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December 16, 2015
Case Western Reserve alumnus and trustee Jim Wyant is so quick to compliment and give others credit that some might overlook just how accomplished he is himself. But this year, university supporter Trevor Jones helped ensure people got a powerful reminder of Wyant’s extraordinary intellectual…
December 16, 2015
As the year comes to a close, members of the university community are encouraged to include local charities in their giving plans by contributing to the Charity Choice campaign by Friday, Dec. 18. Since the campaign’s Oct. 1 launch, 79 percent of the contribution goal has been met, with 59 percent…
December 15, 2015
Receive National Institutes of Health grants to lead image-analysis efforts Anant Madabushi Case Western Reserve University researchers have been awarded two grants totaling $3.16 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create analytic software for managing, annotating, sharing…
December 14, 2015
After walking through a prison yard chaperoned by corrections officers, a group of Case Western Reserve University students entered a cinderblock chapel to join their classmates—inmates at the Lorain Correctional Institution (LorCI). Together, they comprise the student body of “The Impact of Race,…
December 11, 2015
Much of Mano Singham’s time at Case Western Reserve University has been spent teaching teachers. That, combined with his work as a physics instructor, means he's had an impact—either directly or indirectly—on the lives of countless students over the years. Now, after more than a quarter-century on…
December 10, 2015
Combining nanotechnology with traditional chemotherapy drug and resistance-inhibitors A Case Western Reserve University researcher has received a five-year, $2.82 million National Institutes of Health grant to make, in essence, stealth bombs that slip past the brain’s defenses to attack an…
December 09, 2015
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Michigan have produced the first image of an important human protein as it binds with ribonucleic acid (RNA), a discovery that could offer clues to how some viruses, including HIV, control expression of their genetic…
December 09, 2015
Evergreen Industrial Batteries, a Valley View-based supplier of reconditioned and new forklift batteries, has captured the top rank for sales growth in the 2015 Weatherhead 100, the prestigious annual list of rapidly growing companies compiled by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School…
December 08, 2015
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine finding holds promise for repairing damaged hearing Hearing is made possible when hair bundles protruding from the tops of hair cells capture the energy of sound waves, converting them into electrical signals that stimulate the auditory nerve to…
December 08, 2015
Bryan Stevenson, one of the country’s most visionary legal thinkers and social justice advocates who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned, will present the keynote address at Case Western Reserve University’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. convocation. A…