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March 28, 2016
The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) has awarded full accreditation to Case Western Reserve University’s Human Research Protection Program, a designation that assures research participants, researchers, sponsors, government regulators and the general…
March 25, 2016
After two years at Case Western Reserve University, Maia Delegal knew first hand the amount of stress college students can face, whether it be from academics, extracurricular activities, missing home or some combination of those and other factors. That’s when she realized something was missing on…
March 24, 2016
In a move to expand its international presence and influence, the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine has signed a six-year agreement to train junior faculty from Qassim University—a public university in Saudi Arabia—in specialties of oral health and care. A delegation from…
March 23, 2016
Disposal of medical waste is not the most glamorous issue in global health, yet the risk it poses to health workers, community members, and the environment is significant in resource-poor locations around the world. At rural health clinics in Uganda, for example, medical waste—from wrappers to used…
March 22, 2016
Good health involves more than hard science. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act acknowledged this reality by encouraging engagement in patients’ social spaces. Two years later, the people responsible for the national medical school admissions exam showed they recognized it too, adding a section on…
March 21, 2016
The year after Harvey Buchanan retired from Case Western Reserve in 1988, the university and Cleveland Museum of Art began holding an annual lecture in his name, to recognize the indelible impact he had on the arts in the area. This year, the lecture will have a layer of sorrow, as Buchanan,…
March 18, 2016
The past four months have been busy for Temi Omilabu. When she wasn’t setting new university track and field records—which she promptly broke again and again—she was planning tonight’s Spring Comedian Show, featuring Demetri Martin and Michael Che. As the University Program Board’s director of…
March 17, 2016
Cleveland Humanities Festival: Remembering War brings together 20 of Northeast Ohio’s cultural institutions for artistic, educational and performance events While war exposes our capacity for brutality, the humanities offer the possibility of understanding—and transcending—it through art, thought…
March 16, 2016
Case Western Reserve placed three degree programs in the nation’s top 10 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of graduate programs released today. The university also saw its health law program stay in the top 10, and the medical school stay in the top 25. The Frances Payne Bolton…
March 15, 2016
Eight of Case Western Reserve University’s health care experts—with fields ranging from neurology to dental medicine—earned spots on this year’s Crain’s Cleveland Business 2016 Health Care Heroes list for excellence in their fields. The recognition “puts the spotlight on those working each day to…