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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…
May 29, 2015
Mary Barkley isn’t afraid of change. In fact, she’s often the one inciting it—especially when it comes to advancing the status of women in academia, and in the sciences in particular. Barkley’s achievements in the area of inclusion—both for women and minorities—earned her the American Chemical…
May 28, 2015
Case Western Reserve University’s Association for Continuing Education (ACE) volunteers have been sorting, packing and loading hundreds of boxes of books and other items to prepare for the 69th Annual CWRU Book Sale, scheduled to run from Saturday, May 30, to Tuesday, June 2. An estimated…
May 28, 2015
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and CWRU School of Medicine to expand minority fellowship and interprofessional education
The KeyBank Foundation announced a grant of $2 million to Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, which will support a combined effort to enhance and…
May 27, 2015
Treating gum disease reduced symptoms of prostate inflammation, called prostatitis, report researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and the Departments of Urology and Pathology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Previous studies have found a link between…