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Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect a change in date. Case Western Reserve will test its emergency notification systems—including its outdoor speakers—at noon Thursday, March 15. The test is being conducted over spring break to reduce its impact on the campus community. In…

Law journal article raises the strategy’s legal, ethical implications To keep rising health care costs in check, many health insurers have adopted a strategy known as “step therapy,” a policy requiring patients to try cheaper drugs first—and find them to be ineffective—before approving pricier…

This spring, Case Western Reserve’s 121 Fitness Center will relocate and expand its Uptown location, tripling its space and adding a more robust schedule of fitness classes within the University Circle district. Now called 121’s Uptown Cycle, the operation will be renamed and move from its space…

A Case Western Reserve University professor is joining an interdisciplinary group of 19 experts in academia from around the country speaking out against gun violence. Daniel J. Flannery, a professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, is part of a national…

New games—now on display at MOCA—explore what's next in health care, transportation and finance From left: Professor Youngjin Yoo; Manoj Malhotra, dean of the Weatherhead School of Management; and artist Simon Denny at the opening of The Founder's Paradox Just as playing Monopoly helps…

Uganda “treatment cascade” increases patient continuation in care Billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars have been invested in Africa over the past 15 years to improve care for millions suffering from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, yet health systems on the continent continue to struggle. What if the…

The third-year law student with “unparalleled character” at Case Western Reserve University rose to national prominence through her work on chronic traumatic encephalopathy Near the end of her first semester in law school, Alison Epperson’s longtime boyfriend, Zac Easter, took his own life after…

Perhaps the biggest expression of appreciation in last Friday’s “Thank Beyond the Possible” event was President Barbara R. Snyder’s announcement that, going forward, the university would add paid days off between Christmas and New Year’s to give staff a work-free holiday week. But thanks to a…

Along with the expected cookies, cupcakes and raffle gifts, Staff Appreciation Day also came with a surprise. Midway through remarks that encouraged the campus community to express gratitude to staff every day, President Barbara R. Snyder cited the university’s most recent effort to demonstrate…

The “Thank Beyond the Possible” event this Friday is shaping up to include a whole lot of appreciation for staff. Scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 2, in the Smith Commons of the Tinkham Veale University Center, the celebration of Case Western Reserve staff will include opportunities to win…