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University to launch summer early release program
President Barbara R. Snyder today announced a campuswide pilot program to provide employees early release on Friday afternoons this summer. Launched with the unanimous support of President’s Cabinet, the initiative represents an effort to reward members of the university community for the exemplary ...
CWRU’s oral pain specialists among small group treating complex health issues, according to new survey
Andres Pinto, an orofacial pain and oral medicine specialist at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, often feels like the doctor in the television series House, solving medical mysteries each week. Pinto is among about 700 facial pain and oral medicine specialists nationally w...
Drugs stimulate body’s stem cells to replace the brain cells lost in multiple sclerosis
Approach may offer new way to reverse disability in multiple sclerosis patients Two FDA approved drugs were found to stimulate stem cells in the brain and spinal cord to regenerate to the protective coating around neurons that is damaged in diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Illustrator: Megan Ke...
Student entrepreneurs compete in 2015 Spartan Challenge for more than $20,000 in start-up funds, mentoring
Foot-powered mobile phone charger for developing countries takes first place More than $20,000 was at stake—funding that could give a promising student business idea a real boost. Sixteen student teams entered the Spartan Challenge, Case Western Reserve University’s annual business start-up conte...
Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative seeks spot in Student Executive Council
Case Western Reserve undergraduates have until 11:59 p.m. next Friday (April 24) to vote on a proposal to add a new student organization to the seven that now decide how their activities fees are spent. The Undergraduate Diversity Collaborative (UDC) is an umbrella organization that includes studen...
5 questions with…professor, Research ShowCASE board chair Pete Zimmerman
Pete Zimmerman knows first-hand the value of research and impact it can have on the world. Throughout his career, the professor of international health, biology and genetics has worked toward the prevention of malaria in Papua New Guinea and Madagascar. Zimmerman’s work aims to understand the epide...
”Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us” selected as common reading book
Author, acclaimed social psychologist Claude M. Steele to speak at fall convocation Claude M. Steele was a young boy when he first realized how being black could define his identity and shape his world. He was walking home with friends on the last day of school in Chicago when he discovered that ...
Attend Relay For Life April 18-19 to celebrate, remember and fight back
On Saturday evening, the Coach Bill Sudeck Track in North Residential Village will glow in remembrance of those who have lost their battle with cancer and in support of those who are fighting it. The 8:15 p.m. Luminaria Ceremony is one of the most recognizable events of the 18-hour Relay For Life, w...
CWRU researchers find possible trigger to skin fibrosis
Radhika Atit When her father was diagnosed with lung-scarring pulmonary fibrosis, Radhika Atit, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University, began digging into every detail about the disease. The cause of fibrosis, the aberrant hardening of organ tissues, is often unknown,...
Researchers uncover obstacles that prevent people with RHD in Uganda from receiving life-saving penicillin
Penicillin has nearly eradicated rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in the United States. But 15 million people still suffer from the disease worldwide, and 1.4 million die each year, according to the World Heart Federation. Access to penicillin can prevent deaths from RHD. Researchers from Case Western...