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Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing will begin training predoctoral and postdoctoral researchers to study people with multiple chronic illnesses in hopes of discovering better methods for managing such a complex combination of illnesses. The school of nursing…

Two Case Western Reserve University students will spend the next year abroad as recipients of Fulbright Scholarships. Michael Bane, a fifth-year PhD candidate in music, is the third Fulbright Scholar from the music department in the last three years; he’ll study French musical history in Paris.…

Seldom in history has more attention been paid to the issue of sexual misconduct on the nation’s campuses—by media, government officials and universities themselves. Case Western Reserve University has adapted its policies to align with federal guidelines. It has expanded education and training.…

As think[ box ] manager, Ian Charnas (CWR '05) is as much a fixture at Case Western Reserve University’s innovation center as one of the 3-D printers or laser cutters anyone is free to create and tinker with there. He’s also deeply involved in the center’s upcoming move and expansion from snug…

A Case Western Reserve University researcher has won a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to create tiny sensors capable of detecting insecticides in Lake Erie or determining subtypes of human cancers. Nicole Steinmetz, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and Mt. Sinai…

Megan Holmes Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have begun studying 1,700 children from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) database to understand how mothers and siblings can protect abused children who have witnessed family violence. “I want to focus on…

Researchers hope to improve dental health by changing caregiver behavior Studies have long associated low-income areas with poor oral health. But dental researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University of Washington sensed that other factors related to income may be at work—in…

Only university awarded in national competition Brian Grimberg, lead researcher and assistant professor of international health While the industrialized world has been free of malaria for 50 years, the disease remains a major humanitarian issue that affects the health and quality of life of…

Last month, President Barbara R. Snyder announced a Friday early release program for university staff in June and July. In a time of financial constraints that limit available raise amounts, the initiative represents an effort to demonstrate the university’s appreciation of the extensive…

To illustrate his message to Case Western Reserve University graduates and their friends and families Sunday, commencement speaker Barry Meyer recalled a magazine cartoon that stuck in his memory for years. The strip showed a casket at the front of a funeral parlor that was nearly empty, with a…