Research Impact

Case Western Reserve University researchers find impacts of 1930s lending practices persist today Eighty years after the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) carved up the nation’s metropolitan neighborhoods into redlined maps, researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of…

Researchers expect anything from water vaporization to creating ice or light in project funded by U.S. Navy, Air Force Sometime next summer, on the second floor of a research building on the Case Western Reserve University campus, scientists hope to record something the world has never witnessed:…

Human Fusions Institute, 3D violin maker, other exhibitors backed by university, Case School of Engineering, think[box] and LaunchNet When a Case Western Reserve-led team of entrepreneurs hits the exhibition floor Jan. 5-8, for CES 2023 in Las Vegas, it will mark the 10th straight year the…

Case Western Reserve researcher, collaborator at University of California-Santa Cruz to study role of nutrients in ovarian cancer cells Case Western Reserve University scientist Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, and a collaborator…

With a new $3 million-plus grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Case Western Reserve University researchers are examining the next level of treatment for Candida auris (C.auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious infection and, in some cases, death. This fungus was…

The Cleveland Foundation awarded Case Western Reserve University two grants totaling $400,000 to help fund two initiatives geared toward racial and environmental justice at the School of Law. Both two-year grants will support the law school’s Environmental Law Clinic as well as the Criminal…

Analysis of ‘growth mindset’ research suggests little to no positive effect on student performance New research suggests the “growth mindset” strategy favored by some educators to improve student performance hasn’t lived up to its promise—resulting in time and effort dedicated to growth mindsets…

While you may not have heard the term before, “sextortion”—or “image abuse”—takes place all too often. This form of blackmail occurs when a person threatens to expose explicit images of an individual to make them do something, such as pay money to the blackmailer.Unfortunately, college and graduate…

Animated movies such as The Book of Life (2014) and Disney's Coco (2017) propelled Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) into the mainstream globally, prompting mass production of merchandise and paraphernalia. But did you know this annual two-day observance dates back more than 3,000 years? …

Case Western Reserve team working toward combining elements to perform first-ever procedure to manage stroke risk for atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients A team of Case Western Reserve University scientists received a four-year, $3.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to attempt what they…