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March 19, 2013
Two young men who shared the same name and lived in similar Baltimore-area neighborhoods wound up on opposite sides of prison bars. One Wes Moore became a Rhodes Scholar and bestselling author; the other is serving a life sentence in a Maryland prison. The story of how they both found trouble…
March 18, 2013
Susan Lewis, executive director of development and external relations at the College of Arts and Sciences, passed away Friday, March 15. She was 49. Lewis began this role in 2008, working to strengthen programs in the arts, humanities, mathematics and social, physical and biological sciences…
March 17, 2013
A new method of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could provide early identification of specific cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other maladies, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center write in the journal Nature. Each body…
March 15, 2013
By the time he was 16, Juscelino Colares knew he wanted to be a lawyer when he grew up. The only difference between Colares and many other teenagers with the same dreams? He actually started law school then. Colares grew up in Brazil, where he started college at the age of 16. Law is an…
March 14, 2013
Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has received a nearly $1 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Type 1 diabetes program. The three-year award will support research on a rapid-acting, glucose-responsive insulin by biochemistry professor Michael…
March 13, 2013
Fermat’s Last Theorem was unsolved for nearly 350 years until Oxford Mathematician Andrew Wiles created a proof in 1995. Case Western Reserve University’s Colin McLarty has shown the theorem can be proved more simply. The theorem is called Pierre de Fermat’s last because it was the last and…
March 13, 2013
A scientist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to develop a therapy to reduce the prevalence of premature births, which today affect more than 15 million newborns worldwide each year. Sam Mesiano, associate professor of reproductive biology,…
March 12, 2013
By Jack Behrend It’s day two of spring break, which means many Case Western Reserve University students already are enjoying vacation destinations, home or just a stress-free week on campus. Nearly 200 Case Western Reserve students have decided to take a different route, however, choosing to…
March 12, 2013
Case Western Reserve’s health law program leapt to fifth in the nation and pediatrics climbed to 14th in U.S. News & World Report’s annual graduate and professional school rankings released Tuesday. Those gains, coupled with a seven-point jump, to 30th, for the Weatherhead School of…
March 10, 2013
Sniffing, a common behavior in dogs, cats and other animals, has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate—a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications cues and what brain malfunctions may cause some complex…