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Quality-of-life—not just end-of-life—discussions are important for ICU patients
A new study from Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing emphasizes the importance of having discussions related to quality of life before becoming critically ill. Barbara Daly and Sara Douglas led a research team that observed, taped and analyzed discussions from 1...
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Access Services offers discounted RTA passes for senior/disabled employees
Access Services will now offer a discounted monthly RTA pass to Case Western Reserve University employees who are seniors (age 65 and over) or who have disabilities. The RTA pass will be $38 per month, and it can be deducted from the individual’s paycheck. Each individual would need to need to qual...
USG presidential debate to be held March 21
Undergraduate Student Government will host a presidential debate March 21 at 8 p.m. featuring presidential candidates James Hale and Navein Arumugasaamy. The event will be held before UPB's Spot Night at The Spot. Free food will be provided....
CWRU scientists lead the way in tissue engineering
3-D printers help doctors custom-fit medical devices The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University scientists are leading the way in tissue engineering, in which they manufacture human tissue with 3-D printers. Advances in computer design and printer technology have allowed scientists to make m...
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Cleveland Play House archives get new home at Kelvin Smith Library
Among the Cleveland Play House archives donated to Case Western Reserve University are scene designs such as this one by designer David Potts for the 1993 production of John Guare’s play, The House of Blue Leaves. (Photo by Laura Webb) The Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University has...
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Acclaimed photographer to visit campus for free talk on March 21
Case Western Reserve University’s Art History Club will host Henry Adams, professor of American art, and acclaimed photographer Abe Frajndlich for a free, public discussion March 21. The event will be structured as a discussion between Adams, one of Frajndlich's biographers and the author of the in...
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Neurology professor to take part in discussion of documentary at Cleveland International Film Festival
Robert B. Daroff, professor and chair emeritus in the Department of Neurology, will take part in a discussion at the Cleveland International Film Festival on one of the documentaries being shown, Caris’ Peace. Following each showing of the film, he will discuss the memory disturbance displayed by th...
PRCHN releases first breakdown of public health data for Cleveland neighborhoods
The Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods of Case Western Reserve University recently released new health data from Cleveland neighborhood groups on three of the most pressing public health concerns: obesity, hypertension and diabetes. The three data briefs—statistical public health ...
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Faculty: Apply for the 2012 Freedman Fellows Award Program
Case Western Reserve University faculty members are invited to learn how this year’s Freedman Fellows Award can help them implement multimedia technologies into their teaching and classroom experiences through a series of online profiles available online at blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/news/2012/03/05/now...
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Medical students to host Taste of Peru charity gala March 31
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine will host the Taste of Peru charity benefit March 31. Proceeds from the event benefit the Peru Health Outreach Project (formerly the Lamay Clinic Project), a grassroots organization led by the medical...