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August 2023 Inside the Action Newsletter
In this month's issue: News Upcoming Events CEU Opportunities Student Spotlights Alumni News Faculty News In Memoriam Employment and Career Opportunities Read the August 2023 Inside the Action Newsletter....
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PhD candidate Prajakta Joshi earns award from Parkinson’s Foundation
Prajakta Joshi, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, received the Visiting Researcher Award from the Parkinson’s Foundation. The objective of this award is to offer graduate students and postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to enhance their existing skill set to advance their Parkinson’s...
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Smart packaging of the future?
Case Western Reserve University leads development of monitoring system to keep food shipments fresh, reduce waste and improve supply chain management Case Western Reserve University researchers are leading the development of a "smart packaging" system to monitor temperature fluctuations, moisture c...
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Making sense of life’s random rhythms
International research team, including Case Western Reserve University mathematician, suggests universal framework for understanding ‘oscillations’ Life’s random rhythms surround us—from the hypnotic, synchronized blinking of fireflies…to the back-and-forth motion of a child’s swing…to slight varia...
Medical student earns Alpha Omega Alpha research fellowship
Third-year Case Western Reserve University medical student Archana Murali has earned Alpha Omega Alpha’s 2023 Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship for her work studying intraocular pressure reduction pathways and the potential treatment for glaucoma using a specific prostaglandin analog. T...
Weatherhead welcomes three new faculty members
Weatherhead School of Management welcomes three new faculty members to the school this semester. Frank Barrett, Yufan Dong and Scot Lowry join Weatherhead’s faculty across three departments: organizational behavior, accountancy and design and innovation. Get to know the new faculty members, as the...
Focus on interdisciplinary research inspires $1 million commitment to science and engineering building
An early interest in engineering drew Tom Seitz (CIT ’70) to the campus of what is now Case Western Reserve University. Here, he began to learn the importance of collaboration, innovation and empowering teams to work together toward a common goal. It was the interdisciplinary skills he acquired—alo...
Undergrad Summer Education Programs Score with Another Successful Summer
TikToks, apparel design, and science do mix—as the 39 scholars participating in this year's Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research (CanSUR) and the American Cancer Society's Diversity in Cancer Research (ACS-DICR) programs can attest. The programs are directed, respectively, by Mark Jackson, ...
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Healthy Futures Research Project Kicks Off
Co-directed by Fred Schumacher, PhD, MPH, co-leader of Case CCC's Population & Cancer Prevention program, and Erika Trapl, PhD, Case CCC's Associate Director of Community Outreach & Engagement, the Healthy Futures Research Project aims to work with the residents of East Palestine and the surrounding...
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White Coat Ceremony Welcomes incoming PhD Students
11th Annual Seeds of Discovery Ceremony Incoming students beginning their biomedical research training as doctoral students were welcomed to the School of Medicine at the annual "Seeds of Discovery" White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 11. While very few institutions hold White Coat ceremonies for...