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During many lunch hours, the gentle sounds of the lute would emanate from the first-floor Haydn Hall office of Stephen H. Toombs, who often used that time to practice the instrument he so loved. “Those quiet sounds seemed as much a part of the building as the bricks on the wall,” said David…

User research, community feedback and technological advancements guide the next phase of online news at CWRU When we last overhauled The Daily, the Tinkham Veale University Center was no more than an architect’s drawing. What’s now Uptown was still a mass of construction fencing, metal and…

As students move back into residence halls beginning this weekend, they may notice some unique new visitors on the quads or near their favorite hangouts. A Poliwag near Tinkham Veale University Center. Whether or not you’ve played the game, you’ve likely at least heard of Pokémon Go, and you…

Case Western Reserve University’s newest residence hall will bear the name of one of its most prominent graduates and political trailblazers, the late Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones. On Tuesday, the university's Board of Trustees approved the designation of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Residence…

$1.2 million gift provides initial funding Judson Services Inc. and the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University recently announced a collaborative effort to create an endowed position that will serve both organizations. The cornerstone of what will be named the…

Recording smart phone video “selfies” of tooth-brushing can help people learn to improve their oral health care techniques, according to a new study. While most people have the motivation, innate ability and desire to brush their teeth properly, they often do not because of they use an improper…

Gregory “Greg” Graham was so admired by his distance-learning students that, invariably, when he was introduced the first time they gathered on campus, they’d erupt in applause. Graham’s dedication to teaching was so great, colleagues, at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing said, that he…

Jon Whitney, a postdoctoral research associate in the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics in Case School of Engineering’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named by Case Western Reserve University as a 2015 Hartwell Foundation Fellow. He was recognized for his…

Morton Mandel Case Western Reserve University alumnus Morton L. Mandel (CWR ’13) titled his senior capstone project It’s All About Who for good reason: Among his most longstanding and central principles of leadership is the critical importance of attracting and keeping the most talented…

The body’s most common amino acid just may provide a path to slow the growth of certain colon cancers. Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine led an international team in demonstrating that depriving certain kinds of colorectal cancer cells of glutamine suppresses the ability…