Kelvin Smith Library

Celebrate Kelvin Smith Library’s 20th anniversary with its Homecoming Open House, centered on gaming in honor of guest speaker Philip Orbanes. The open house, featuring a variety of games, refreshments, prizes and tours, will be held Friday, Oct. 14, from noon to 4 p.m. Orbanes (CIT ’70), former…

Kelvin Smith Library will kick off its 20th anniversary celebration events with guest speaker and legendary caricaturist from The New Yorker Tom Bachtell (WRC ’80). Bachtell will take the stage in the library Monday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m.; a reception with light refreshments will follow…

Case Western Reserve University's Kelvin Smith Library has acquired the historic archives of SPACES, a contemporary arts organization in Cleveland that provides support to local, national and international artists who explore and experiment. The gift includes records ranging from early forms of…

The university community is invited to Library Resource Lab Thursday, Sept. 29, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the Library Resource Lab at Nord Hall. This event is open to all Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff but geared toward science and engineering students. Attendees will…

Invited commentary by Drs. Paula Silverman and Cheryl Thompson  A recent study by Jones et al. in The British Journal of Cancer (BJC)(Jones ME. Br J Cancer. 2016 Aug 23) estimated an almost 3 fold (2.74 times) increase risk of breast cancer among post-menopausal women who used combination estrogen…

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identify several structurally abnormal genes in esophageal adenocarcinoma in first ever genome-wide search Despite years of research, cellular mechanisms contributing to cancers like esophageal adenocarcinoma have remained elusive. What has puzzled…

Many of us are concerned with improving the cost of care in the setting of major cancer care centers, such as those at Cleveland Clinic and Seidman Cancer Center and their network sites. A publication from members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) on the "Value Access Cost of…

Kelvin Smith Library offers a number of services to help students, whether it’s finding research materials, borrowing books, working within a database or something else. To get familiar with those resources, check out library.case.edu/ksl/services/.

Findings lay groundwork for human clinical trial planned for August 2016 A new scientific study has identified why colorectal cancer cells depend on a specific nutrient, and a way to starve them of it. Over one million men and women are living with colorectal cancer in the United States. The…

Guest Author: Greg Cooper Colorectal cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in this country, though over the past decade, both the incidence and mortality have been declining.  Colorectal screening is universally recommended as a means to detect premalignant adenomas as well as…