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5 questions with…chemistry department chair, diversity award winner Mary Barkley
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…
More than 70,000 books, collectibles, CDs and more available at CWRU’s annual book sale, May 30-June 2
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…
KeyBank grants $2 million to Cleveland medical schools for integrated learning model
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…
Treating gum disease reduces prostate symptoms, CWRU researchers find
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…
NIH grant supports training that could lead to better management of multiple chronic illnesses
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 students selected as Fulbright Scholars for 2015-16
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.…
University appoints new associate vice president for student affairs/Title IX coordinator
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.…
5 questions with…alumnus, think[box] manager Ian Charnas
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…
Biomedical engineering's Nicole Steinmetz awarded NSF CAREER grant
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…
CWRU researchers look at sibling relationships and maternal warmth to help abused children
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…