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Researchers boast 98 percent accuracy for robots recognizing facial cues; could improve video gaming today, health care tomorrow Robots are getting smarter—and faster—at knowing what humans are feeling and thinking just by “looking” into their faces, a development that might one day allow more…

Alumnus Coleman P. Burke’s contribution—the law school’s largest-ever—will support interdisciplinary education and research Nearly a decade after endowing a professorship in honor of his law school mentor Leon Gabinet, alumnus Coleman P. Burke (LAW ’70) has committed $10 million to establish a…

Case Western Reserve University nursing researcher weighs adding meditation and prayer to her trademarked ‘Resourcefulness Training’ toolbox Spirituality could soon become a third pillar in a trademarked stress-reduction program developed by researchers at the Frances Payne Bolton School of…

On Saturday, May 4, seven-time Emmy Award- and five-time Golden Globe Award-winner Ed Asner will star as Holocaust survivor Milton Saltzman in The Soap Myth at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at Case Western Reserve University. Asner performing The Soap Myth with actress Tovah…

CWRU, Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Museum of Natural History join forces to expand research, education opportunities A team of world-class science researchers and educators at Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Cleveland Museum of Natural…

Friday, April 19, event kicks off with keynote by journalist from NPR and The Guardian Mona Chalabi At Case Western Reserve University’s Research ShowCASE 2019, hundreds of scholars and students will be on hand to describe and discuss how their discoveries are advancing knowledge, creating value…

Michael Clune writes two kinds of books—creative and academic. Each is paired with one from the other genre. For example, his memoir of drug addiction and recovery, White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin (Hazelden)—named a best book of the year by The New Yorker in 2013—has a fraternal twin, so…

Aims to help cultivate economic development through chemical engineering Ethiopia has an abundance of raw materials, but does not yet have the engineering infrastructure to turn that material into a thriving economy and jobs. But a new initiative funded by a longtime Case Western Reserve…

Case Western Reserve team part of a multi-university, international study of how machines and mankind will collaborate more in ‘smart factories’ of the future Case Western Reserve University engineers are working with partners at two other universities and an Italian-owned company in Michigan to…

Features live entertainment and varied, fresh menu The enticing sounds of live music—combined with a creative menu featuring fresh ingredients—are emanating once again from a former early 1900s carriage house at the heart of the Case Western Reserve University campus. Cosmic Dave’s Rock Club…