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State spending on transitional housing supports for youth “aging out” of foster care can make a big difference in preventing homelessness, incarceration, substance abuse and early childbirth, according to a new study by social work researchers at Case Western Reserve University. “Regardless of…

Children in foster care are in a better position to cope with childhood emotional abuse if they have higher self-esteem, according to a new study by researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. The study, published in the…

Author duos—including Jane Mayer and Frank Rich, Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry, and more—mark a new lineup that also features 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction-winner Andrew Sean Greer and many others The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series, presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library…

Free tickets are available to hear Cohn’s first-hand account of how she lived through one of the worst times in human history—losing family members to the Nazis and surviving by spying for the French resistance Only more than a half-century after Jewish teenager Marthe Cohn spied on the Nazis for…

Case Western Reserve’s School of Dental Medicine launches new partnership with Hough Heritage to bring oral health care to seniors The "Lifelong Smiles" van is adding a new stop on its tour to deliver high-quality, discounted dental care to Cleveland-area seniors. The geriatric dental van is part…

Take a hike! The third annual family- and dog-friendly Hike & Seek for Research will take place Sunday, September 15, at one of the award-winning Cleveland Metroparks, Brecksville Reservation. Guests can hike anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.   Upon check-in at Oak Grove Picnic Shelter, guests…

From Oct. 14 to 16, industry leaders in digital transformation will gather at the first-ever Digital Futures Conference at Case Western Reserve University; early bird registration ends Sept. 13 Northeast Ohio is home to hundreds of “legacy” companies; while many have a strong history of capturing…

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center developed the test for early detection of Barrett’s esophagus that offers promise for preventing deaths from esophageal adenocarcinoma. The…

Case Western Reserve University and Boston-based Akouos have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to develop a patented gene therapy with the potential to treat hearing loss associated with a type of Usher syndrome,  the most common deaf-blind disorder. Usher syndrome is characterized by…

Lineup features award-winning authors, a playwright, leading-edge researchers on compassion and love, and taking back your life from that ubiquitous cell phone A playwright who has been compared to no less than dramatist Arthur Miller. A renaissance man named among TIME’s most influential people.…