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CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a genetic factor that prevents blockages from forming in blood vessels, a discovery that could lead to new therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The findings are described in the Nov. 19 issue of the Jour...

Train the Champion, a diversity-training program, aims to recruit and retain employees and students. Above are Train the Champion graduates Angela Lowery, student service coordinator for the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning; Stephanie Hall, CWRU Police Officer; and Dan Anker, associate dean ...

CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a significant gift from Constance and James W. Brown of Chagrin Falls, President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday evening. The gift will help fund a new medical education and research building and headquarters for the Sc...

Closing the African-American startup gap (opinion) Entrepreneur: Despite the fact that African-American individuals are more likely to initiate the new-business creation process than white individuals, they are less likely to have up-and-running businesses a few years later, according to a survey. ...

The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a significant gift from Constance and James W. Brown of Chagrin Falls, President Barbara R. Snyder announced Thursday evening. The gift will help fund a new medical education and research building and headquarters for the School of ...

Case Western Reserve University and The Cleveland Museum of Art announced the award of two grants totaling $500,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the launch of the re-designed Joint Doctoral Program in Art History. The highly selective, object-oriented program features first-hand s...

When fourth-year dental student Kyle Krause started considering ways to pop the question to his girlfriend of five years, he wanted to make the moment more than memorable—he wanted a proposal so original it was absolutely unprecedented. His first step? Rummaging through a pile of sticks. Krause an...

Learn about the field education component of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ new online master’s program during a webinar Nov. 14. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the online Master of Science in Social Administration program, which is Case Western Reserve's gra...

CLEVELAND - The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), the nation’s oldest transplant association, has chosen Jonathan Lass, MD, for the 2012 R. Townley Paton Award for his work on corneal preservation and his 30-plus-year career as an ophthalmologist and medical educator. Lass is the Charles I Th...

New research shows a simple reason why even the most intelligent, complex brains can be taken by a swindler’s story—one that, upon a second look, offers clues it was false. When the brain fires up the network of neurons that allows us to empathize, it suppresses the network used for analysis, a piv...