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Give feedback about CWRU dining locations for chance to win CaseCash
Faculty, staff and students: Voice your opinions about all Case Western Reserve University retail dining locations in a customer satisfaction survey, open Oct. 26-Nov. 9. Your feedback is important, and you will be eligible to win one of four prizes of $50 CaseCash. Visit case.edu/diningservices/au...
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Law school sponsors events for Domestic Violence Awareness Week
The School of Law is taking part in Domestic Violence Awareness Week Oct. 26-28. Individuals across campus are encouraged to wear purple all week to you’re your support. Events include a bake sale, a movie night, ribbon sales and speakers. View the full schedule by clicking the image to the right. ...
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Adobe Connect upgraded to version 8; online training to be held Oct. 27
Information Technology Services (ITS) has upgraded Adobe Connect to version 8. This latest version has many new capabilities including a simpler and more intuitive user interface, features to collaborate more efficiently, enhanced audio/video features for richer participant experiences, improved ac...
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Blame backbone fractures on evolution, not osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is blamed for backbone fractures. The real culprit could well be our own vertebrae, which evolved to absorb the pounding of upright walking, researchers at Case Western Reserve University say. Compared to apes, humans have larger, more porous vertebrae encased in a much thinner shell o...
Study Seeks to Widen Corneal Transplant Window
CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will lead a national study determining if corneas transplanted up to two weeks after donor death work as well as corneas transplanted up to one week after donor death. The National Eye Institute has just awarded a $12.3 mi...
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Case Western Reserve Receives Prestigious $5.4M Grant to Study Esophageal Cancer
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center are proud to announce the receipt of a highly competitive $5.4 million grant to study genetic determinants of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. This five-year award from the Natio...
Aquarium fish are more aggressive in reduced environments, new study finds
By Jeremy Rayl for the SAGES Seminar, Reading and Writing Science An angry glare from the family goldfish might not be the result of a missed meal, but rather a too-humble abode. Fish in a cramped, barren space turn mean, a study from Case Western Reserve University has found. Ornamental fishes acr...
Findings pave way for research, possible treatments of MS and more
Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found a way to rapidly produce pure populations of cells that grow into the protective myelin coating on nerves in mice. Their process opens a door to research and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other d...
Mice Stem Cells Guided into Myelinating Cells by the Trillions
CLEVELAND - Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found a way to rapidly produce pure populations of cells that grow into the protective myelin coating on nerves in mice. Their process opens a door to research and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy...
Ohio Third Frontier awards CWRU and partners $2.5 million for imaging research
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded $2.5 million in research grants to advance the Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center, a collaboration among Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Philips Healthcare. The research projects ar...