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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…

When the keynote address of the 2013 Leakey Foundation Annual Speaker Series on Human Origins, “On the Trail of Lucy: A Collaborative Exploration of Australopithecus,” came to a close, a new connection opened between Case Western Reserve University and the Greater Cleveland community. For the first…

Just a bit after the official festivities have concluded, three-time alumnus William F. Baker will have a homecoming of his own when he returns to Cleveland to give the next Town Hall of Cleveland lecture. Baker (ADL '66; GRS '68, '72, communication sciences) will present “Every Leader is an…

For the first time, Cameroon’s traditional oral Fun’da poetry performed by women has been translated into English and appears in print in a new volume of essays on the changing field of ethnic studies, Defying the Global Language (Teneo Press). Cheryl Toman, director of the Ethnic Studies Program…

Faculty Senate Chair and award-winning engineering faculty member Steven L. Garverick died suddenly Friday, Sept. 27. He was 56. Garverick, a member of the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) faculty for more than two decades, distinguished himself strongly in teaching, research and…

For Frank Linsalata, nearly two decades of intense service isn’t enough. Nor is $3 million. Now, on the occasion of his 50th class reunion, he and his wife Jocelyne wanted to do yet more for his alma mater. They had given to student scholarships. They had supported the new university center.…

John Quinones, the Emmy-winning co-anchor of ABC’s news magazine Primetime Live, headlines Case Western Reserve University’s 2013-14 Power of Diversity Lecture Series next month with his talk, “A 20/20 Vision of Diversity.” The free, public address—sponsored by the Office of Inclusion, Diversity…

Third-year evolutionary biology major Riley Tedrow scooped up earthworms 2 feet long and fat as his thumb, poisonous beetles that left burning blisters and the real reason he traveled halfway ‘round the globe to Rwanda this summer: mantises—praying and the less devout. Tedrow, 20, who grew up west…