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Eleanor “Nell” Davidson came to Cleveland in 1983 as a nephrology fellow at University Hospitals, where she expected to spend the next three years honing her specialty in treating kidney disease. But after working a few hours a week in Case Western Reserve’s University Health Service, she soon foun...

Results could lead to new anti-inflammatory probiotics Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have shown a high-fat diet may lead to specific changes in gut bacteria that could fight harmful inflammation—a major discovery for patients suffering from Crohn’s disease. Crohn’...

Two federal grants target improving outcomes for breast cancer patients, preventing fatal blood clots Nicole F. Steinmetz, the George J. Picha Professor in Biomaterials, member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and director of the Center for Bio-Nanotechnology at Case Western Reserve Universit...

In any year, being an international student comes with its share of challenges, from passports to housing to cultural differences. But in today’s tumultuous political climate in the U.S. and abroad, students looking to enroll in another country can face even greater obstacles. This week, more than ...

Julia Blanchette (CWR ’14), a PhD student at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, still remembers how distressed she was when she was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 7. She also has never forgotten how much better she felt about living with diabetes when she attended a summer cam...

Strategies lawyers often use to prepare for a civil trial can drive up costs to clients and make those lawsuits more complicated and time-consuming than necessary, according to a Case Western Reserve University law professor. In a new research paper published in the Fordham Law Review, Case Western...

Chemists at Case Western Reserve University have found a way to possibly store digital data in half the space current systems require. From supercomputers to smartphones, the amount of data people generate and collect continues to grow exponentially, and the need to store all that information grows...

Case Western Reserve’s 2016 annual report told the university’s story from the perspectives of others—journalists, videographers, people posting on social media, and more. Now that report itself is making news. It is one of just 16 entries—among more than 3,364 submitted—to receive a Grand Gold aw...

In her job, Laura Altieri is accustomed to being behind the scenes. So when she was named to the Crain’s Cleveland Business “20 in their Twenties” list, she was in unfamiliar territory: the spotlight. As proposal developer at the Great Lakes Energy Institute, she plays a crucial role in securing gr...

One in four Ohio children will experience domestic violence before reaching adulthood, according to a new study. The lifetime cost from these experiences is nearly $2.2 billion, including $476 million in increased health care, $600 million associated with crime and $1.1 billion in productivity loss...