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Action of a key lncRNA different in colon cancer versus normal colon tissue Genetics researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a novel long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), dubbed DACOR1, that has the potential to stymie the growth of tumor cells in the…

CWRU researchers, county to address sustainability, cybersecurity and other regional issues as part of new national MetroLab Network of civic leaders and universities Cuyahoga County and Case Western Reserve University will team up to analyze and tackle some of the region’s pressing concerns as…

Case Western Reserve University will welcome alumni, faculty, staff, students, family and friends to campus Oct. 8-11 for the Homecoming & Reunion Celebration—a weekend filled with more than 100 programs and events spanning schools and interests. With just more than two weeks until homecoming…

A new sexual assault climate survey shows that just over 8 percent of Case Western Reserve students consider sexual assault “very much or extremely problematic” on their campus—a figure less than half the average reported among 150,000 students at 27 of the country’s top…

Symone Alexander more or less stumbled into her career path. It took literally getting lost in the engineering building as an undergraduate at Howard University in order for her to find her true passion. “I knew nothing about engineering until undergrad,” Alexander, who started college as a…

John Brogan’s book, In Reflection of Nature, begins indoors. The Case Western Reserve senior describes sitting with his mother in her living room, listening as “she opened up to me for the first time about the intricacies and pain that go along with her continuing battle with cancer.” It is the…

A new ranking of national universities based on their “lasting contributions to society” puts Case Western Reserve 11th in the country, just behind Carnegie Mellon and ahead of Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell universities. Developed by researchers at Michigan State University and Duke University…

On Saturday night, as the rain poured down outside, hundreds of students and Residence Life staff gathered indoors to celebrate their first night in their new home. After a delayed opening, the new residence hall in North Residential Village officially opened for 290 upperclass students last…

A Case Western Reserve University graduate student turned a research paper into a field test that quickly determines whether an Asian carp invading Lake Erie is sterile or can reproduce. If proven successful, the technique could save money and time in the effort to keep the carp out of the Great…

Chippy Kennedy wants to get people talking. As the new Undergraduate Student Government president, he plans to make that happen. Traditionally, he noted, students have a reputation of being apathetic toward political issues on campus and what’s going on around them. But he is confident this…