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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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November 28, 2011
Case neurotech spinoff developing device for urinary problems
Med City News: Conservocare, a Case Western Reserve University spinoff, is developing a neurotechnology medical device for patients suffering from urinary problems. Kenneth Gustafson, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical E...
November 23, 2011
Two teams of Case Western Reserve University School of Law students recently traveled to Lansing, Mich., to compete in a regional round of the New York City Bar Association’s National Moot Court Competition.
The team of Sam Camardo, Elizabeth Lindberg and Rick Raley won both the Regional Champion a...
November 22, 2011
The big cheeses
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Michael Goldberg, adjunct professor at Weatherhead School of Management, is featured in an update on Crain’s Forty Under 40 alumni, where he talks about his forthcoming Fulbright experience in Vietnam. “I'm excited,” he said. “It gives me a chance to deep...
November 22, 2011
Libya vows it, not ICC, will try Saif, Senussi
Reuters: Libya says its courts will hold the trial of Muammar Gaddafi’s son, which would defy the International Criminal Court. “The easiest thing for them is just to surrender them to the international tribunal—they'd get all sorts of kudos, the inter...
November 22, 2011
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has received a $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study sleep apnea as a possible cause of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most commonly diagnosed type of arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm....
November 20, 2011
In just a few weeks, Weatherhead School of Management adjunct professor Michael E. Goldberg will head to Vietnam, where he’ll begin a five-month stint teaching on a Fulbright award. Goldberg will teach entrepreneurial finance at Vietnam’s National Economics University in Hanoi, where he and his fami...
November 18, 2011
Exploring new paths to cancer treatment
ideastream: Integrative oncology combines traditional cancer treatment with proven complementary alternatives. Dale Cowan, clinical professor of environmental health sciences and oncologist at Cleveland Clinic, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss how integra...
November 18, 2011
The renewal period for parking has begun. Those who currently have parking permits should have received emails with renewal instructions.
The deadline to renew current parking spots is Friday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m.
If you have questions or did not receive a renewal email, contact Access Services....
November 18, 2011
The Case Western Reserve University community has free access to Case Western Reserve University’s 121 Fitness on Monday, Nov. 28, and Wednesday, Nov. 30. Attend any time during operating hours (5:30 a.m.-10 p.m.) to check out the gym or try out free group exercise classes.
For more information, vi...
November 17, 2011
Case Early Music Singers and the Case Collegium Musicum will combine for a performance of music from Spain in the late Renaissance, “Lux Perpetua: 400 Years of Victoria’s Music.” Music for voices and ensembles of winds and strings commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of the composer Tomás ...