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January 22, 2014
As part of the university’s efforts to support graduate and professional students more effectively, Case Western Reserve and the Graduate Student Senate will host the first Personal Skills Development Conference Jan. 31. The conference, held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Thwing Center, is free and…
January 22, 2014
Top HIV research group expects additional $9 million over course of award AIDS researchers from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have received a seven-year funding award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the…
January 22, 2014
Today, Provost and Executive Vice President W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III released the final version of Case Western Reserve’s strategic plan for the next five years, “Think Beyond the Possible.” Developed over more than 14 months of meetings among dozens of faculty and staff members, students, alumni…
January 21, 2014
Case Western Reserve continued its surge in undergraduate applications this year as more than 21,600 students applied for admission to the Class of 2018. The total represents an 18 percent increase over last year—and a leap of nearly 200 percent since President Barbara R. Snyder arrived in…
January 16, 2014
As a second-grader in the suburbs of Chicago, David Ake wanted to show off the results of his classical piano lessons by playing a Mozart sonata as part of show-and-tell. Ake thought he’d performed the piece well, but the reception from his classmates was not what he had expected. “They made fun…
January 16, 2014
In his most recent bestseller, The Butler: A Witness to History, acclaimed Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood chronicled the compelling story of Eugene Allen’s incredible life, from growing up in the segregated South to serving as White House butler to eight presidents. The public is invited to…
January 15, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have received a $540,000 federal grant to devise methods for building minute structures tailored to precisely deliver medicines to tumors or carry dyes that help imaging technologies detect disease, create more efficient nanowires and nanoelectronics,…
January 15, 2014
Case Western Reserve Distinguished University Professor Paul C. Giannelli, recognized nationally for his extensive legal research in scientific evidence, was selected to serve on a newly created federal commission on forensic science. The new National Commission on Forensic Science, created…
January 13, 2014
To the Case Western Reserve Community: As a longtime law professor, I love the power of words. A well-crafted brief can illuminate ideas and arguments in ways that reshape perceptions, provoke positive actions and, quite literally, change the way we live. In recent days, though, I have come to…
January 13, 2014
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center hope to improve treatment and survival rates of ischemic heart disease patients by providing doctors an unprecedented look at the stents they place in coronary arteries. The highly collaborative team…