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Highlanders in Tibet and Ethiopia share a biological adaptation that enables them to thrive in the low oxygen of high altitudes, but the ability to pass on the trait appears to be linked to different genes in the two groups, research from a Case Western Reserve University scientist and colleagues…

Having visited “more countries than [she] can count on [her] fingers and toes,” Lisa Brown just may be one of the most well-traveled people on Case Western Reserve’s campus. And that’s incredibly important, considering her job. Brown serves as the study abroad adviser in the Center for…

Longtime university mathematics professor Peter Kotelenez, an expert in stochastic differential equations, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. A member of the Case Western Reserve faculty since 1990, Kotelenez published widely on stochastic differential equations, Brownian…

While some of the implications of the tax deal Congress approved Tuesday are not yet clear, Case Western Reserve University officials wanted to update the community as quickly as possible about changes scheduled to take effect this month. The federal payroll tax (officially called FICA, for…

Faculty and staff who want to learn more about Case Western Reserve’s new collaboration with The Tuition Exchange can find information on the university’s financial aid website, financialaid.case.edu, or directly through this link. The program provides financial assistance to select students who…

When he started guiding students and employees safely across the bustling Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road intersection, Case Western Reserve University police officer Mark Chavis thought it was just temporary. At the time, the Euclid Corridor project was taking off, and the police department…

As the financial crisis of 2008 led to foreclosures, job losses and shrinking retirement funds, political scientists and economists argued over whom to blame. Noticing how even the experts disagreed prompted Case Western Reserve University political scientist Kathryn Lavelle to write a new primer,…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, last week announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase 2a trial to assess the effectiveness of AZD5847, a new test drug for patients with tuberculosis (TB), including patients with HIV…

Four of Forbes magazine’s list of the year’s 30 most innovative young thinkers in science and healthcare come from Case Western Reserve. Forbes annual “30 Under 30” list highlights Cindy Chang, a fifth-year medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve…

A regional team including researchers from Case Western Reserve has won $4 million to design a wind farm in Lake Erie—along with the possibility they can compete for $46 million more to build it. The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that Northeast Ohio’s Project Icebreaker is one of…