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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…

A symposium will be held in honor of Arnold Caplan’s 50 years at Case Western Reserve University. Caplan is director of the Skeletal Research Center and a professor of biology. Members of the community are invited to the “Symposium Celebrating Arnold Caplan's 50 Years at CWRU.” The symposium will…

Case Western Reserve University will host the 56th Midwest Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology Sept. 16-18 in the Tinkham Veale University Center. The event will feature two keynote lectures and six plenary sessions covering a broad range of topics from evolutionary…

Assistant professor and chair in environmental studies leading research into changing habits of butterflies in warming climate, with help of citizen scientists Sarah Diamond, an assistant professor in biology and the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies, has been awarded a…