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Led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University, researchers have turned to an unlikely model to make medical devices safer and more comfortable: a squid’s beak. Many medical implants require hard materials that have to connect to or pass through soft body tissue. This mechanical mismatch lead...

The university homepage represents our virtual “front door,” the place that receives more than 3.5 million unique visits per year. This online presence stands as our first chance to make a positive impression, to convey an authentic sense of who and what we are within a matter of seconds. We deliver...

Vaccinations are critical to good health, but to be effective, the vaccines must be refrigerated. In developing countries with little access to electricity to keep the vaccines cold or automobiles to quickly transport them, simply getting vaccines to individuals in need can be a major challenge. Tha...

When Jim Edmonson accepted the position as curator of the Dittrick Museum of Medical History, he thought his stint would be short-lived—two years, tops. That was 1981. Today, Edmonson still reigns over the museum, which he’s helped grow from a doctors’ museum to a more universal health and medicine...

They delved into human anatomy and learned CPR. They explored the engineering that goes into rebuilding a historic bridge. And they got a sense of the long, challenging path to becoming an entrepreneur. Since last fall, 30 high school students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District made mo...

It’s been 150 years since Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in southern states, but some would argue the cycles of oppression slavery created still exist today. To better understand how the U.S. can learn from and deal with its past, we should turn to Germany—as well as Steven...

Case Western Reserve University historian Marixa Lasso received two prestigious fellowships—from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the National Humanities Center—to write a book about the forgotten history of the Panamanian towns that dotted the Canal Zone until a 1912 executive o...

Student entrepreneurs will enter the finals of two contests offering big payoffs this week: the Clean Energy Challenge in Chicago and the Saint-Gobain Student Design Competition on campus. Two teams from Case Western Reserve University are vying for $150,000 in prize money and a chance to win more ...

Athletes will drop in on Cleveland this summer for the 2013 National Senior Games, defying widely accepted age limitations on the mind and body. But growing older doesn’t necessitate breaking down physically and growing stagnant mentally—a lesson Case Western Reserve University’s 20th Annual Floren...

One of only 200 experts in the country, Marco Rouman has seen the horrific side of what happens when the elderly go without dental care. Rouman, who is launching and directing geriatric-focused graduate and predoctoral training programs at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine...