Publications + Presentations

CYP46A1 activation by low dose efavirenz uncovers the link between brain cholesterol metabolism, energetics and vasculature.Researchers at Case Western Reserve University—led by Irina Pikuleva, PhD, the Carl F. Asseff Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences—identified brain processes that…

This past March, Kathryn C. Lavelle, PhD, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured as a panelist at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) discussion on Strategic Frontiers in U.S. Foreign Policy:…

Officers often serve as a buffer to help mitigate tragic and unfortunate outcomes, and trauma-informed policing can change the dynamics of encounters and influence the trajectory of lives.Since December, Sarah Shendy, a police lieutenant in the Case Western Reserve University Division of Public…

In a recent publication, Deepak Sarma, PhD, professor and Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities in the Department of Religious Studies at Case Western Reserve University, addressed issues related to psychedelics and drug policy. At CWRU, Sarma also has a secondary appointment as…

Earlier in May, Timothy Beal, PhD, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and interim chair in the Department of Religious Studies at Case Western Reserve University, gave the baccalaureate address at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In his address, titled “Deep hunger and deep…

Fish Fish, a rising fourth-year student majoring in classics and biology at Case Western Reserve University, presented a poster titled “Dyeing for chemistry: An exercise in creating ancient colors from natural sources” at the spring 2026 American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Atlanta earlier…

Researchers in Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Psychological Sciences recently published a study in Nature Human Behavior, challenging implicit biases that contribute to discrimination and societal inequities. The study, titled “Challenging the mechanism for the Implicit Association…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have uncovered previously overlooked physical mechanisms that control how microscopic self-propelled particles move near surfaces— a discovery that could influence the future design of targeted drug delivery systems, environmental cleanup technologies…

In a collaborative research effort, Anirban Sen Gupta, the Wallace R. Persons Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Pedram Mohseni, chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, developed PlateChek. Funded by a collaborative grant from the U.S.…

Shannon French, military ethicist and professor of philosophy and law at Case Western Reserve University, recently gave a lecture—titled “Ethical decision making: Codes and accountability in the AI era”—at Pakistan Navy War College in Lahore, Pakistan.There, she also participated in a virtual…