Health + Wellness

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April 03, 2012
The Center for Civic Engagement & Learning will hire two AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates to build capacity for the local food movement and community gardening in Cleveland. These positions are funded through the Ohio Campus Compact’s Summer Associate Program and will allow two students to work fu...

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April 03, 2012
The campus community is invited to attend a Cleveland Indians game April 7 as they face the Toronto Blue Jays. This event is sponsored by Weatherhead Graduate Student Affairs at the Weatherhead School of Management and is a part of the Case Western Reserve University’s Graduate and Professional Stud...

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April 02, 2012
The University Counseling Service will present a series of 45-minute resiliency workshops on Wednesdays at 12:15 p.m. in Tomlinson Library. Students can drop in for all or part of any of the workshops geared toward bouncing back from setbacks and stressors.
This Wednesday, April 4, at 12:15 p.m., p...

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April 02, 2012
Hope for Alzheimer’s
WKSU: In this week’s episode of Exploradio, Case Western Reserve University researchers Gary Landreth and Paige Cramer discuss their promising treatment to combat Alzheimer’s disease....

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April 02, 2012
Science jokes
The Columbus Dispatch: In honor of April Fools’ Day, the newspaper asked scientists, including physics and astronomy professor Glenn Starkman, to tell their favorite science-related jokes....

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April 02, 2012
Taking a me-day
Psychology Today: In her “Don’t Worry, Mom” blog, assistant professor of psychology Amy Przeworski discusses the importance of “me-days” and how to not feel guilty about taking them....

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April 02, 2012
Why some breast tumors resist chemo
DailyRx: Researchers have found a particular marker may be able to predict if a woman’s breast cancer will respond to taxane chemotherapy. “This exciting data first provides a new way to attack cancer cells,” said Anthony Berdis, assistant professor of pharmacolo...

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April 02, 2012
Cleveland Foundation awards $16.2 million to nonprofit and community groups
The Plain Dealer: The Cleveland Foundation awarded $1.75 million to the university’s Great Lakes Energy Institute to help it pay for electrical grid research and education....

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April 02, 2012
Case's Swagelok Center 'best facility on planet' for microstructural analysis
Fresh Water Cleveland: Equipment in the Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials, located on campus, allows industrial and academic users to conduct surface analysis, structural analysis and optic microscopy. “We...

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April 02, 2012
Ford demonstrates virtual reality tools to Case Western Reserve University students
The Plain Dealer: Ford Motor Co. visited campus to show off its virtual reality design tools to engineering students. “All of us as Case, we gravitate to these new technologies,” said School of Engineering Dean Jeff...