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AT&T makes $200K donation to Upward Bound at Case WKYC: AT&T announced it would make a $200,000 commitment to the Upward Bound program at Case Western Reserve. The program, which started in 1966, helps prepare low-income and potential first-generation college students for success following high sch...

Galaxy formation: The new Milky Way Nature: Astronomers argue about the sequence of events during the Milky Way’s birth, but all agree it involves dark matter. At some point, dark-matter subhalos would have pulled in enough gas to form stars and become dwarf galaxies, which eventually would be “whi...

Artificial inspiration Nature: About 65 million people live with chronic pulmonary obstruction disease, many of whom require lung transplants. Relatively few lungs are donated, and so new technologies that serve the same purpose are needed. Joseph Potkay, research assistant professor in the Departm...

The future of Wi-Fi is already on these college campuses Wireless Design & Development: Because of its leadership on the Gig.U project, Case Western Reserve University is named one of the 10 schools that are “the future of Wi-Fi.” “By now, we expect that Case Western [Reserve] is well-versed in wha...

Trouble with math ideastream: Christopher D. Butler, director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Mathematics, joined “The Sound of Ideas” to discuss recent findings that the U.S. lags dozens of other countries in math. He and members of the panel took on issues such as why Americans stru...

Results of billion-dollar treasure hunt in Hindu temple to be revealed Fox News: Last summer, archaeologists opened the underground chambers of a 16th century temple in southern India, where they discovered chambers containing sacks of diamonds and gold, crowns and other antique jewelry. The treasu...

New life for the American city Architectural Record: As part of a series about different architectural projects around the city, Uptown is highlighted. “Uptown signals Case [Western Reserve]'s continued dedication—along with that of other local institutions—to elevating design in Cleveland and cate...

Mystery writers, fans head to Cleveland for big Bouchercon convention The Plain Dealer: This week, the Bouchercon convention—the world’s largest, longest-running conference of mystery writers and readers—will come to Cleveland, featuring talks by some of the genre’s biggest authors. English profess...

Attorneys say T.J. Lane insane at time of Chardon High School shooting The Plain Dealer: Attorneys for T.J. Lane, the teen accused in the Chardon school shootings, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. This plea is uncommon and rarely successful in Ohio because it’s difficult to prove...

Clevelanders to debut award-winning app Fox 8 Cleveland: Two computer programming students from Case Western Reserve, Robert Karam and Bryan Marty, and Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Patty Ni traveled to Washington, D.C., to present their award-winning, energy-saving app. “It allows consumers ...