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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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October 10, 2011
CLEVELAND - Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center are proud to announce the receipt of a highly competitive $5.4 million grant to study genetic determinants of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma. This five-year award from the Natio...
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October 10, 2011
Welcome to Homecoming Week 2011! This annual series of events is coordinated by the Office of Student Activities & Leadership and sponsored by a number of student organizations and departments.
The Powderpuff Football Game kicks off the week Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. in Village Stadium, while BlueBash, fea...
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October 07, 2011
The Mandel Center Alumni Association will sponsor “Building a Nonprofit Advocacy Toolkit” Oct. 13 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Mandel Center Building. The workshop will help individuals start building public policy and advocacy skills by learning how to identify the needs of constituents, prioritize issu...
October 07, 2011
A tribute to a great artist: Steve Jobs
Smithsonian Magazine: Henry Adams, professor of American art, writes a tribute to the late Steve Jobs, discussing the importance of Jobs’ calligraphy training in college on his career. “Through mastering calligraphy, Jobs learned to think like an artist,” he ...
October 06, 2011
Elina Gertsman, assistant professor of medieval art, traveled around Europe this summer and fall, giving invited talks at various international conferences.
In June, she was a keynote speaker at the Gender Studies Network annual conference in Helsinki; in July, she spoke in the session on spectacle...
October 06, 2011
Artwork by Art Studio lecturer Chris Pekoc will be on display at the opening of the Darby Fine Art Gallery in Vero Beach, Fla. The inaugural exhibition is titled “Six Contemporary Masters” and features the work of Pekoc, Kevin Cole, Stuart Fink, Frank Herrmann, Kayla Mohammadi and John Walker....
October 05, 2011
The Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University will present awards to alumni and friends during the Alumni Luncheon to be held Friday, Oct. 14, at 11:30 a.m. in Horsburgh Gym.
Theodore J. Castele (ADL ’51, MED ’57) will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes a graduate ...
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October 05, 2011
Supremely consequential
National Review Online: Jonathan Adler, Johan Verheij Professor of Law, penned an article on the opening of the Supreme Court’s new term, saying it “could be the term of the decade — if not also for many more decades to come.”...
October 05, 2011
The Staff Advisory Council will hold a Sweetest Day bake sale on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. until the bakery runs out. The bake sale locations will be Biomedical Research Building atrium, Peter B. Lewis Building lobby and Crawford Hall’s SAGES Café. If you buy a baked good, you will receive a d...
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October 03, 2011
Michael Scharf, John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, has served as a panelist around the world in recent weeks.
First, he was a panelist at the “International Humanitarian Law Dialogs,” an annual conference of internati...