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Researchers discover way to treat abnormalities in fetal brain development in mice
An international team led by Case Western Reserve researchers has discovered a way to treat abnormalities in fetal brain development in mice that eliminates the animals’ symptoms of neurological disorders in adulthood. The study, which began when two of the key researchers now at Case Western…
5 questions with… Ohio’s Outstanding Music Educator Gary Ciepluch
When the Ohio Music Education Association sought outstanding teachers and mentors to recognize with its annual honor, Gary Ciepluch’s former students inundated the organization with nominating letters. In all, 42 letters were submitted in honor of Ciepluch, each one detailing the impact he had on…
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Through artworks hidden in plain sight, a new look at French slavery (and enslavement)
By Pierre-Yves Beaudouin (Own work) [GFDL (gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsA painted medallion depicting turbaned slaves in chains at the feet of Louis XIV adorns a ceiling at the Palace of Versailles, likely noticed—or its…
CWRU researchers discover brain waves may spread by weak electrical field
Mechanism tied to waves associated with epilepsy Researchers at Case Western Reserve University may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain. Their discovery could lead to identifying possible new targets to investigate brain waves associated with memory and epilepsy…
How can animals in captivity live better? Give them choices, researcher finds
Exercised or not, providing options lowers animals' stress and improves behaviors Give animals in captivity choices in food, whether to spend time inside or out, to be with others or alone, and their general welfare improves—even if they don’t choose new options—a PhD student at Case Western…
National political media contributor, author to headline this semester’s Power of Diversity lecture series
Marc Lamont Hill, a noted political analyst for national media, author, professor and social-justice activist since his early years in Philadelphia, will be the next featured speaker in the Power of Diversity lecture series at Case Western Reserve University. Free and open to the public, Hill’s…
5 questions with… Case Engineers Council President Abigail Advincula
As a sophomore, Abigail Advincula tagged along with some friends to the Engineers Week Banquet—the culminating celebration of Engineers Week, hosted by the Case Engineers Council. After that first event, Advincula was hooked. Now a polymer science and engineering senior, Advincula is president of…
Pulitzer-winning "All the Light We Cannot See" selected as common reading book
Author Anthony Doerr was on a train to New York City to meet with his book publisher in 2004, when the man riding in front of him lost his mind over a dropped cellphone call as they passed through a tunnel approaching Manhattan. “I began asking myself, ‘How did we all get to the point where we…
CWRU researcher developing better method to ensure safety of medications
United Nations Human Rights Council safe-medicines resolution motivates Soumyajit Mandal’s research Fake or low-quality medicines and food supplements are an ongoing global problem in underdeveloped nations, although technology-savvy places, such as the United States, are also not immune. A…
CWRU receives funding to lead research in energy storage for defense, aerospace industries
Funding establishes campus-based Center of Excellence with university and corporate partners The State of Ohio’s Federal Research Network (FRN) awarded Case Western Reserve University $1.65 million over two years to research and develop energy storage resources for the defense and aerospace…