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October 25, 2017
Wrist-device concept monitors wearer’s cardiac health in real time They thought they had no chance. After all, most of the 150-plus competitors comprising 22 teams in last weekend’s Cleveland Medical Hackathon at the Global Center for Health Innovation downtown were health professionals with PhDs…
October 23, 2017
“Smart” technologies and connected systems—enabled by “the Internet of Things” (IoT)—are profoundly changing how people live and work. To support research that helps communities understand and adapt to that transformational change, the National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated a Smart &…
October 20, 2017
"What do you think an addict is?" That was the question Sheryl Hirsh, assistant director of the Laura and Alvin Siegal Jewish Lifelong Learning Program, posed to more than 100 law enforcement officials at the Ohio Attorney General's Law Enforcement Conference last fall. Some answers included:…
October 19, 2017
To Our Students, Faculty and Staff: I write today to condemn the anti-LGBTQ flier recently posted on the campus of Cleveland State University (CSU) and to reaffirm Case Western Reserve’s commitment to support diversity and inclusion. The flier, discovered as CSU’s first LGBTQ+ Center opened,…
October 18, 2017
Streamlining investigations and prosecutions of opiate dealers is goal of three-year U.S. Department of Justice-funded research Seeking faster indictments and prosecutions of drug dealers after opioid overdose deaths, Case Western Reserve University researchers will rework protocols followed by…
October 17, 2017
More than 1,800 faculty and staff completed Case Western Reserve’s benefits survey this month, and on two points in particular, their consensus is clear: When it comes to out-of-pocket costs, they prefer predictability, and they are willing to spend more to keep the same services…
October 16, 2017
CWRU chemical engineering students conduct electrostatic experiments, experience Asian culture for summer project A trio of Case Western Reserve University students this summer began a three-year research project in a western China wind tunnel that could play a role in advancing our understanding…
October 16, 2017
Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University are refining more than 15 years of work on an electrical nerve-block implant, focusing their next step on new applications related to treating asthma and heart failure. Niloy Bhadra The research by Niloy Bhadra, an assistant…
October 13, 2017
Edwin Pacheco Colón had never heard his mother so scared. Calming her as she crouched in her room, he stayed on the line while Hurricane Maria battered her home and the rest of Puerto Rico. Then, silence. For days. And not just from his mother—nothing came from family members spread around the…
October 13, 2017
The people leading the search for Case Western Reserve’s next provost want to hear from the campus community. Starting next week, the Provost Search Committee will hold a series of open meetings to learn more about the knowledge, talents and experiences people would like to see in the university’s…