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John Ruhl, the Connecticut Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has won a 2016 John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring—despite that he says he doesn’t consciously mentor. “We train graduate students using an apprenticeship model—we work side by side for a long time,”…

A doctoral student struggling with personal issues and stress from the workload had neglected his research and missed self-imposed deadlines for six weeks last summer when he got a text from his advisor, asking to meet. The PhD student arrived at Ronald Hickman Jr.’s office begrudgingly, expecting…

Five Case Western Reserve University junior faculty members have been awarded National Science Foundation CAREER grants, bringing more than $2.5 million for research to campus. The five-year grants support the scientists as they delve into how nanopartical organization controls properties of…

Research may offer clue into biologic role of these genes in tumor progression Little is known about the molecular basis of aberrant protein glycosylation, a complex enzymatic process that is a hallmark of many human cancers—including colorectal cancers (CRC). Yet in a recent study published in…

Effort to understand risks of treatment, and prognostic clues to long-term outcomes Prostate cancers are either low-grade, low-risk forms that may be monitored but otherwise untreated, or they’re serious enough to require surgery and radiation. Monitoring can cause patients anxiety. Radical…

This week, members of the Class of 2016 are preparing for and taking their last set of final exams before they walk across the stage to get their degrees. One year ago, another class of seniors were in the same situation. Less than a year later, more than 86 percent of those graduates—the Class of…

Case Western Reserve University today announced the appointment of three accomplished executives to its Board of Trustees, each with strong roots in Northeast Ohio. Thomas Mandel is chief executive officer of the Rubber City Radio Group in Akron, Bob Pavey is partner emeritus of Morgenthaler…

As an athlete, Logan Glosser has always known the importance of eating well and exercising. So when deciding on a career path, nutrition seemed to be the obvious choice. The Toledo, Ohio, native opted to study at Case Western Reserve University, where he could continue his soccer career as a…

Additional seating is available to the Case Western Reserve University campus and Cleveland community for the special advance screening of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Civil War. The screening will be held at 8 p.m. Monday, May 2, at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The…

When Case Western Reserve staff first participated in a campuswide climate survey in 2014, one of the suggestions offered became the basis for a summer program where employees could leave two hours early on Fridays—and still be paid for the time. This week marks the launch of the second staff…