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Before the turn of the 20th century, the people of London never knew whether their water faucets would run wet or dry. “It’s foreign to our thinking that water wouldn’t simply come out of the pipes going into homes,” said John Broich, assistant professor of history. He chronicles the political…

Case Western Reserve University’s Begun Center for Violence Research Prevention and Education will participate in the City of Cleveland’s three-year, $1 million project to reduce firearm-related violent crimes and assaults in Cleveland’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. Cleveland was awarded funds from…

A Case Western Reserve University proposal for a low-cost, energy-efficient method to extract the strategic metal titanium from ore was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for contract negotiations.This one-year project will be funded by…

Scientists know that physical and biochemical signals guide stem cells to become muscle, blood vessels or bone. But the exact recipes to produce the desired tissues have proved elusive. Now, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Washington University School of Medicine have taken a…

Members of the Case Western Reserve community who participate in the Benelect medical plan can quality for significant savings by completing three free activities this fall. The incentives are part of the university’s ongoing efforts to improve the health of the community and also reduce increases…

This past Sunday went in the books as a celebrated day in Cleveland sports history. The Indians clinched the top spot in the American League Wild Card race, and the Browns defeated in-state rival Cincinnati to move into first place in the AFC North. But, there was one other accomplishment during…

Junior music and biomedical engineering major Anton Spencer is known around campus as a proven leader. He is president of the Music Undergraduate Student Involvement Committee, principal flute for the Case Western/University Circle Symphonic Orchestra, a new student orientation leader, an Eagle…

The federal shutdown that has closed national parks, stalled services and furloughed 800,000 government employees naturally raises questions for those at Case Western Reserve who rely on federal support for research and education. The shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, and will continue…

The field of gene therapy promises to dramatically transform the treatment of disease, as well as fundamentally change the delivery of health care in the 21st century. A new book provides a comprehensive review of the field of gene-based therapeutics in an expanded third edition textbook that…

Case Western Reserve University is part of a landmark study that has discovered four novel gene variations associated with blood pressure. The 19-site meta-analysis, involving nearly 30,000 African-Americans, also found that the set of genetic mutations are associated with blood pressure across…