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March 31, 2015
Amphibian blends to surroundings, changing skin from smooth to spiny A frog in Ecuador’s western Andean cloud forest changes skin texture in minutes, appearing to mimic the texture it sits on. Originally discovered by a Case Western Reserve University PhD student and her husband, a projects…
March 30, 2015
For students stressed about upcoming examinations and papers, Donald Feke feels your pain. The university’s vice provost for undergraduate education, Feke has led a team of faculty and staff through the arduous, exhaustive process of preparing for Case Western Reserve’s biggest test—a…
March 27, 2015
Senior Imani Scruggs is a product of alchemy. No, not the medieval chemical science. Rather Alchemy Inc., a mentoring program for adolescent black males in Akron. The program, founded by Scruggs’ father, Kwame, provides positive role models for young men and uses mythological storytelling in…
March 26, 2015
The man who helped bring Harry Potter to the multiplex will offer insights about the drama that is life when Case Western Reserve University holds commencement exercises Sunday, May 17. Retired Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer (LAW ’67) will share lessons learned over 42 years at the…
March 26, 2015
When three third-year students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law were offered an unexpected chance to use their spring break getting real-time immigration law experience where it matters most, they quickly agreed. Harrison Blythe, JoAnna Gavigan and Madeline Jack spent the week at…
March 25, 2015
Case Western Reserve University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will present Washington, D.C.-based award-winning journalist, social activist and political commentator Jeff Johnson as keynote speaker for its 25th annual Unity Banquet and Scholarship Benefit. The event, which recognizes the…
March 25, 2015
If Diane could reverse time, she never would have slammed the door—an act of teen frustration and ongoing family conflict that finally got her kicked out of her mother’s house. Thus began a cascade of events that, a few years later, led to her pregnancy at age 19. Diane is one of 108 teenage moms…
March 24, 2015
Finding could open unique avenues for treating illness Case Western Reserve University scientists have discovered that speed matters when it comes to how messenger RNA (mRNA) deciphers critical information within the genetic code—the complex chain of instructions critical to sustaining life. The…
March 23, 2015
Nutrition and weight-loss research in adults with disabling conditions is still in its formative stages Matthew Plow A review of nutrition and weight-loss interventions for people with impaired mobility found strategies are sorely lacking for people with neurological disabilities, according to a…
March 20, 2015
Early in life, senior Stephanie Hippo’s parents gave her sound advice: “You can complain about something, but until you do something about it, you’re just part of the problem.” Two years ago, Hippo encountered a problem—the lack of women in computer science—and decided to do something about…