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June 11, 2015
It’s rare when an entire academic journal is dedicated to a single scholar. But Annals of Science did just that, devoting a recent issue to the contributions of Alan Rocke, Case Western Reserve University’s Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History and Distinguished University Professor. The…
June 10, 2015
Weatherhead School of Management Department of Design & Innovation project assists family-run Rittman Orchards
A family-run business near Doylestown and Rittman in Northeast Ohio is well known for growing and selling a wide variety of apples, as well as other fruits and vegetables. Now, with…
June 09, 2015
Pushpa Pandiyan Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have unraveled one of the mysteries of how a small group of immune cells work: That some inflammation-fighting immune cells may actually convert into cells that trigger disease. Their findings, recently…
June 08, 2015
Instrument’s super-magnification of retina would enhance early detection of eye disease and could accelerate developing new eye therapies Krzysztof Palczewski Imagine an instrument that peers deep inside the eye and sees how well the retina’s cells function. Such advanced technology would…
June 05, 2015
Chanelle Brown first showed up for the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) camp at Case Western Reserve in 2004—and she keeps coming back, year after year. Brown has been involved with the program for 11 years—first as a camper, then as a volunteer and now as a staff member. “She’s just an…
June 04, 2015
Presenting research in front of large crowds is nothing new for Case Western Reserve University scholars. But on Friday, three researchers will share stories that go beyond what audiences have heard before, as speakers at TEDxCLE 2015 // UNTOLD. Anthony Jack, Lee Ponsky and Brandy Schillace are…
June 03, 2015
This Friday begins the launch of Case Western Reserve University’s early release pilot program, in which employees will have the opportunity to leave work at 3 p.m. on eight designated Fridays in June and July—without any commensurate decrease in compensation. Announced this spring by President…
June 03, 2015
As a high school student, Anna Sklenar initially studied Spanish and Chinese. But after hearing about the study-abroad scholarships available to students learning “critical languages,” or those that are less commonly taught, she made the change to Russian—a culture toward which she felt an…
June 02, 2015
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University combined finely crafted nanoparticles with one of nature’s potent disrupters to prevent the spread of triple-negative breast cancer in mouse models. The highly aggressive cancer subtype is difficult to manage and the FDA has no approved targeted…
June 01, 2015
Creating one governing body to represent all graduate and professional students was a process years in the making. This spring, Graduate Student Senate (GSS) and Graduate Professional Council (GPC) independently voted in favor of merging the two groups to form Graduate Student Council (GSC). The…