in May…
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Spirituality as ‘Resourcefulness’
Case Western Reserve University nursing researcher weighs adding meditation and prayer to her trademarked ‘Resourcefulness Training’ toolbox Spirituality could soon become a third pillar in a trademarked stress-reduction program developed by researchers at the Frances Payne Bolton School of…
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Legendary actor Ed Asner to honor Holocaust Remembrance Day with live performance of The Soap Myth at Case Western Reserve
On Saturday, May 4, seven-time Emmy Award- and five-time Golden Globe Award-winner Ed Asner will star as Holocaust survivor Milton Saltzman in The Soap Myth at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University. Asner performing The Soap Myth with actress Tovah…
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New “interspecies communication” strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered
Study describes molecular language bacteria use to control host genes and development Bacteria in the gut do far more than help digest food in the stomachs of their hosts; they can also tell the genes in their mammalian hosts what to do. A study published recently in Cell describes a form of…
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CWRU, Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Museum of Natural History join forces to expand research, education opportunities A team of world-class science researchers and educators at Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Cleveland Museum of Natural…
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Showing off discoveries and scholarship, Research ShowCASE marks its 15th year
Friday, April 19, event kicks off with keynote by journalist from NPR and The Guardian Mona Chalabi At Case Western Reserve University’s Research ShowCASE 2019, hundreds of scholars and students will be on hand to describe and discuss how their discoveries are advancing knowledge, creating value…