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Case Western Reserve researchers accurately predict how well body will fight lung cancer—based on patterns of immune cells Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered how to quickly and accurately predict which lung cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy by analyzing how…

The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) initiative, founded in 2013 to help cities and organizations refine their mixed-income development strategies and shape public policy, is now an independent center at Case Western Reserve University. Originally administratively housed…

Students from the School of Dental Medicine provided free dental care to more than 200 people as part of the annual Admitting Days dental clinic at Case Western Reserve University on Sept. 17 and 18. More than 80 third- and fourth-year students and residents participated in the clinics each day,…

Case Western Reserve’s contributors outdid themselves in the final full year of the Forward Thinking capital campaign, contributing a record-breaking $208 million in gifts and pledges—and setting more than a dozen more all-time highs in individual categories. “The generosity of our alumni and…

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Vice President for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity Marilyn Sanders Mobley will step down from her role at the end of this academic year. The first person to fill the then-newly created cabinet-level position, Mobley came to Case Western…

Child-star-turned-law-professor Charlie Korsmo returns (briefly) to acting, co-starring in his first role in 20 years At the height of his acting career in the early 1990s, Charlie Korsmo abandoned acting and became a lawyer—and later a law professor at Case Western Reserve University. Most of his…

New research shows that the body’s own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections. A team of Case Western Reserve University researchers found that antibiotics actually kill the  “good” bacteria keeping infection and inflammation at bay. Scientists have…

A new report calls for Case Western Reserve to provide undergraduates a more coherent and coordinated experience during their time on campus—both within and outside the classroom. After more than a year and a half of work and feedback among faculty, students and staff, the Provost’s Commission on…

Case Western Reserve scientist lands $600,000 NASA grant to develop better systems for filtering CO2 in air; a possible step toward converting it to useable oxygen for future space travelers If humans are going to someday successfully rocket their way to Mars, we’re going to have to figure out how…

A significant change to U.S. News & World Report’s methodology has sent Case Western Reserve’s Best Colleges ranking below 40 for the first time in eight years. This year, the magazine removed or lowered the weight given to several admissions-related categories, and replaced those with two new…