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Case Center for Synchrotron Biosciences assembles cutting-edge new beamlines at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y. Case Western Reserve University’s synchrotron facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory is on its way to becoming the No. 1 beamline facility for biology in the world by ear...

Northeast Ohio’s Arthur Chu gained national attention for becoming an 11-time Jeopardy! champion in March. Now he’s capitalizing on that fame to champion what he refers to as “nerd culture.” Chu, who also blogs for The Daily Beast, will present a lecture, “Revenge of the Nerds: Sex, Race, and Rage ...

As University Program Board (UPB) president, senior Erika Brentar has a hand in planning many of Case Western Reserve University’s events each year. She works to organize students groups, live music and more to provide memorable events for the undergraduate student body. And although she didn’t coor...

Student entrepreneurs from Case Western Reserve University will pitch their startup businesses to a panel of investors in a national competition in New York City Oct. 27-28. The first-ever Blackstone LaunchPad National Demo Day will pit 20 student startups from across the country—including three fr...

It began with a blastoff. And included a Broadway star. People went Beyond the Fence. And cheered a big win over the Bears. Case Western Reserve’s Homecoming Weekend welcomed graduates and parents alike with educational programs and social gatherings, a tradition-rich parade and alumni honors. M...

A common Asian spice and cancer-hampering molecules show promise in slowing the progression of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung’s lining often linked to asbestos. Scientists from Case Western Reserve University and the Georg-Speyer-Haus in Frankfurt, Germany, demonstrate that application of curcum...

Case Western Reserve University researchers hope to take a healthy salad up a level by growing a vaccine for an aggressive form of breast cancer in leafy greens. “In the long run, one could think about administering the vaccine either by eating the salad or making a pill from the plant tissue,” sai...

School of Medicine Dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics Chair Walter Boron, MD, PhD, have won election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM), one of the nation’s most prestigious societies for health and medicine. “We congratulate and app...

Dental anxiety can be so extreme for some patients that a simple cotton swab on the gums makes them flinch. And others, fearful of pain, simply avoid seeing the dentist, according to a new study by Case Western Reserve University dental researchers on when and how to use sedatives during dental proc...

Patients in critical condition are often incapable of making their own health care decisions. Instead, a family member or someone else may have to decide end-of-life care on the patient’s behalf. Ronald Hickman Jr., assistant professor of nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Cas...