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Denise Caterinacci has an early childhood memory of wondering why the United States did not have a king. She recalls hearing her Italian grandparents, who immigrated to Cleveland in the early 1900’s, talk about monarchies who ruled their native country. Raised in a household bustling with visits…

Pronounced alterations in heart rate variability may contribute to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) Doctors have long characterized epilepsy as a brain disorder, but researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found that part of the autonomic nervous system functions differently…

This year, the campus community will come together once again for Relay for Life Saturday, April 16, at 11:30 a.m. at the Bill Sudeck Track at the North Residential Village. This year’s event will be 15 hours—down from last year’s 18—and will conclude at 3 a.m. Sunday, April 17. The event’s…

So-called millennials consider their generation the most narcissistic ever. Older generations agree—but think the narcissism goes even beyond what millennials admit. Joshua Grubbs For millennials (adults born between 1980 and 1994, and also known as “Generation Y”), this assessment by their…

Recently, the Division of Information Technology Services (ITS) discovered suspicious attempts to compromise Case Western Reserve University user accounts via the password reset tool. The password reset tool allows members of the university community to reset their password in the event that they…

International law authority examines right to use force in self-defense against threats within a nation that can’t or won’t stop terror attacks An urgent need to respond with force to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has permanently changed the use of self-defense in international law to…

More than 1,000 stakeholders and community members are expected to visit Research ShowCASE April 15 to see the latest innovations from faculty and students at Case Western Reserve University. Among them: Four of the university’s most prominent researchers, who will be recognized as Faculty…

Senior biomedical engineering major Henry Wu died unexpectedly this weekend. He was 22. Wu, from the Woodhaven neighborhood of Queens, New York, arrived at Case Western Reserve in 2012 after graduating from Stuyvesant High School, an elite specialized secondary school in New York City. While at…

At 6,219 strong, graduate students represent the largest group of campus community members. And whether through groundbreaking research, teaching and mentoring, or leadership of organizations—and oftentimes all of the above—these students help shape Case Western Reserve University. Since 2012, the…

Mindfulness is often viewed as either a touchy-feely fad or valuable management tool that can lift an entire workplace. A new comprehensive analysis of mindfulness research, co-directed by a management scientist at Case Western Reserve University, suggests the latter—that injecting a corporate…