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CWRU welcomes new Alumni Association leader
After spending nearly two decades in Florida—a state where temperatures average in the mid-70s in winter—Bradford Crews knows Cleveland’s cold will require an adjustment. But so much about Case Western Reserve appealed to Crews that he quickly warmed to the idea of moving here to lead the…
Novel algorithm identifies DNA copy-number landscapes in African-American colon cancers
An algorithm dubbed ENVE could be the Google for genetic aberrations—and it comes from Case Western Reserve University. Remember the World Wide Web before the famed search engine? The web offered extraordinary amounts of information, but no consistently reliable way to secure relevant…
5 questions with… postdoctoral fellow, research advocate Lynn Ulatowski
Last month, Lynn Ulatowski joined students and postdoctoral researchers from across the country on Capitol Hill as part of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Hill Day. There, they explained the impact of their work to legislators—and urged them to vote in favor of…
New $2.9 million federal grant supports faculty loan program to nursing school
A new $2.9 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Service Administration for the 2015-16 academic year will support efforts at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing to build a corps of professional nurse educators. Combined with support from the…
New study links prenatal cocaine exposure to engaging in sex by age 15
Since 1994, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have studied mothers—some who used cocaine while pregnant and others who did not—to understand how the drug affected their children’s cognitive and social development. Their latest findings suggest a link between prenatal cocaine exposure…
Medical student injured in hit-and-run accident in charity bike race
A Case Western Reserve University medical student known for always giving to others now needs the community’s assistance as he recovers from a near-deadly injury suffered during a cancer research fundraiser. Life Flight had to transport second-year student Brady Tucker to MetroHealth Medical…
CWRU signs option agreement with Wholesome Wave to launch FM Tracks app
Technology to help farmers’ market managers better understand and serve customers FM Tracks, a new digital app designed to help farmers’ markets and local healthy foods initiatives manage and evaluate federal nutrition incentive programs, launched Monday, July 13. The new technology, created to…
5 questions with… Leonard Gelfand STEM Center’s director of engineering Me’lani Joseph
When Me’lani Joseph was 11 years old, she and her mother lived in Tanzania near a village where many homes lacked running water and electricity. Though her home had those luxuries, she never forgot the experience of seeing others go without them. “That really stuck with me as an 11-year-old,” she…
Red5 Pharmaceuticals attains exclusive license from Case Western Reserve University
Patented DNA modification technology shows potential to improve chemotherapy as treatment of various cancers Biopharmaceutical startup Red5 Pharmaceuticals LLC has executed an exclusive license from Case Western Reserve University to further develop procedures during chemotherapy using a patented…
Student entrepreneurs collect accolades, cash awards
The power of ideas paid student entrepreneurs handsomely during the school year. In all, they won more than $200,000 in competitions. Their budding businesses are striving to make flying safer and cheaper, enable the world’s poorest to recharge phones and power lights, help health care workers…