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New ‘Conversations on JUSTICE’ series featuring former Inamori Ethics Prize winners LeVar Burton, Marian Wright Edelman, Farouk El-Baz and others
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will postpone their annual Inamori Ethics Prize events until 2021, and during the 2020-21 academic year, will instead provide space for a continuing conversation, examination and introspection on a topic of...
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Performing robotic medical procedures inside an MRI
Case Western Reserve team working toward first augmented-reality heart catheterization, ablation while patient is inside an MRI Case Western Reserve University scientists are working toward performing heart catheterization and cardiac ablation with a micro robotic device, controlled by a doctor wea...
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Case Western Reserve University announces fall Think Forum lecture featuring historian Martha S. Jones
Case Western Reserve University’s Think Forum lecture series will present a free virtual lecture this fall examining African American women’s pursuit of political power. For the Oct. 22 event, Think Forum is partnering with Case Western Reserve University History Associates and the Department of Hi...
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New study calculates lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States
One of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one of every 70 will die from overdoses A new study published in The American Journal of Medicine calculates the lifetime risk of death from firearms and drug overdoses in the United States. The lifetime ris...
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U.S. Army commits up to $11 million for polymer research
Case Western Reserve and Polymer Plus partner with Army research lab to develop manufacturing approaches for cost-effective production of lightweight, high-performance polymeric materials Case Western Reserve University researchers teamed up with the U.S. Army and a trio of industry partners to fur...
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Case Western Reserve University researchers to examine how COVID-19 ravaged America’s nursing homes
School of Medicine awarded $2.3 million to study epidemiology, transmission and immunology of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities Almost from the moment COVID-19 reached this nation’s shores, nursing homes have experienced some of its most devastating effects. Within a few months, federal offici...
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CWRU achieves global first in mixed-reality education during COVID-19 pandemic
Student survey responses overwhelmingly support first remote-only HoloAnatomy course The developers of Case Western Reserve University’s signature HoloAnatomy mixed-reality software for the Microsoft HoloLens knew they were likely achieving a global first this spring as they quickly pivoted to the...
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Interdisciplinary team wins grant to speed oral cancer testing
National Institutes of Health awards $420,000 to multidisciplinary team from Case Western Reserve University developing device for instantly detecting oral cancer Mouth lesions are among the main early indicators of oral cancer, but determining whether a sore is actually malignant typically involve...
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NIH funds research into differences in glioblastoma between males and females
Research consortium led by Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and Case Western Reserve University A team led by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute has secured $10.4 million over five years from the National Inst...
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Case Western Reserve University receives INSIGHT Into Diversity 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for ninth straight year
Case Western Reserve University has again received the national Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, a diversity-focused publication in higher education. The award recognizes colleges and universities nationally that have demonstrated an outsta...