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Melissa Knothe Tate wins $25,000 Distinguished Life Sciences Scientist award
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded Melissa Knothe Tate, professor of biomedical engineering, a $25,000 Chairmen's Distinguished Life Sciences Scientist Award. Knothe Tate is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of orthopaedic mechano...
Law school professors Strassfeld, Wagner get published, make presentations
Law professor Robert Strassfeld, along with Douglas E. Ray and Calvin William Sharpe, recently published the book Understanding Labor Law. Additionally, his article “Responses to Ten Questions” appears in the Journal of the National Security Forum, a special issue of the William Mitchell Law Review,...
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We asked, you answered: What makes CWRU trendy?
In our latest poll, we wanted to find out what you think makes Case Western Reserve University a “trendy” place to attend. The Huffington Post says we’re a trendy “School that Flies Under the Academic Radar…But Shouldn’t” because of the beautiful campus, stellar academics and on- and off-campus rese...
Software Center upgrades to Adobe CS 5.5; students, faculty and staff get Photoshop, Dreamweaver and more free
The Software Center has updated Adobe Design Premium, Production Premium and Web Premium to version CS 5.5 for Windows and Macintosh machines. The suites are a free download for CWRU students, faculty and staff that will act as a full installation or upgrade to previous versions, depending on users’...
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Law professor Adler explains why prizes would help spur clean energy technology
Does climate innovation need more prizes? ClimateWire: School of Law professor Jonathan Adler explained why he believes offering prizes would help spur advancements in clean energy technologies. “Dollar for dollar, we will get more innovation and we will stimulate more investment in innovation in t...
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Law professor Adler talks big business’s influence on Supreme Court decisions
The Supreme Court: Big Business and the First Amendment KCRW: Professor Jonathan Adler served as a guest on NPR's "To the Point," where he discussed big business's influence on the Supreme Court....
School of Medicine receives $2.5 million NIH grant to study intestinal inflammation
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation. The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
Case Western Reserve Researchers Identify HIV-Inhibiting Mechanism
CLEVELAND - Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a long-sought cellular factor that works to inhibit HIV infection of myeloid cells, a subset of white blood cells that display antigens and hence are important for the body’s immune response against viruses...
Chemical engineering professor weighs in on new static electricity research
New data zap views of static electricity Science News: New research could change traditional views on how static electricity builds up, but it’s not conclusive as to what dominates the static charge, said Daniel Lacks, C. Benson Branch Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering....
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Receives $2.5M NIH Grant to Study Intestinal Inflammation
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestives and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study intestinal inflammation. The five-year grant from the institute, which is part of the National Institutes of H...