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CWRU, natural history museum partner for President’s Day program for children of employees, students
The President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) is partnering with another University Circle institution to provide Case Western Reserve families a new option for President’s Day this year. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will offer children of faculty, staff and students the opportu...
Nationally recognized health care curriculum expert named vice dean for medical education
An expert in medical curriculum development who also participated in the development of a Johns Hopkins University’s medical education building is Case Western Reserve’s new vice dean for medical education. Patricia Thomas, a nationally recognized educator, author and physician, assumes her role at...
U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge to present Louis Stokes Symposium speech
U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) will bring a clear yet concise message to Case Western Reserve University’s 2014 Louis Stokes Leadership Symposium on Social Issues and Community: When opportunity knocks, be ready. All are invited to the free, public event on Monday, Feb. 10, at 12:30 p.m. in Amas...
5 questions with… music education major and bassist for The Midnight Slander Al Rodriguez
By Jack Behrend Now in his third year at Case Western Reserve University, Al Rodriguez is like many college students: He works hard in classes, relaxes with his fraternity brothers and enjoys spending time on his favorite hobby. That hobby, however, is not like most students’. After all, how man...
Police study validates officers as first social responders
A newly released study in Law Enforcement Executive Review reports that citizens and police officers from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority in Cleveland praise the role of police as first social responders. The study was based on a random mail survey of 60 residents who received social-se...
Researchers discover breakthrough in understanding the secret life of prion molecules
New research from David Westaway, director of the Center for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta, and Jiri Safar, co-director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center and associate professor in the Departments of Pathology and Neurology at Case Western...
New program aims to increase student interaction, improve campus climate
A national student dialogue program designed to enhance student engagement, promote cross-cultural dialogue and make a positive impact on campus is set to begin on the Case Western Reserve University campus next month. The Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal...
Research team discovers key mechanisms to inhibit triple negative breast cancers
Findings could lead to life-saving treatments to fight tumor metastasis A team of researchers from Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have identified critical complex mechanisms involved in the metastasis of deadly “triple negative” breast cancers (TNBC). These tumors are e...
Art historian shares her adventures to study rare medieval statues
After learning about Shrine Madonnas years ago as a graduate student, Elina Gertsman became so infatuated with their complex and controversial history that the Case Western Reserve University art historian spent several summers on an Indiana Jones-style trek to find and document the 40 or so that re...
New Weatherhead School program designed to help women succeed, remain in STEM professions
Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management has established an executive education program that begins March 27 for women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions—and the companies interested in retaining them. The Leadership Lab for Women in STE...