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Researchers find support team can help caregivers manage end-of-life treatment, decisions
Many caregivers of terminal cancer patients suffer depression and report regret and guilt from feeling they could have done more to eliminate side effects and relieve the pain. So researchers from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University devised and tested an…
5 questions with… new School of Dental Medicine dean, alumnus Kenneth Chance
For Kenneth B. Chance, his appointment as dean of the School of Dental Medicine completes a cycle. “I can now give back,” he said, “all of the training, all of the experiences that I’ve had over the years.” A Bronx native, Chance, DDS ’79, studied at Case Western Reserve University School of…
School of Medicine researchers discover long non-coding RNAs can encode proteins after all
Case Western Reserve Investigators discover novel cellular genes by uncovering uncharacterized RNAs that encode proteins Case Western Reserve School of Medicine scientists have made an extraordinary double discovery. First, they have identified thousands of novel long non-coding ribonucleic acid…
School of Medicine, Weatherhead School of Management to offer dual degrees in biomedical sciences, business
New graduate degrees a response to career opportunities created by changes in health care To prepare students for increasing job opportunities generated by the changing health care environment, Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine and Weatherhead School of Management are offering…
Researchers to test body’s natural antibiotic as possible tool for detecting oral cancers
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and the Department of Otolaryngology at University Hospitals Case Medical Center will collaborate on a pilot study to examine whether an abundance of naturally occurring antibacterial proteins in the mouth can predict the development of oral…
CWRU’s new Farm to Food Desert program begins with produce tastings, cooking tips
It’s one thing to learn how to grow fresh produce. It’s quite another to know what to do with it once harvested—especially if you’ve never tasted or cooked with it before. So the new Farm to Food Desert program at the Case Western Reserve University farm in Hunting Valley began recently with an…
5 questions with… Mandel School grad student, comics scholar Valentino Zullo
All superheroes have an origin story—a backstory that delves deeper into the character’s history. Valentino Zullo, a second-year graduate student in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, has his own origin story—the story of how he came to study comics. Vera Camden,…
New weekly summer series to feature live music, local food and Uptown specials
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to attend tonight’s opening of a new weekly summer concert program, The Beat UPTOWN. Featuring genres ranging from folk to blues to jazz and punk, the open-air series will run from 6 to 9 p.m. every Thursday through Aug. 28 at the…
CWRU researchers, collaborators receive NIH grant to study genetics of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a five-university collaboration receiving a $12.6 million, four-year grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to identify rare genetic variants that may either…
University, Law Professor Issue Joint Statement
Case Western Reserve and Professor Raymond Ku are pleased to announce that they have resolved their differences in a manner that will conclude Professor Ku’s litigation against the university and its former law-school dean. Ku has been a tenured professor at Case Western Reserve’s law school since…