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Social work students begin new integrated health training for at-risk adolescents, families
A new training program at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences aims to close the gap in behavioral health care services for high-risk youth and young adults. The school will launch the Health Integration Training Expansion (HITE)…
Consider contributing to CWRU’s Charity Choice campaign
As the semester winds down and the holiday season ramps up, university leaders are asking faculty and staff to include others less fortunate in their gift-giving plans. The university’s annual Charity Choice campaign closes next Friday, Dec. 19, and organizations that depend on donors are counting…
Weatherhead 100 awards recognize Northeast Ohio’s sales growth leaders for 2014
Mongoose Metrics LLC, a Northeast Ohio telecommunications marketing research company in Independence, has captured the top rank among 2014 Weatherhead 100, the prestigious annual list compiled by Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. The call-tracking company,…
Case Western Reserve to lead $27.3 million federal grant for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
SUDEP Center Without Walls to incorporate basic and clinical science expertise of eight U.S. epilepsy centers and one U.K. epilepsy center Case Western Reserve is one of two universities in the country selected to lead a $27.3 million international effort to identify the causes of a mysterious and…
30th annual Doc Opera variety show set for Dec. 12
Thirty years of performances to benefit the Cleveland community? That's something to sing about. This weekend, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine will present the 30th annual Doc Opera, a student-run variety show composed of musical…
5 questions with…alumna, 42-year university employee Chris Ash
Chris Ash earned a history degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1972. Instead of heading elsewhere to pursue a career like most of her fellow graduates, she stayed. Ash became an administrator in the Department of Geology, embarking on what would become an accomplished 42-year career with…
Scientists design peptide to promote functional recovery following spinal cord injury
Case Western Reserve scientists developed a new chemical compound that shows extraordinary promise in restoring function lost to spinal cord injury. The compound, which the researchers dubbed intracellular sigma peptide (ISP), allowed paralyzed muscles to activate in more than 80 percent of the…
Corner Alley adds to Uptown’s appeal
Those stressed by this month’s final papers and exams have a new option to assuage anxiety: crash some pins. Starting Wednesday, an upscale bowling experience is available in Uptown—specifically at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road. With 17 lanes, event space, two bars and a…
Today is #GivingTuesday; support your favorite campus cause
Throughout the year, the university’s student-run emergency medical service (EMS) provides medical support to faculty, staff and students. In 2013, 60 members of the campus community gave back to the organization by donating nearly $500 through Case Western Reserve’s first-ever foray into the…
Nursing school awarded grant to study link between brain and health behavior change
A five-year, $2.35 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research will allow researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University to study how brain activity motivates the chronically…