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CWRU School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
It only took an instant for all of Akua Abrah’s career ideas to shift. Peering into the eyes of an infant at an orphanage in Ghana, she tossed aside her aspirations of becoming a veterinarian—inspired by repeated viewings of Eddie Murphy’s Dr. Doolittle. Though she had yet to hear the word …
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February 22, 2012
CLEVELAND - A fundamental discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body’s natural circadian rhythms to sudden cardiac death (SCD). Ventricular arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, are the most common cause of sudden cardiac...
February 22, 2012
Car sharing offered at CWRU
The Plain Dealer: Enterprise Rent-A-Car offers its first car sharing program in Ohio, WeCar, at Case Western Reserve University. Faculty, staff and students will have access to vehicles on campus to borrow and return to a convenient location on campus....
February 14, 2012
Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Religious Studies will offer a graduate degree program for the first time in fall 2012. Students will be able to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies that follows a two-year curriculum.
“We noticed an increased interest among students a...
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February 06, 2012
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures invites will host Cuban scholar and author Juan Antonio Garcia Borrero, who will talk about Cuban cinema today. The lecture, “Para una nueva historia del cine cubano: Toward a new history of the Cuban cinema” will be held Feb. 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m....
February 06, 2012
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Long before the epicenter of the financial crisis shifted to the European Union (EU), Case Western Reserve University political scientist Elliot Posner had been studying the region’s financial arrangements and their international effects. This year, as an EU Affairs Fulbright...
February 06, 2012
Hip fix for younger patients
WKYC: Michael Salata, assistant professor of orthopaedics in the School of Medicine said hip arthroscopies can help younger patients with hip issues. “Studies are still ongoing, but we believe that by doing the surgery and removing the impingement we may also be preserv...
February 06, 2012
Do you love Thwing Study Over? Are you a leader and planner who is organized, fun and outgoing? Do you want to be more involved on campus? If so, apply to be a chair of the Spring 2012 Thwing Study Over. The commitment is only for the spring semester, so this is a short-term opportunity to lead a gr...
February 03, 2012
School of Law professor Jessie Hill’s guest column, “Health Law: A New Era for Abortion Restrictions” appears in the February issue of Virtual Mentor, a medical resident-focused publication.
Additionally, she presented Jan. 28 on “What is the Meaning of Health?” at Boston University’s symposium on ...
February 03, 2012
CLEVELAND - Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have made a dramatic breakthrough in their efforts to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers’ findings, published in the journal Science, show that use of a drug in mice appears to quickly reverse the pat...
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February 01, 2012
Life in motion
Cleveland Magazine: After releasing her fifth novel, The World We Found, associate professor Thrity Umrigar is profiled in Cleveland Magazine on everything from her leaving India to her journalism career. “Journalism ... gave me opportunities to write that I wouldn't have had,” she s...