Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Case researchers discover gene contributing to cancer development, work to find counter-acting drug NewsNet5: School of Medicine researchers found a gene that transforms normal cells into cells that behave like cancer—opening a door for researchers to find new cancer therapies. The discovery by the...

Imagination in children’s play Inside Higher Ed: Psychology professor Sandra Russ discusses how the level of imagination in children’s play has responded to changes in technology and other circumstances. “We think children are resilient and find ways to develop imagination despite less time to play...

Case Western Reserve University researchers have taken a dramatic step forward in the fight against cancer—all by starting at the very beginning. Scientists led by School of Medicine Professor Mark W. Jackson set out to find a gene with the potential to turn healthy cells into cancerous ones. By fo...

School of Law Dean Lawrence Mitchell's article “Financialism: A (Very) Brief History” has been reprinted in the latest issue of Tsinghua Law Journal in the Chinese translation. In addition, Mitchell has written a new blog post, titled “Jobs: Fact, fiction, and how to get one: Part one: Putting the ...

Studying digestive health: Research could help control cholesterol levels National Science Foundation: Gregory Tochtrop, assistant professor of chemistry and pharmacology, is studying how bile acids signal to the liver that it’s time to replenish, what role intestinal bacteria play in the compositi...

Seven years ago a coalition of concerned Clevelanders came together to try an unusual idea: Rather than have fugitives turn themselves in at police stations or courthouses, how about asking them to come to church? This month, researchers at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Weste...

Faculty members—especially those in medicine, nursing, dentistry and biology—are invited to apply for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund award, a limited-submission funding opportunity for assistant professors from Case Western Reserve University. The fund will provide five-year $700,000 awards for physic...

When the Olympics kick off this evening, there’s a good chance biomedical engineering assistant professor Nicole Steinmetz will be tuned in. But she’ll be watching with an entirely different view than most of us; after all, she’s one of the few members of the campus community who has experienced fir...

Six summer interns are deep in local history at the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) as part of faculty member John Grabowski’s “Museums—Theory and Reality” history class at Case Western Reserve University. The summer course, open to undergrads and graduate students from various universiti...

Judge in Cleveland police shooting case visited FOP event days before acquitting officer The Plain Dealer: The judge who acquitted a Cleveland police officer attended a Fraternal Order of Police event two days before the trial. "You have to question attending an event like that on the eve of a tria...