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5 questions with… admissions manager, consultant and alumnus Ted Evans
You’ve likely heard of TED Talks—but here at Case Western Reserve, TedListens. This Ted is Ted Evans (MGT ’95), a consultant and industry veteran who has had a successful 20-year career working with myriad companies, such as Accenture, A.T Kearney, Grainger, Intel, General Electric, Pfizer and…
CWRU offering child care option at natural history museum for President’s Day holiday
The President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) announced today that the university again is partnering with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) to provide Case Western Reserve families a unique option for President’s Day. “Health and Medicine” is the theme for this year’s…
55,000-year-old skull provides earliest evidence of modern man in vicinity of Neanderthals
Modern Europeans have inherited about 4 percent of their genes from Neanderthals, meaning the two groups mated at some point in the past. But the question is, where and when? Characteristics of a partial skull recently discovered in Manot Cave in Israel’s West Galilee provide the earliest evidence…
Coenzyme A plays leading role in nitric oxide function essential to cell metabolism
"Unanticipated" finding could shed light on sources of disease Case Western Reserve and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center researchers and physicians have discovered that the molecule known as coenzyme A plays a key role in cell metabolism by regulating the actions of nitric oxide. Cell…
Schubert Center for Child Studies sees success in Ohio’s juvenile justice reforms
Getting It Right: Realigning Juvenile Corrections in Ohio to Reinvest in What Works, a new publication by the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University, takes an extensive look at how Ohio has engaged in a fundamental shift in the way the state addresses the needs of…
CWRU, Cornell scientists secure prestigious Hartwell Award for collaborative research
The Hartwell Foundation presented a 2014 Biomedical Research Collaboration Award to Jonathan Sears, MD, of Case Western Reserve University, and Randi Silver, PhD, of Cornell University, for their research to overcome blindness and chronic lung disease in very early pre-term infants. Sears, an…
Senior qualifies for international student entrepreneur competition
Case Western Reserve University undergraduate student Khalid “Cal” Al-Dhubaib will compete this spring for the title of 2015 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year for founding a company to help doctors care for patients with chronic illnesses. The winner of the competition in Washington, D.C.,…
Contrary to popular belief, dental care for baby teeth is vital
$1.6 million dental study aims to correct parent/caregiver misperceptions to improve dental attention to children’s teeth Dental researchers hope to vastly improve oral health in children by countering a common misperception that dental care for baby teeth isn’t important because they just fall…
SAC Chair Barb Juknialis one of 10 ”Heroes Behind the Scenes" at Northeast Ohio employers
Staff Advisory Council (SAC) Chair Barb Juknialis has added another accomplishment to her list: She is one of 10 individuals across Northeast Ohio recently named a “Hero Behind the Scenes” in the inaugural year of the recognition program. As part of the honor, Juknialis, the administrative director…
University General Counsel Elizabeth Keefer to assume additional position of Senior Vice President for Administration
President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that University General Counsel Elizabeth “Libby” Keefer will assume the additional position of Senior Vice President for Administration, effective Jan. 20. Keefer succeeds John Wheeler, who announced his retirement Dec. 15. “John brought such enormous…