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Making solar panels last longer
Researchers use machine learning to better gauge failure of solar panels; could lead to longer-lasting panels, lower costs Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have taken a crucial step toward increasing the lifespan of photovoltaic solar panels and potentially lowering solar-energy…
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Cleveland Clinic’s Toby Cosgrove, renowned heart surgeon and 13-year hospital CEO, named Case Western Reserve University’s 2018 commencement speaker
Toby Cosgrove, MD, the innovative health care leader who extended Cleveland Clinic’s reach from Abu Dhabi to London in 13 years as CEO, will address Case Western Reserve’s graduates May 20 as the university’s 2018 commencement speaker. Cosgrove, who now serves as the hospital’s executive adviser…
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"Taylor Fest" set for Thursday
Physics department symposium honors professor Philip Taylor for 80th birthday Interested in a lively discussion Thursday on black holes and cosmic inflation? How about a guest lecture on anthropogenic climate change and planetary wave resonance from climatologist Michael Mann? Or maybe you’re…
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New research shows what we know (and don't) about serial rapists
With unprecedented access to data from Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Case Western Reserve University researchers gaining better understanding of sexual offenders New research from Case Western Reserve University has experts re-thinking what was previously believed about the patterns of…
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Case Western Reserve University law student named “2018 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing” award winner
Leah Slyder, a third-year student at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has been named a “2018 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing” award winner. The Burton Awards, in partnership with the Library of Congress, presented by lead sponsor Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar…
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5 questions with… Allie Mooney, captain of the School of Law's Jessup team
The last time a law school from the United States won a world championship in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition was 2008. The law school was Case Western Reserve University. The current Case Western Reserve team is hoping to repeat that result as the squad heads to…
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U.S. News & World Report ranks several CWRU degree programs, specialties among top 10
Add one more entry into Case Western Reserve’s list of efforts that U.S. News & World Report rates among the nation’s top 10. Along with degree programs in nursing and social work that achieved lofty positions in the rankings released this week, the law school’s Health Law specialty moved up…
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Swimmer Drew Hamilton among the top student-athletes in the NCAA
This week marks the culmination of senior Drew Hamilton’s collegiate swimming career, as he competes in the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships in the 500-yard freestyle, 400-yard individual medley and 100-yard freestyle. And though the competition has just begun, he’s already…
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Students organize week of events to explore food-related issues
Several student organizations—including Food Recovery Network and Slow Food CWRU—are uniting around their common causes: food and hunger. This year, students Madeline Garb and Naveen Rehman are leading the effort to put on the third annual Food Symposium, which is themed “Food, Health and…
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Startup goes inside our blood, draws top pitching prize at new CWRU contest
What’s in a drop of blood? For most of human history, gleaning useful data from a substance as plentiful as people proved to be an expensive exercise that matched inefficiency with inexactness. No more—if Punkaj Ahuja can help it. “Blood is universal in a way few things are,” said Ahuja (CWR…