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No matter how bad his illness became, Donald Harris never gave up on his dream: to become a doctor who helped patients battling, just as he was. When the Case Western Reserve senior scored in the 97th percentile on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) last fall, his dream felt even closer to…

A Case Western Reserve University alumnus and Nobel Prize winner known as a pioneer in education and research passed away late last month. Alfred G. Gilman, MD, PhD (MED ’69; GRS ’69, pharmacology), a Nobel Laureate in physiology and medicine, died in Dallas at the age of 74. Gilman earned the…

From high-speed blood tests to virtual hugs, innovation infrastructures to insights More than 30 Case Western Reserve University students, staff and alumni will showcase their inventions, startup ventures and entrepreneurial and innovation resources on a global stage: CES, produced by the Consumer…

Mice are tumor-free and protected from metastases after treatment The shells of a common plant virus, inhaled into a lung tumor or injected into ovarian, colon or breast tumors, not only triggered the immune system in mice to wipe out the tumors, but provided systemic protection against metastases,…

Four early-stage tech companies at Case Western Reserve University each will receive $50,000 from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission to further develop and bring their products to the marketplace. The Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund (TVSF), which provides grants to…

Research findings could lead to diagnostics and treatment for the eye disease In one of the latest examples of precision medicine, teams of geneticists from nine countries, involving more than 100 scientists, analyzed the genes of more than 33,000 individuals in the hope of finding genetic…

Win federal grant to examine high-frequency electrical stimulation to spinal cord A researcher at Case Western Reserve University has been awarded a four-year, $2.4 million federal grant to uncover how high-frequency electrical stimulation to the spinal cord reduces or eliminates chronic…

President Barbara R. Snyder today announced a new campuswide initiative involving two annual holidays in November and December. Starting next week, university administrative offices will be able to close at 3 p.m. on Dec. 23 in those years when Dec. 24 is a designated university holiday. The other…

When Suneil Kamath picked up violin as a child, he immediately felt a passion and appreciation for music—one that he’s carried with him ever since. But when he traveled to India in high school to visit family, Kamath was shocked to realize his cousins didn’t have the extracurricular opportunities,…

Mark Hans’ interest in treating craniofacial deformities was sparked when his mentor, B. Holly Broadbent, invited him on a shadowing experience at the Craniofacial Clinic at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. It was 1982, and he’d just joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve University…