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The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded Case Western Reserve University an additional $500,000 grant for a campus-based translational research fund to help faculty researchers advance and commercialize their innovations. The new round of funding follows an initial award of $500,000 in 2016,…

Case Western Reserve’s next provost and executive vice president will be Ben Vinson III, an accomplished historian of Latin America now serving as dean of George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts & Sciences. “Ben Vinson III will bring an exemplary record of leadership,…

On March 15, six startups—each with at least one current Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) student or recent alum—will pitch professional investors for $50,000 in prizes in the first-ever “demo day” of the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition. Register for a free ticket to this on-campus…

For mathematicians, getting to the “aha” moment can be a frustrating exercise. But in a field where it’s common to be wrong, Elizabeth Meckes has found passion. And those times when everything does align, she said, are “beautiful.” “Those moments of clarity—those moments of ‘I suddenly see the…

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…