Featured

To broaden students’ entrepreneurial opportunities and help others around the world, Case Western Reserve is one of six universities to join the inaugural Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a social entrepreneurship business plan contest that aims to improve the lives of Tibetans living in refugee camps…

Goal for therapeutics is to improve cognitive function in persons with this neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative condition Thanks to the generosity of a philanthropy dedicated to children’s issues, renowned Down syndrome researcher Alberto Costa has taken yet another step toward making…

Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer Sue B. Workman announced the appointment of Michael Kubit as Case Western Reserve’s new deputy chief information officer, effective this month. Kubit, who has served as the division’s interim chief operations officer…

Case Western Reserve scientists discover low-intensity service draws socially anxious youths into peer support essential for recovery Maria Pagano A team led by Case Western Reserve researchers has identified a potentially powerful approach to lowering relapse rates among the ranks of those…

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University has selected Martha C. Nussbaum, who The New York Times once described as “the most prominent female philosopher in America,” for the 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize. Case Western Reserve has awarded the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…