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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…

Grant will allow exploration of new methods designed to treat cancer Derek Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been awarded the prestigious New Innovator Award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The…

Robin Kramer, former chair of the Staff Advisory Council and effort reporting specialist in the Office of Research Administration, died Friday, Nov. 1. She was 58. A dedicated Case Western Reserve employee for 21 years, Kramer was known for her passion for serving the university and its employees.…

Like anyone else, Cameron McIntyre likes to unwind after a long week in the office or, in his case, the lab. However, his idea of relaxing doesn’t involve the calm of a golf course or ballgame; rather, he prefers a seat behind the steering wheel of a race car, taking hairpin turns at breakneck…

Benefits fair, screenings held Nov. 6-7; deadline to schedule an on-campus biometric screening is Nov. 8 Case Western Reserve employees who participate in the university’s medical benefits plan can start acting tomorrow to earn up to $500 through benefits savings and incentives in calendar year…

Romanians to receive training through videoconferencing By collecting information from key informants such as child welfare workers, government officials and adoptive families in Romania last spring, Case Western Reserve University social work faculty found Romanian adoption practices lag 30 to 50…

Within hours of a May 2012 groundbreaking, construction crews swarmed the future site of the Tinkham Veale University Center to begin digging its foundation. The activity has barely slowed since, but as of this month, it at least has grown quieter. Sixteen months after work began, the exterior of…

It was a normal Sunday in Cleveland, but it would be police officer Wayne Leon’s last. Quisi Bryan, a felon with an outstanding warrant for a parole violation, shot and killed officer Leon after being pulled over in 2000 for a traffic violation in the city’s Warehouse District. Reactions to that…