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Three third-year law students from Case Western Reserve University’s Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic are wrapped up in a rare opportunity to argue a case before the Ohio Supreme Court. Yelena Grinberg, Patrick Haney and Joshuah Lisk drafted a petition to the court in November, asking the court to take…

Case Western Reserve University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) will present actress, author and humanitarian Holly Robinson Peete as the keynote speaker for its 24th Annual Unity Banquet & Scholarship Benefit. The event, which recognizes the academic accomplishments of the…

After more than three decades at Case Western Reserve, renowned neuroscientist and university Vice President for Research and Technology Management Robert H. “Bob” Miller is moving to George Washington University to lead its efforts in medical and health sciences research. “I am excited about this…

Experts deem obesity an epidemic. The American Medical Association has gone so far as to call it a disease. And research shows it correlates with higher risk of cardiovascular incidents and cancer. Add in centuries-long trends of bias against the overweight, along with more recent debates about…

Alumni of the undergraduate Class of 2013 have the highest rate of employment or post-graduation study of Case Western Reserve graduates in recent years, according to results of the Career Center’s 2013 First Destination Survey. Eighty-eight percent of the Class of 2013 either is employed full-time…

Of an estimated 65 million Americans who provide some type of care to an ill family member, about 7 million live at least an hour from the relative they’re caring for. The issue, then, is how to get these “distance caregivers” in the room when doctors meet with their patients and local, hands-on…

The emergency call came in from the Los Angeles Zoo. An emperor tamarin monkey was in heart failure. As she approached the distressed animal with direct eye contact, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a cardiologist from UCLA Medical Center and the zoo’s cardiac consultant, was warned by the zoo…

In his nearly four years at Case Western Reserve University, senior David Thompson has flourished on the basketball court, in the community and, most importantly, in the classroom. Thompson, the team’s starting center, finished his Spartan basketball career earlier this month as the university’s…

Mary Frances Berry, author of Power in Words: The Stories Behind Barack Obama’s Speeches, from the State House to the White House, will headline Case Western Reserve’s Power of Diversity talk, Thursday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m. in the Wolstein Research Building auditorium. Berry will address…

Law’s Matthew Rossman calls on IRS to better determine if regional economic development organizations that claim to be charities really are An upcoming law review article suggests the Internal Revenue Service should do a better job determining whether a recent wave of nonprofits the author terms…