Health + Wellness

Who would have thought trans fats could sneak into your diet? That dentists could dig up the dirt on evolution? Or that bicyclists could boost the local economy? The innovative researchers, thought leaders and status-quo challengers of Case Western Reserve University did. From discovering that ultr...

In The Daily’s first trivia question, we asked what two other kinds of “rush”—beyond Greek Life—used to be traditions on Case Western Reserve University’s campus. The answer, which many CWRU-history-savvy individuals got correct, was flag rush and bag rush. In the annual flag rush, held early in th...

Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers’ findings, published in the journal Science, show that use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pathological, c...

The Northeast Ohio Regional Science Olympiad will be held on campus Saturday, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a competition for middle and high school students that determines their place in the statewide Science Olympiad competition in Columbus and, ultimately, the national competition. The...

Women faculty members are invited to attend “Advice from Full Professors: Getting the Most Out of Mentoring” Feb. 15 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Cleveland Room at Thwing Center. Susan Helper, AT&T Professor of Economics; Jacqueline Lipton, School of Law professor; Anna Maria Santiago, Leona Bevis...

Do you know a student or organization that stands out? Nominate them for the 2012 Dr. Dorothy Pijan Student Leadership Awards (SLAC). The SLAC awards recognize undergraduate students, advisers, organizations and/or campus programs that have made a positive impact on the Case Western Reserve Universi...

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures invites will host Cuban scholar and author Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero, who will talk about Cuban cinema today. The lecture, “Para una nueva historia del cine cubano: Toward a new history of the Cuban cinema” will be held Feb. 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m....

Photo by Lynn Saville. Long before the epicenter of the financial crisis shifted to the European Union (EU), Case Western Reserve University political scientist Elliot Posner had been studying the region’s financial arrangements and their international effects. This year, as an EU Affairs Fulbright...

Hip fix for younger patients WKYC: Michael Salata, assistant professor of orthopaedics in the School of Medicine said hip arthroscopies can help younger patients with hip issues. “Studies are still ongoing, but we believe that by doing the surgery and removing the impingement we may also be preserv...

Do you love Thwing Study Over? Are you a leader and planner who is organized, fun and outgoing? Do you want to be more involved on campus? If so, apply to be a chair of the Spring 2012 Thwing Study Over. The commitment is only for the spring semester, so this is a short-term opportunity to lead a gr...