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Emmitt Jolly with his plaque for winning Tuskegee University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Most Distinguished Alumni Award Emmitt Jolly, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University, grew up in Alabama, just 20 miles from Tuskegee University. As a teenager, he worked…

Case Western Reserve biology, math researchers part of $3 million National Institutes of Health initiative to investigate how neurons work together to regulate movement Case Western Reserve University researchers are part of an international team striving to crack the secrets of how our…

Though the fall leaves on campus may make spring feel far in the future, Case Western Reserve University students will be thinking about the season in the coming days—undergraduate registration for the spring semester begins next Monday, Nov. 16 (depending on the school; graduate program…

Ahead of the presidential debate, the CWRU Institute for the Science of Origins, Siegal Lifelong Learning Program and the Happy Dog will host a talk by Emmitt Jolly, associate professor of biology and medical sciences at Case Western Reserve. Emmitt Jolly will lead a discussion titled “What the…

The next installment of the virtual Life, the Universe and Hot Dogs series will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Isaiah Nengo, director of science and research at the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and professor of anthropology at Stony Brook University, will present “Black Lives, Science…

Case Western Reserve roboticist Roger Quinn, neuroscientist Hillel Chiel to lead $8 million, five-year National Science Foundation NeuroNex Network project seeking next level of control of neuromechanical systems A pair of longtime collaborators and biorobotic pioneers at Case Western Reserve…

Students from BIOL 309: Biology Field Studies will discuss the results of research they performed in Costa Rica over winter break during a symposium on Costa Rican rainforest diversity Saturday, Feb. 8, from 1-3 p.m. at the Cleveland Botanical Garden, Woodland Hall. Topics will include the…

Research brings new understanding in the war against mosquito-borne diseases Research at Case Western Reserve University sheds new light on how mosquitoes behave and spread disease, adding to evidence that the insects responsible for millions of deaths per year are much more prolific biters than…

Springer published work by Chris Cullis, interim chair of biology, in the series Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models. Cullis’ contribution to the series, titled Genetics and Genomics of Linum has a focus on flax, which produces high-class fiber for linen using the stem and linseed oil…

Universities must teach their budding scientists entrepreneurship The Conversation: Christopher Cullis, the Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology, co-wrote an article about the need to address the gap between research and commercialization around the world, and how introducing science…