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CWRU law students prepare and file "friend of the court" brief for U.S. Supreme Court
Case involves how government handled detentions after 9/11 terror attacks Four students at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law can now say their experiences include preparing and filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief for the United States Supreme Court in a civil case inv...
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Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
Potential biomarker of disease appears to be free of troubling image variability Preliminary computerized imaging reveals the shape of the prostate and a compartment within the gland—called the transitional zone—consistently differ in men with prostate cancer than those without the disease, accordin...
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5 questions with… Forbes “30 under 30” honoree, MD/PhD candidate Gloria Tavera
During medical mission trips to Appalachia when she was younger, Gloria Tavera recognized the economic injustice many of the people she was helping faced—and she wanted to fight it. “We weren’t going to solve the problem by going there and giving them gift cards to Walmart,” she said. “Someone was ...
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Faculty Senate condemns President Trump’s Jan. 27 Executive Order
Case Western Reserve’s Faculty Senate this week condemned President Trump’s Jan. 27 Executive Order regarding entry of refugees and individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries. By a vote of 30-2, the university’s representative body for faculty Tuesday passed a resolution that called the ...
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Nearly 400 Cleveland children to receive free care at School of Dental Medicine
Nearly 400 students from Cleveland-area public schools will receive free oral exams and other dental care from faculty and students at the Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine on Feb. 3 as part of the 15th annual national Give Kids a Smile Day. Ronald Occhionero All children will receiv...
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During record-setting week, Kara Hageman earns national player of the week recognition
For the first time ever, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) bestowed its Division III Female National Player of the Week accolade on a Case Western Reserve University athlete. On Tuesday, USBWA selected Kara Hageman, a junior forward, for the honor. “It means a lot to me to receive thi...
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Improving health of grandparents taking on stresses of parenting aim of new $2 million NIH grant
As the number of grandparents caring for grandchildren full time continues to swell, so do the stress-induced health risks associated with such a demanding responsibility. Now, a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow researchers at Case Western Reserve Univer...
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School of Medicine’s Brian Grimberg receives Fulbright Scholar Award
Will conduct research on malaria-detection device and teach in Peru Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, infectious diseases and immunology at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a Fulbright U.S. Schola...
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Case Western Reserve’s Weatherhead School of Management designs creative approach to full-time MBA recruitment
Business management schools compete for the best, brightest and most creative MBA students. This competition requires schools to think differently about how they source potential applicants. With that in mind, Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management is testing a new appro...
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Brain health collaboration wins grants
A city-wide initiative that aims to make Northeast Ohio an epicenter of brain health research and care has won $1.5 million in support from The Cleveland Foundation. The grant to Case Western Reserve, host of the Cleveland Brain Health Initiative, is the largest that the project has received to dat...