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Case Western Reserve University researchers have identified a genetic factor that blocks the blood vessel inflammation that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and other potentially life-threatening events. The breakthrough involving Kruppel-like factor (KLF) 15 is the latest in a string of discover...

Eric Rains was 14 when he began classes in 1987. He left Case Western Reserve University with bachelor’s degrees in computer science and physics and a master’s degree in mathematics—at age 17. He earned a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University the next year and, in t...

Assistant professors of physics Claudia de Rham and Andrew J. Tolley received awards to delve deep into black holes, dark energy and other phenomena tied to crucial events in the evolution of the universe. Tolley is one of a handful of physicists nationwide who won a $750,000 U.S. Department of Ene...

Commitment raises total for sustainable value to $16 million Chuck Fowler’s leadership of Fairmount Minerals proves conclusively that companies really can do good and do well. But persuading others to embrace sustainable value involves more than setting an impressive standard—research, education and...

The idea that men and women are fundamentally different from each other is widely accepted. And throughout the world, this has created distinct ideas about which social and physical characteristics are necessary in each gender to maintain healthy human development. However, social revolutions throu...

$15 million gift deepens and expands existing partnerships through support of joint doctoral program, scholarship and the museum’s Ingalls Library Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art are launching a landmark initiative that capitalizes on their longtime collaborations as ...

Researchers in the Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University received a $596,635 grant from the National Science Foundation to design a full-scale Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) magnet out of a new cost-saving material. The federal grant comes on the heels of a state grant awarded ...

Case Western Reserve maintained its position as the nation’s 37th-ranked university in U.S. News & World Report’s list of “Best Colleges” released today, but made significant gains in categories involving admissions and undergraduate alumni. The Case School of Engineering, for example, saw its unde...

Leading an archaeological dig in a northern Israeli cave, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have unearthed clues about early man’s lifestyle in an important area along the transcontinental path from Africa to Eurasia. Researchers found teeth from an adult, a...

For the fifth time in six years, Case Western Reserve’s alumni and friends have set a new record for giving. In the fiscal year ended June 30, the university’s attainment totaled $145.9 million, an increase of $7.5 million over 2012’s all-time high performance. The new figures put the total raised ...