Science + Tech

Why do addicts relapse? ideastream: Experts say somewhere between 50 and 90 percent of alcoholics and drug addicts relapse. Barry Hoffer, adjunct professor in the School of Medicine, said addiction isn’t something treated and cured; it needs to be managed. “You have to think of addiction the way yo...

Interested in seeing what the Kelvin Smith Library has to offer? Stop by the open house Friday, Sept. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. and enjoy demonstrations, free food and giveaways. During the open house, attendees can hear about new services and library resources such as the Personal Librarian program ...

Ben W. Strowbridge, professor of neurosciences and physiology/biophysics and Robert A. Hyde, a fourth-year MD/PhD student in the neurosciences graduate program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, have discovered how to store diverse forms of artificial short-term memories in isola...

CLEVELAND - Leaders of the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation and Cleveland Foundation today announced that each organization has committed $10 million to launch Case Western Reserve University’s campaign for a new medical education and research building. The grants represent the largest single awards...

Today kicks off what is traditionally one of the busiest, most exciting weeks of the school year: Homecoming. And this year, Case Western Reserve University is kicking it up a notch, with spirited events, educational programs and the grand opening of the neighborhood’s newest addition, Uptown. For ...

Leaders of the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation and Cleveland Foundation today announced that each organization has committed $10 million to launch Case Western Reserve University’s campaign for a new medical education and research building. The grants represent the largest one-time awards that eith...

Fact checking fracking: Can fracking trigger earthquakes? ideastream: A series of earthquakes in the area last year made big news, especially after they were found to have been a by-product of natural gas drilling. David Zeng, chair of the civil engineering department, said that while fault lines t...

Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and a professor of bioethics, presented "Our Changing Health Care System: Policy and Legal Implications," at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual meeting in Amelia Island, Fla., over the summer. Hoffman also took part in the ...

American art historian and Case Western Reserve University professor Henry Adams writes that “Cleveland artist Frank Wilcox (1887-1964) savored Paris in its pre-WWI days with intensity and eagerness as a cultural outsider—a Buckeye from Ohio.” Adams has curated and written a companion catalogue for...

CLEVELAND - Armed with a new $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, dermatology researcher Nicole Ward, PhD, assistant professor of dermatology and neurosciences at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, will lead a study examining the li...