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Experts: Sweet's behavior after grandparents' deaths not uncommon Des Moines Register: Youth violence expert Daniel J. Flannery, director of Case Western Reserve’s Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, comments on how the juvenile mind processes death in the wake of 17-year-o...

Unintended consequence for dialysis patients as drug rule changes The New York Times: A shift by the federal government in how it pays for drugs to treat dialysis patients could lead to a significant rise in blood transfusions for patients who aren’t getting enough of the medications. “They’ve trad...

CLEVELAND - The link between psoriasis and cardiovascular events has been observed for years, however the mechanics were unknown. For the first time, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have discovered preclinical evidence demonstrating that the inflammatory skin disease l...

Understanding back pain, Part 1 The Plain Dealer: Salim M. Hayek, associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, reviewed the latest NetWellness column, which looks at chronic back pain’s causes, warning signs and treatment....

To fulfill his childhood dream, J.B. Silvers followed in his father’s footsteps and became an engineer. But after a short-lived career in the field, he quickly realized there was more to his life than physics and aerospace engineering. Thankfully—for the university, for Weatherhead School of Manage...

Ali Suleiman Aujali, Libya’s ambassador to the United States, spoke at a dinner planned by Case Western Reserve students from Libya. When two dozen graduate students from Libya found themselves in a frightening state of limbo during last year’s civil war in their country, the Case Western Reserve U...

Globally, more women than ever took the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) in 2011. Diana Bilimoria, the first KeyBank professor of organizational behavior at Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, believes this increase in women management students will bring new e...

Elizabeth Davis, alum of Cleveland stage, gets Tony Award nod The Plain Dealer: The musical Once earned 11 Tony Award nominations, including alumna Elizabeth A. Davis (GRS ’06) for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical. Ron Wilson, director of the MFA Acting Program, remembe...

The Barnes & Noble at Case Western Reserve University will host a book signing with Jane Ann Turzillo for her book, Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio. The book signing will be held Tuesday, May 1, at 6 p.m. at the bookstore’s new location in Uptown (corner of Euclid Avenue and East 115th Street)....

CLEVELAND - Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have now discovered...