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December 22, 2016
At Case Western Reserve, the power of young minds is demonstrated every day. Now, two women who exemplify this power are being honored for their early career and civic contributions. Lyvian Loh, a first-year part-time MBA student, and Jennifer Sweet, assistant professor of neurological surgery,…
December 21, 2016
Editor's Note: The opening paragraphs of this article have been edited for clarity. Two days after greater Cleveland learned of an officer-involved fatal shooting 26 miles southeast of campus, the Case Western Reserve University community learned that the individual killed was Saif Nasser Mubarak…
December 21, 2016
International students are invited to submit questions and ideas for upcoming meetings designed to increase their understanding of U.S. law enforcement policies and practices. Among the many benefits of studying abroad is experiencing contrasts among countries, whether they involve higher…
December 20, 2016
Roman souvenirs and a Christian cult in India: Art history wins two prestigious national fellowships
Odds are long for any application for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship—only about 7 percent are awarded. Even longer are the odds that two professors from the same department each receive one of the prestigious grants in the same year. Unlikely as it may be, Erin Benay and…
December 20, 2016
Program renewed for second year; now accepting students and software ideas CWRUcible, a novel software development program based in the university’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), proved so successful in its first year that it’s just been renewed for a second. The program teams Weatherhead…
December 19, 2016
Case Western Reserve University receives third round of federal funding Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are scaling up a prototype iron-flow battery to provide cleaner and cheaper power when renewable energy sources are ebbing or demand is peaking. The battery would also efficiently…
December 16, 2016
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost William A. “Bud” Baeslack encourage all faculty and staff to stop by the annual Adelbert Hall Open House this afternoon. With food and drink on every floor, the event provides members of the university community an opportunity to gather with friends and…
December 15, 2016
Family members of the more than 10 million adults with bipolar disorder in the United States often see their own heath suffer from the demands of taking care of them. With a four-year, $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, nurse scientists at Case Western Reserve University will…
December 15, 2016
Recent years have marked a dramatic transition from paper to electronic medical records. Simultaneously, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems allow for the creation of medical “big data”—massive collections of electronic data that can be used for medical research, public health initiatives and…
December 14, 2016
Below is an updated version of last week’s report. The Case Western Reserve law student killed by a Hudson police officer Dec. 4 was shot five times, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office reported yesterday. The information came a day after Ohio authorities announced that Saif Nasser…