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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…

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.…

CWRU researchers among team discovering “remarkably complete” cranium of early human ancestor species Yohannes Haile-Selassie—a Case Western Reserve University adjunct professor and curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History—and a team of researchers have discovered a “remarkably complete”…

Study to explore new approaches to training, preparing family caregivers of patients with cancer Patients with head and neck, lung, esophageal, rectal and anal cancers typically undergo rigorous, intense treatment, usually including some combination of radiation, surgery and chemotherapy. Much of…

Study involving Case Western Reserve University identifies ways to break the cycle Studies have shown that male victims of domestic violence are at greater risk of growing up to be perpetrators themselves. New research, done in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University, suggests…

After a successful inaugural season, the Silver Hall Concert Series returns with a diverse slate of free music performances—from guitar ensembles, to orchestras and choirs of many stripes—at Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple–Tifereth Israel’s Silver Hall at Case Western…

Part of Inter/Urban: Art & Culture Connector public art partnership Riders are on the rapid transit line zooming past Case Western Reserve University will see a new flash of color. People visiting, working or living in Little Italy may notice a drab wall on an industrial building by the tracks…

Case Western Reserve researcher takes next step toward helping NASA with future, longer-distance space travel If humans are going to successfully make longer-distance space trips, it will depend on discovering and engineering new materials for continuous fresh air supply—and doing it in…

Blazing trails is one thing, but to be named a national Social Work Pioneer is quite another. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) selected Claudia Coulton, a Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, as a 2019 Social Work Pioneer. The NASW distinction…