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CWRU Athletes in Medicine: The power of peer mentorship
Balancing the demands of athletics with the rigorous path toward a career in medicine is a uniquely challenging—and rewarding—experience. At Case Western Reserve University, a new student-led mentorship initiative is working to make that journey more supportive and sustainable for pre-med student…
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Research paper from CWRU School of Medicine awarded 2025 PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Recent News
March 13, 2023
The ILiADS (Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship) Steering Committee welcomes proposals for the eighth Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship! This year’s Institute, hosted by Davidson College in North Carolina, will be held in person July 23-28, 2023. ILiADS offers a week-long…
March 13, 2023
Paul Berg, PhD [GRS'52], Nobel Prize winner and pioneer in the field of genetic engineering, who earned his PhD in biochemistry from Western Reserve University in 1952, died last month. Berg became the university’s first Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 1980 when he was awarded the prize “for his…
March 13, 2023
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to an “Anti-Racism, Anti-Colonialism and Climate Change” virtual speaker series event with Dipesh Chakrabarty, an influential postcolonial scholar, Thursday, April 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Chakrabarty’s work is now canonical and…
March 10, 2023
In a paper published in Genes & Development, investigators identified the protein WRD5 as a promising way to turn off cancer “stemness” at a molecular level, clearing the way for treatment like chemotherapy to kill glioblastoma cells. Cancer stem cells, like regular stem cells, can inherently…
March 10, 2023
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will host “Brie the Change” benefit event for the Research Institute for Children’s Health Friday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. at Well Done Catering in Westlake (25022 Center Ridge Rd). The mission of the Research Institute for Children's Health is to…
March 08, 2023
The Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Learning Group will host a session titled “Ethical Considerations in Community-Based Participatory Research” Thursday, March 9, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in BioEnterprise Building, Room 459B, and via…
March 08, 2023
One of Nital Subhas’ earliest memories is being on a plane for the first time with her aunt and sister, drinking Coca-Cola. While being permitted to drink the sugary beverage felt notable to a 5-year-old Subhas, the trip had an even greater significance: She was immigrating to the United States to…
March 07, 2023
Held annually in honor of Professor Emeritus Ulrich Hopfer, the Department of Physiology and Biophysics (DPB) will host its 10th annual special lecture Monday, March 20, at 4 p.m. This year’s presentation, “Performing under Stress: The Role of Intercalated Cells in the Renal Regulation of…
March 03, 2023
Case Western Reserve University Department of Radiology faculty member Mark Griswold won the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research. This award was “established in 2012 to acknowledge and celebrate high levels of achievement in the field of…
March 03, 2023
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine faculty member Karen Mulloy won the 2023 F. Marian Bishop Educator Award from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR). This award recognizes an APTR member who has made significant and outstanding contributions to the…