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Case Western Reserve selects multidisciplinary research teams to turn collective ideas into translational projects
Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative selects first round of team development retreats Case Western Reserve University’s Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) has selected six teams to participate in the first round of Team Development Retreats. The Community and…
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Survey to be distributed on sexual assault, misconduct on college campuses
Next week, Case Western Reserve students will have a second opportunity to share their perspectives on the university’s climate regarding sexual assault and misconduct. All students—undergraduate, graduate and professional—will receive email invitations to participate in an online, confidential…
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Economics students team up with women’s literacy activist in southern Israel
On March 25, Amal Abu-Alkom—advocate for female entrepreneurship and education—will speak at Case Western Reserve University and meet with students Last May, Jessica Stoner, then a first-year student at Case Western Reserve University, traveled overseas for the first time. She and her Weatherhead…
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First-year student Justine Boyle passes away
Case Western Reserve today is mourning the loss of Justine Boyle, a first-year student who passed away off campus early Tuesday. She was 18. Boyle had just returned from a spring break trip to Greece that was part of the Classics course “Athens: In Search of Socrates.” She was one of 13 students…
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Reducing number of repeat offenders by improving re-entry system
$1 million federal grant seeks to aid inmates re-entering society People who re-enter society from prison with unresolved issues are more likely to commit more crime and head right back to jail, according to government statistics. A new partnership between the Case Western Reserve University…
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Case Western Reserve University startup, NervGen Pharma, raises $7.5M from initial public offering
NervGen Pharma Corp., a Vancouver-based company founded to develop regenerative-medicine technology licensed from Case Western Reserve University, raised about $7.5 million ($10 million in Canadian dollars) from an initial public offering. Shares of NervGen began trading on the Canadian TSX…
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Study: In making banks less risky for consumers, the Dodd-Frank Act produced mixed results—at best
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in 2010 to promote economic stability and protect consumers in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, is showing mixed results, according to a new study by Case Western Reserve University. Most banks in the United States are not taking fewer risks, while others…
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Ohio Attorney General awards funding to Case Western Reserve’s Human Trafficking Clinic
The Human Trafficking Program at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law is expanding its community outreach, education and survivor identification with a new round of state funding. The Ohio Attorney General’s Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA) recently awarded the initiative $425,000 to…
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Case Western Reserve University students head to Costa Rica to improve village’s water system
Humanitarian Design Corps group looks to put final touches on pipeline installed a year ago For residents of one Costa Rican village, the main source of water had to travel from a well to a storage tank through a leaky pipeline. As a result, the community endured frequent water shortages,…
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Case Western Reserve graduate, professional programs rank on 2020 U.S. News & World Report list
Just months before the first students arrive at the Health Education Campus (HEC) of Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic, the university’s largest school received welcome news from U.S. News & World Report. It stands as the nation’s 24th-ranked research medical school this year, one…