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CLEVELAND - The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) announced today that National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, will deliver the keynote address at its eighth international conference, which is co-sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. As the f...

Registration has been extended for the School of Law’s Arthur W. Fiske Memorial Lecture, “The University and National Security After 9/11.” The daylong symposium, cosponsored by the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, will be held Sept. 23 from 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the School of Law Moot...

Active legs at night linked to heart problems Reuters: Men who jerk and flex their legs involuntarily at night are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by Brian Koo, assistant professor of neurology. The study isn’t proof that overactive limbs cause heart prob...

Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, professor of molecular biology and microbiology, earned a Special Achievement Award for Distinction in Professional or Civic Activities from her alma mater, University of Dayton. Her work focuses on the role of cell adhesion and how they are altered in cancer. For more infor...

CLEVELAND — The National Cancer Institute has awarded $11.3 million to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to establish a center of excellence for research on gastrointestinal cancers. The funding designates the university as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Gas...

Kelvin Smith Library will host a juried art competition and exhibition for the upcoming Northeast Ohio Octavofest. Artists are encouraged to create artworks inspired by or related to selected books in the library’s Special Collections department. Winners’ work may become permanent items in the libra...

The fourth annual Ubbelohde Lecture will be held Sept. 22 with Linda Colley, the Shelby MC Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. Colley will discuss “Britain, the Written Constitution, and World History” in a lecture at Thwing Center’s 1914 Lounge. The free, public lecture begins ...

The Spartan Mascot Team is looking for undergraduate student leaders to serve as “Spartie,” the new CWRU mascot. Two or three students will serve as the anonymous mascot, wearing a plush mascot Spartan costume and serving in addition to the Spartan. The Interfraternity Congress, Panhellenic Council ...

Experts: Child homicides emotional, but not a trend in Boulder County Longmont Times-Shield: In Boulder County, Colo., four children have been killed by their parents since 2009. Though shocking, there is no community profile to explain the problem, said Sara West, assistant professor of psychiatry...

CLEVELAND – For the first time, scientists can see pathways to stop a deadly brain cancer in its tracks. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have imaged individual cancer cells and the routes they travel as the tumor spreads. The researchers used a novel cryo-imaging t...