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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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January 05, 2012
Jury selection to begin in Ohio corruption case
NPR: The public corruption case of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora began this week. Lewis Katz, John C. Hutchins Professor of law, said the amount of money involved isn’t what’s shocking about the case. “The depth of the corruption in...
December 29, 2011
A manmade package filled with nature’s bone-building ingredients delivers the goods over time and space to heal serious bone injuries faster than products currently available, Cleveland researchers have found.
Tested on sheep in Switzerland, the surgical elastic “implant device”—essentially a wrapp...
December 20, 2011
CLEVELAND - Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine received a $6.75 million Program Project Grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to study the role of innate immunity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For years, scient...
December 09, 2011
As first-year students start their college career at Case Western Reserve University, they likely all hear the same two words: “get involved.” So many students in all areas of the university take this mantra to heart—especially Chris Linderwell, a senior who plans to graduate in May with a bachelor’...
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December 07, 2011
Seasonal employment makes winter difficult
Fremont News-Messenger: Seasonal workers have always faced tough times, and the state is shifting toward more “marginal jobs” that are not full-time, year-round, said Claudia Coulton, co-director of the Center for Urban Poverty. These jobs “pretty much doom...
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December 07, 2011
Faculty members are invited to apply for the National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for Innovation program. Case Western Reserve University is allowed one application to the program; the internal deadline is Dec. 14.
The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program is an umbrella for two compl...
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December 06, 2011
Environmental Health and Safety has offered holiday fire-safety tips to keep in mind this winter—both on and off campus.
Artificial trees and wreaths must be labeled by the manufacturer as flame retardant.
Use only nonflammable decorations.
Keep all decorations away from heaters or open flames.
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December 06, 2011
Dorothy Ebersbach applied to the Women Airforce Service Pilots in 1943, when this photograph was taken.
A pioneering female aviator who served her country during World War II has made a gift to Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing—a gift that combines her love of...
December 02, 2011
Newt Gingrich recycles Mitt Romney’s environment agenda
Politico: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s stances on energy and environmental policy seem—substance-wise—to be similar, said School of Law professor Jonathan Adler. Gingrich “talks in bigger terms, in broader terms, but it’s not really clear h...
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December 02, 2011
Censoring Ramanujan's essay on Ramayana: Intolerant Hindus and confusing texts
The Huffington Post: Oxford University Press recently decided to discontinue publishing and selling any book that contains A.K. Ramanujan’s essay Rāmāyaṇa. Deepak Sarma, associate professor of South Asian religions and p...