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Malignant cells that leave a primary tumor travel the bloodstream and grow out of control in new locations cause the vast majority of cancer deaths. New nanotechnology developed at Case Western Reserve University detects these metastases in mouse models of breast cancer far earlier than current…

Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine today will finalize an agreement with Rambam Health Care Center in Haifa, Israel, to prepare foreign graduates for Advance Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) training at Case Western Reserve. The signing will take place today at 10…

After more than a quarter century serving students at Case Western Reserve University, Glenn Nicholls will retire as vice president for Student Affairs at the end of this academic year. “Glenn’s commitment to our students and university is nothing less than extraordinary,” Provost W.A. “Bud”…

The Kelvin Smith Library has received the single largest commitment in its history, a $5 million gift from a donor who wished to remain anonymous. The funds will be used to create an unrestricted endowment to support library services and the purchase of library materials. A major transformation is…

AT&T Inc. announced a $200,000 contribution to support the Upward Bound Program at Case Western Reserve University. The Upward Bound program was established in 1966 and is designed to prepare low-income and potential first-generation college high school students for successful postsecondary…

President Barbara R. Snyder has appointed a new committee on child care options to evaluate the impact of existing university programs and assess the cost and value of additional initiatives. As one of its first steps, the group is asking members of the campus community to complete a brief online…

Two computer programmers and an artist from Cleveland will demonstrate their award-winning cell phone app—designed to save homeowners energy and money—to federal energy, science, and environmental officials and industry leaders in Washington Monday. Case Western Reserve University students Robert…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine announced a $1.5 million commitment from School of Medicine alumnus Michael D. Eppig, MD, and his wife Ruth Eppig. The Eppigs’ gift will help fund a new medical education and research building that will serve as the School of Medicine’s…

It was a bridge project that went on without tying up traffic—and, in fact, without many people knowing: Yesterday, contractors moved two 13,000-pound wooden bridge trusses out of the structures lab at Case Western Reserve University and onto pilings outside the building, to kick off a yearlong…

Health is not only an issue for an individual; it is one for a community. Rob Fischer from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University has teamed up with Kaiser Permanente’s Community Health Initiative to evaluate its Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Program…