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Master of Science in Management-Healthcare classes to be offered at Global Center for Health Innovation
Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management’s Master of Science in Management-Healthcare (MSM-Healthcare) program is branching out into the Global Center for Health Innovation in downtown Cleveland. Two MSM-Healthcare courses—Health Finance and Health Decision Making and Analyt...
CWRU biologists find keys to driving a cockroach
Sensorimotor neurons in central complex encode for movements Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified neurons in a cockroach’s brain that control whether the insect walks slow or fast, turns right or left or downshifts to climb. By selectively stimulating these same neurons, t...
CWRU ranks among nation’s top institutions for percentage of undergraduates who study abroad
Student participation has more than doubled since 2010-11 school year For the first time in its history, Case Western Reserve ranks among the nation’s top 40 doctorate-granting universities in the percentage of its undergraduates studying abroad, according to a new report. With nearly 45 percent of...
Has Chicago’s $3.2 billion public housing makeover successfully re-integrated the poor?
New book from Mandel School faculty says no A $3.2 billion (and counting) transformation of Chicago’s notorious high-rise public housing has dramatically changed the urban landscape there, attracting affluent residents to segregated areas and catalyzing revitalization in long-marginalized neighborho...
Candlelight vigil Monday to show support for the victims of recent terrorist attacks
After Friday’s tragedy in Paris and recent incidents in other areas of the world, faculty have organized a candlelight vigil tonight to show solidarity with those affected. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., they invite members of the campus community to the Kelvin Smith Library oval for a moment of silence a...
Institute for the Science of Origins brings TEDxCLE to CWRU campus for the first time
This year marks the centennial of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity—a landmark scientific discovery with roots at Case Western Reserve University. In 1887, Case School of Applied Science physics professor Albert Michelson and Western Reserve University chemistry professor Edward Morley...
CWRU volleyball to compete in NCAA Division III Championships today
To understand elements of the Spartan volleyball team’s extraordinary success this season, just view this video of the players watching the NCAA Division III Championships Selection Show Monday. (One tip, though: Definitely turn down the volume before pressing “play”). First, they have laser-fas...
Technology Transfer Office’s Arlicia Headd passes away
Arlicia Headd always offered the same response to anyone who asked how she was doing. She would smile and say, “Just peachy!” With those two words alone she would brighten your day. Headd, a contract and compliance manager in the university’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), passed away Wednesda...
CWRU receives $2 million for smoking cessation research
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute research funding award goes to investigating a more effective approach to get patients to stop smoking Susan Flocke A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine team received $2 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCOR...
Study finds men can benefit from pelvic exercises after prostate cancer treatment
Amy Zhang Men with urinary leaks from surgery or radiation therapy for prostate cancer can benefit from “Kegel” exercises known for treating incontinence in women after giving birth, according to a Case Western Reserve University study. About 30 percent of prostate cancer patients nationally are a...