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Not many think of composers getting fired, but it happened to George Frideric Handel, the composer of such great works as the Messiah, Water Music and Music for Royal Fireworks, when the Elector of Hanover ousted him in 1713. How and why it happened is the subject of the talk, “Politics in Early…

Music has a way to soothe the soul, and for many people from the LGBT community music has done that. Along the way, it gave rise to a type of music called queer music. New findings about this music tradition’s history is the topic of conference on queer music, hosted by Case Western Reserve…

A special class of white blood cell could offer insights regarding ways to spur regeneration in two of the most devastating and stubborn forms of nerve damage—those to the brain and spinal cord. In a study published in October in the Journal of Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University School…

As the country celebrates Veterans Day, Case Western Reserve marks its second year of hosting a renewed Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program on campus. Today, the university will take part in a national expression of gratitude and remembrance with a 1:30 p.m. ceremony outside Adelbert…

Elizabeth “Lissa” McKinley, founding dean of the Emily Blackwell Society at the School of Medicine, died Saturday after a long and courageous battle with cancer. An assistant professor of medicine and staff physician at MetroHealth Medical Center, she brought a deeply empathetic emphasis on the…

In the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine’s search to understand early human tooth development, renowned paleoanthropologist Bruce Latimer has begun to reconstruct what life was like more than 20,000 years ago for individuals living in a Middle Eastern cave. How people lived…

Think a master plan involves a plethora of pretty campus drawings that do little more than sit on a shelf? Think again. In 2005, Case Western Reserve proclaimed the critical importance of such projects as a gathering place for graduates, a student center, and vibrant dining, retail and…

Discovery from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic researchers may spare patients from disappointing results A discovery from Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic researchers could provide epilepsy patients invaluable advance guidance about their chances to improve symptoms…

Wei-Cheng Lee, a University of Illinois research associate striving to unlock the secrets of materials that carry an electrical current without any energy loss, has won the 17th Michelson Postdoctoral Prize. His goal, ultimately, is to help develop a superconductor to remake the nation’s…

Prominent poet and activist Sonia Sanchez and author Maytha Alhassen will headline the Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute’s 2013 Intergenerational Think Tank, “Educating for Struggle: In the Academy, Schools, Prisons and Streets.” The two-day event begins Friday, Nov. 15, in…