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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 08, 2011
The Thai Student Organization presents a Thailand Flood-Relief Benefit Movie Night, where guests can see the Thai musical-drama film The Overture. The film was Thailand’s official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The benefit will be held Nov. 10 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m....
November 08, 2011
Join the next Institute for the Science of Origins’ noontime lecture, “Do the Locomotion: Lucy’s Feet were Made for Walking,” to be held Nov. 16 at noon in Ford Auditorium. Carol Ward, from University of Missouri’s Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, will lead the lecture. Ward’s resear...
November 07, 2011
They're playing our poem
Chicago Tribune: Centuries ago, poems and songs were regarded as the same thing, but “today’s cultural gatekeepers” insist poetry and song lyrics are different. One reason: “Modern poetry is more intellectual than modern songwriting,” said Ross W. Duffin, Fynette H. Kulas P...
November 07, 2011
The deadline has been extended to Nov. 18 for the three-credit course/service learning to Costa Rica over winter break; only five spaces are left.
The Department of Bioethics and the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning have teamed up to offer a two-week experience Jan. 2-14 in Costa Rica that ...
November 07, 2011
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is honored to announce gifts to establish the inaugural Parker Hannifin – Helen Moss Cancer Research Foundation Professorship in Integrative Oncology. This professorship will establish the School of Medicine and its affiliate hospitals a...
November 04, 2011
Jeff Sharlet, author, investigative journalist and TV political commentator, will be on campus Nov. 9 for a discussion, “The Noise of Democracy Occupying Our Minds.”
The lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Ford Auditorium and is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Sharlet’s ...
November 03, 2011
Applications for the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) of Case Western Reserve University Core Utilization pilot program are available. The deadline to apply for support—of up to $10,000—is Dec. 1.
The program supports investigator use of and familiarity with CTSC Core operati...
November 03, 2011
Standing as bookends on a decade of architectural milestones are the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the 2010 opening of the world’s tallest building in Dubai. What’s happened between those hallmark events is what Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin will...
November 03, 2011
The Department of Human Resources invites faculty and staff to attend the annual Benefits Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Thwing Center Ballroom. Please drop by to make your 2012 Benelect elections, speak with Benefits Staff and ...
November 03, 2011
Michael Pollino, assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, recently secured a $599,603 grant from the National Science Foundation—a major accomplishment for faculty at the assistant professor level—for the project “NEESR: Seismic Rehabilitation of Substandard Building Structures th...