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Are you all [in]? Today is CWRU’s fifth annual Day of Giving
Today John Templeman is feeling the flip side of exceptional success: pressure to repeat the feat. As Case Western Reserve’s annual fund leader, Templeman directs the yearly All [in] Day of Giving, when alumni and other members of the campus community rally to encourage university contributions. Th...
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Video: Class of 2017 share post-grad plans—and CWRU's role in their success
How valuable is a Case Western Reserve University education? Recent grads say the in-class and hands-on learning, alumni network and more combine to help them find post-graduation success. At commencement last month, we talked to some members of the Class of 2017 as they prepared to take their degr...
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CWRU and ICBM Medical Inc. sign license agreement, advancing biosensor technology to screen and monitor prostate cancer, other medical conditions
Case Western Reserve University and ICBM Medical Inc. have signed an exclusive license agreement to further develop biosensor technology to provide low-cost, rapid patient screening and monitoring for a range of critical clinical conditions, from prostate cancer to concussions. Licensing, issued th...
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5 questions with… med student, humanities magazine co-editor Helen Sun
Third-year medical student Helen Sun is helping her colleagues’ work get published. But in this effort, she’s not focused on getting scientific articles into journals. Instead, she and her classmates conduct “peer reviews” of poetry, photography, drawings and other creative endeavors from faculty, ...
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Drug-delivery method holds promise for controlling crop parasites
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are applying drug-delivery technology to agriculture to control parasitic roundworms more effectively and safely. The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other researchers estimate, largely because th...
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Engineering researchers apply data science to better predict effect of weather and other conditions on solar panels
In a new study, a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Gebze Technical University (GTU) in Turkey used data science to determine and predict the effects of exposure to weather and other conditions on materials in solar panels. Using data science to predict the deterioration ...
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Areas of vacancy in Cleveland overlap with “hot spots” of violent crime and lead exposure, new study finds
Significant pockets of concentrated vacancy in Cleveland co-occur with hot spots of lead exposure, violent crime, homicide, weapons violation and aggravated assaults, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University. Seeking to better understand the spillover effects of vacant properti...
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5 questions with…CWRU EMS chief Paul Halliday
At a family party a few years ago, Paul Halliday watched on as his uncle, an EMT, calmly provided aid to a young cousin who'd fallen from a slide. In the panicked situation, Halliday didn’t know what he would have done if his uncle hadn’t been there. And that’s when he realized: “Everyone should k...
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Engineering Dean Jeff Duerk named UMiami provost
The University of Miami announced this morning that Case School of Engineering Dean Jeffrey L. Duerk will become its next executive vice president and provost, effective July 1. “Case Western Reserve has been my professional home for nearly three decades,” Dean Duerk said. “It was just 30 years ago...
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CWRU mourns passing of grounds crew member Anthony Furlan
Services for Case Western Reserve grounds crew member Anthony Furlan will be held today (May 31) at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Parish (at the corner of E. 200th Street and Lakeshore Boulevard, Euclid). Furlan, who joined the university in 2001, died last Wednesday. He was 51. Before his passi...