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Case Western Reserve to lead multi-institutional ”Big Data” project
Federal grant supports design of platform for collection, analysis of different kinds of data Satya Sahoo Case Western Reserve University is one of three institutions nationwide to win federal "Big Data" grants focused on developing ways to ensure the integrity and comparability of the reams of…
CWRU researcher awarded grant to help make biomedical network data more accessible to speed health discoveries
Mehmet Koyuturk The amount of biomedical data being generated nationally is exploding, and holds great promise for research. The data is often organized in the form of networks, which provide insights into interactions among the components of biological systems, such as molecules, genes and…
Rising junior wins competitive Department of Defense SMART Scholarship
Before her junior year even begins, aerospace and mechanical engineering major Diana Illingsworth already has a plan for how she will pay for the final two years of her college career, and it comes with a unique opportunity—a post-graduation job. Thanks to a generous Science, Mathematics and…
CWRU researchers find key protein controls nutrient availability in mammals
Case Western Reserve researchers already demonstrated that a single protein plays a pivotal role in the use of nutrients by major organs that allow for the burning of fat during exercise or regulating the heart’s contractile and electrical activity. Now they have found a new benefit of Kruppel-like…
Microsoft highlights CWRU, Cleveland Clinic partnership in new video
Last spring, Case Western Reserve University Radiology Professor Mark Griswold told the world about ways Microsoft’s new HoloLens technology could transform teaching and learning. Last week, President Barbara R. Snyder and medical student Satyam Ghodasara joined Griswold in providing more details…
School of Law to begin one-year patent practice master’s degree program this fall
First-for-Ohio program seen as attractive career option for those with engineering or science academic background Case Western Reserve University School of Law is launching a one-year master's in patent practice degree program this fall semester. A first of its kind in Ohio, the program is…
5 questions with…Case Western Reserve Detective Sgt. Dan Schemmel
Editor's Note: As of June 30, 2019, Case Western Reserve uses Rave Guardian. CWRU Shield is no longer active and should be deleted from all mobile devices. Download Rave Guardian on the App Store and Google Play. Daniel Schemmel was an undergraduate with an undecided major when a criminal justice…
3-D views reveal intricacies in intestines that could lead to discoveries for inflammatory bowel disease
Case Western Reserve scientists find mouse models of IBD most closely resembling human forms of the illness Fabio Cominelli A technology whose roots date to the 1800s has the potential to offer a new advantage to modern-day medicine. In findings published this month in Nature Communications,…
New study shows prepared safety net improves care, saves money in Medicaid expansion population
Randall Cebul A new study published in the July issue of Health Affairs, the preeminent journal on health care policy, found that poor, uninsured patients who enrolled in a Medicaid-like insurance plan had better care and health outcomes than those who remained uninsured. In addition, across all…
CWRU musicologist is first to identify Leonardo da Vinci in 1505 engraving, solves mystery in Shakespeare comedy
Ross Duffin, the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music at Case Western Reserve University, recently solved not one, but two mysteries in the arts world. First, he figured out a puzzle about Shakespeare’s comedy Love’s Labour's Lost. Weeks later, he discovered what appears to be a depiction of…