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Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center and around the world will perform the largest fire-safety experiment ever in space when the unmanned Cygnus cargo module backs a safe distance from the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for this afternoon...

This summer, Case Western Reserve University will welcome Elena Foulis as the new director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. “We are delighted to have Elena accept our invitation to lead the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women,” said Lynn T. Singer, deputy provost and vice president for a...

New data challenges conventional wisdom about rape among scholars, advocates, police and prosecutors The testing of nearly 5,000 forgotten and backlogged rape kits in Cuyahoga County has led to investigations, indictments, prosecutions—and, already, more than 250 convictions. But besides bringing j...

In August 2012, hundreds of first-years arrived on campus—some eager, some nervous, and all preparing to start the next phase of their lives as Case Western Reserve University students. Less than one month ago, many of those same students crossed the stage to accept their diplomas and move on to ye...

Working in collaboration with the university’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), four Case Western Reserve faculty recently secured state funding awards to help them move their research from the campus to the marketplace. The awards involve three projects that could bring significant benefits to pa...

Elementary students who practiced playing at school significantly improved their organization of stories, imagination and frequency in showing emotion, according to a study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University. Students who struggled using their imaginations before the study also saw m...

Popular music thrives as a form of entertainment, but it also influences history and culture—from songs that stoked public support for U.S. involvement in World War I to today’s artists addressing race and gender issues through their work. To further research and awareness of the importance of popu...

The first third-party app in the Microsoft HoloLens store comes not from a video game giant or 3D design leader, but instead a Cleveland-based university and hospital. HoloAnatomy goes beyond the on-stage demonstrations that hundreds of thousands watched in person and online during the last two yea...

Case Western Reserve staff cited increased compensation, clear career ladders within job families and an additional floating holiday as their top priorities in the climate survey conducted this spring. The university-wide initiative began in 2014 at the urging of the Staff Advisory Council (SAC), an...

Case Western Reserve’s second summer of giving employees two hours of paid leave on Fridays begins this Friday, June 3—just in time for the program to get its new name, "CWRU Take Two." The suggestion, from University Events’ Laura Klingler, emerged as the favorite among 376 entries in an online co...