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The countdown begins: Homecoming weekend is Oct. 13–16
With exactly two weeks left until homecoming weekend officially kicks off, the Alumni Association, student organizations and many others across campus are preparing for the festivities to begin. A full list of events, times and locations is available at case.edu/homecoming, but we’ve pulled out a f...
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Thomas J. Knab remembered for bridging divide between art and technology
Thomas J. Knab never looked for plaudits; instead, they found him: A Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, and the chief information officer in the College of Arts and Sciences, he earned an international reputation for his ear for music and his mind for technology. Courtesy of Quire Cleveland “Cl...
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New partnership with The Posse Foundation seeks to increase college access
CWRU, Posse Foundation to recruit and select 10 students to receive full tuition to join the Class of 2021 Case Western Reserve announced today that it has partnered with The Posse Foundation, a nationally renowned organization dedicated to increasing college access for promising urban students from...
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CWRU, natural history museum offer children’s programs during upcoming holidays
Students will explore the new Ralph Perkins II Wildlife Center & Woods Garden. Photo from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Children of Case Western Reserve faculty, staff and students can see new exhibits and participate in hands-on activities during two one-day camps next month. The unive...
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CWRU mourns passing of alumnus, longtime faculty member and administrator Arthur P. Leary
43 years of distinguished service covered multiple areas, from the physics classroom to athletics to planning and management A love of science—especially physics—drew young Arthur P. Leary from suburban Philadelphia to Case Western Reserve in 1941. Soon after, the university itself captured his pass...
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HoloAnatomy app tops Google, Sir David Attenborough to win international science media award
It takes pretty terrific technology to top Google. And extraordinary images to outdo Sir David Attenborough. Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic did both Wednesday, winning the immersive virtual reality and augmented reality category in the 2016 Jackson Hole Science Media Awards competition....
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Case Western Reserve University researcher hunts fossils of ancient climate change
A record of shifts in the environment and animal diversity and distribution may help scientists predict effects of current climate change Darin Croft, associate professor of anatomy at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, will try to start filling a gap in the fossil record of Sou...
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Computerized analysis of tissue slide images reveals underlying genomics of ER+ breast cancer
Quick and automated count of tubules correlates with current best—but expensive— genomic test determining who needs chemotherapy and who doesn’t The number of tubules in tumors may predict which women with estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer will benefit from hormone therapy alone and whi...
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Entitlement—a damning recipe for happiness
Entitlement—a personality trait driven by exaggerated feelings of deservingness and superiority—may lead to chronic disappointment, unmet expectations and a habitual, self-reinforcing cycle of behavior with dire psychological and social costs, according to new research by Case Western Reserve Univer...
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Unprecedented support: CWRU alumni and friends set yet more fundraising records
Case Western Reserve’s friends and supporters set another new all-time giving record in 2015-2016, committing $174.1 million to everything from scholarships and professorships to buildings and major research initiatives. The total is more than $7 million higher than last year, and represents the ni...