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Entitled attitudes appear to be linked to sexism—even among women, according to a personality study by psychologists from Case Western Reserve University and San Diego State University. In general, entitled men are more likely to endorse hostile views of women and entitled women are more likely to e...

Case Western Reserve University researchers discovered landmarks within pluripotent stem cells that guide how they develop to serve different purposes within the body. This breakthrough offers promise that scientists eventually will be able to direct stem cells in ways that prevent disease or repair...

The next radio broadcast of Talking Foreign Policy examines the international law implications of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, including uncertainty about what the clash of American and Russian interests means for United States foreign policy. The program, titled "Russian Roulette," is scheduled ...

Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack announced today that Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO) Mark Henderson has accepted an appointment to become the CIO of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He will begin his new position in August, pending approval of the UIUC Board of Trustees. H...

Case Western Reserve University pitcher Rob Winemiller, a junior from Twinsburg, Ohio, was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 25th round (744th overall) of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. Winemiller is only the second player in team history to be selected in the MLB Draft. Third baseman...

Before she was born, Irena Kenneley’s family immigrated to the United States from Lithuania after years of persecution under Russian communist rule post-World War II. Growing up on Cleveland’s East Side, Kenneley initially struggled in school, where subjects were taught in English, not her family's ...

The agency charged to protect patients from dangerous drug side effects needs to be far more vigilant when it comes to medications that affect blood pressure. Robert P. Blankfield, a clinical professor of family medicine, issued this call to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an editori...

After exploring the environmental impact of the American obsession with green lawns in his last book, Case Western Reserve University historian Ted Steinberg now has turned his attention to the environmental footprint of one of the world’s most iconic cities: New York. A native New Yorker, Steinber...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a 1979 alumnus of the School of Dental Medicine will become its next dean July 1. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr., a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky, will succeed longtime dental school leader Jerry Goldberg this summer after ...

Throughout his career at Case Western Reserve University, Derek Reinbold was the prototypical student-athlete. He successfully juggled study sessions, practice, tests and matches as a triple major (art history, international studies and political science) and tri-captain of the tennis team. His bal...