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5 questions with… Brooke Tyus, alumna, law student and journal editor
After graduating with a psychology degree from Case Western Reserve University, Brooke Tyus didn't necessarily expect to return to the classrooms of her alma mater. But nearly a decade later, that’s where she found herself—starting her second year of law school, after transferring from a part-time…
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Giving back: CWRU offers week full of volunteer opportunities to faculty, staff and students
From providing tutoring to serving meals, Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff contribute to the surrounding community in many ways throughout the year. This month, though, campus volunteers will have the opportunity to serve together during Community Week, Monday, April 16,…
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Case Western Reserve University researchers making a difference for LGBTQ youth in foster care
Between 3 and 8 percent of children in the United States identify as LGBTQ, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA. But for children in foster care, the number is as high as 19 percent. Children with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are at greater risk for issues such as…
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Understanding the smallest brain circuits
Case Western Reserve researchers reveal how anatomically distinct microcircuit brain networks suppress each other, compete and collaborate Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found a previously unseen pattern among the rapid-firing neurons inside the brain, one that reveals how…
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Accurately identifying aggressive head and neck cancers
Case Western Reserve University computational imaging center gets $3.15 million federal grant Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) is leading a partnership working toward the first clinical trials to determine the aggressiveness…
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Risky sexual behavior stems from physical abuse for boys, marijuana use for girls: study
What leads to risky sexual behavior in adolescence seems to vary by gender, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. For boys, there’s a direct connection to child abuse. For girls, marijuana use appears to be a risk factor. “In social science research there are so many…
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Cat-like 'hearing' with device trillions times smaller than human eardrum
Case Western Reserve University researchers make dynamic advances with new atomically thin device Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing atomically thin “drumheads” able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than what we can hear with the…
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5 questions with… Esports Club President Avery Zhou
The esports industry—also known as competitive video gaming—is on the rise globally, and the Case Western Reserve University campus is no exception. On the international scale, that growth is indicated by the 2018 Global Esports Market Report by market intelligence company Newzoo. In it, Newzoo…
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School of Law plays essential role in advocating for bail reform in Cuyahoga County courts
Case Western Reserve University, along with Cleveland Marshall College of Law and the Metropolitan Bar Association, provides legal expertise in county’s Bail Task Force, which recently released its much-anticipated report Money shouldn’t be the only reason defendants are detained during bail…
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Double danger
Case Western Reserve,  Stanford University and Uganda Heart Institute address childbirth issues for women with rheumatic heart disease Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)—or the rheumatic fever that causes it—as more than a historical footnote.…