Health + Wellness

CLEVELAND - While exercise is accepted universally as the most beneficial prescription physicians can write for patients, little is known about the molecular mechanisms that generate its widespread health benefits. Researchers from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have shed light on this myst...

Undergraduates may now register for summer session through the Student Information System (SIS). This summer, students can select from more than 90 courses in 28 fields of study, as well as SAGES. New this year: The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will offer introductory Japanese lan...

The Prevention Research Center Seminar Series will continue April 11 with a talk titled “Losing Hold of the American Dream: Connections Between Foreclosures and Health.” Cyleste C. Collins, faculty associate at the Center for Urban Poverty and Community Development and research assistant professor a...

Northeast Ohio medical students answer call for more primary care physicians The Plain Dealer: More than 43 percent of School of Medicine seniors committed to primary care residencies to continue to answer the country’s need for more primary care physicians. “Our students are really interested in p...

A team of law students comprising (from left) Katlyn Kraus, Tyler Talbert, Cameron MacLeod and Hyder Syed traveled to Washington, D.C., for the international rounds. A team of law students from Case Western Reserve University earned recognition as among the best at the 2012 Philip C. Jessup Interna...

The School of Dental Medicine held its 32nd annual Professional’s Day March 28, a day dedicated to student achievement in dentistry. Throughout the day, undergraduate dental students present their research projects to the faculty and their peers and then compete for a variety of awards. Graduate st...

CWRU wind turbines help research wind power WKYC: The university’s most recent wind turbine, located in Euclid, is also its largest. “By having three different sized wind turbines, we help companies right-size their products as well as being able to scale our own research projects,” explained Dave ...

The Italian Film Festival at Case Western Reserve University started April 3 and continues tonight at 7 p.m. Additional showings will be held April 17 and 24 at 7 p.m.; all screenings are in Strosacker Auditorium. All films are free and open to the public. For more information and a list of films,...

Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, will lead this week’s Public Affairs Discussion Group on “Election 2012: Twenty Years After the ‘Year of the Woman.’” The 1992 U.S. national election was called by some “the year of the woman,” as 24 women were newly elected to ...

The topic of this month’s Science Café Cleveland will be “Remembrance of Things Past: Reversing the Causes of Memory Loss That Characterizes Alzheimer’s Disease.” Neurosciences and neurology professor Gary Landreth and doctoral candidate Paige Cramer will discuss the discovery of a new class of medi...