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Powerful protein promotes post-injury regeneration, growth of injured peripheral nerves
Case Western Reserve scientists demonstrate CCL2 activates healing inflammatory immune responses and gene expression The peripheral nervous system is a vast network of nerves that exists primarily outside of brain and spinal cord and connects to the far reaches of the body. The very expanse of perip...
After D.C., economics’ Susan Helper brings national experiences to CWRU
Served key roles with White House Council of Economic Advisers and Department of Commerce As they interact with Susan Helper in the classroom and on research, students at Case Western Reserve University are getting a chance to learn first-hand what goes into national economic policy-making at the hi...
Helene Fuld Health Trust awards scholarship grant for nursing graduate students
During a 10-month teaching assignment in Cairo last year, recent college graduate Zoey Przekurat started to lose her hair. But it wasn’t from the stress of managing an elementary school classroom. The pollution in the Egyptian capital was so pervasive, Przekurat explained, that it caused many peopl...
Alumnus, author and philanthropist Morton L. Mandel Wins American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Scholar-Patriot Award
John Adams. John Hancock. George Washington. Benjamin Franklin. Thomas Jefferson. Alexander Hamilton. This august list includes the founders and early members of one of the nation’s oldest organizations dedicated to the importance of ideas and learning. As of this month, 2013 Case Western Reserve g...
New School of Law mural showcases Cleveland—and collaboration
A new mural in Case Western Reserve’s School of Law melds landmarks across Cleveland on a single canvas teeming with color. But the 4-by-9-foot artwork does more than exhibit regional pride in the atrium of George Gund Hall. Given by the law school’s class of 2015 and crafted by Cleveland School of...
CWRU wins prestigious national award for campus internationalization
Case Western Reserve University has been selected to receive the prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education, honoring the university’s innovative and successful programs in campus internationalization. Created in 2001 by the Institute of International Education (IIE...
President’s Day child care available at Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Case Western Reserve families again have a University Circle option for child care during the President’s Day holiday next month. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is collaborating with the President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) to offer children a one-day camp covering everythin...
5 questions with… Food Recovery Network leader Shadi Ahmadmehrabi
The Food Recovery Network’s mission is simple: “Fight waste and feed people.” Food waste is an ever-growing problem in the United States, especially on college campuses like Case Western Reserve University. But across the city, there are many who don’t have enough to eat. “We don't have to think a...
CWRU scientist at nursing school to lead new gene-modifying cystic fibrosis research
A scientist at Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will lead a pair of studies to develop more effective treatment for symptoms of cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and progressively limits the ability t...
As HIV patients live longer, updated guide helps patients navigate new territory
In the 35 years since the emergence of HIV, treatments of the disease—and patient lifespans—have dramatically improved. “With medications, many HIV-positive people can now expect normal, healthy lives,” said Allison Webel, an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bo...